All the talk about Toshiba subsidizing players, at least they were competing with the opposition, sony is doing the same thing with the PS3 and destroying it's own partners in the process.
The PS3 is first and foremost a game console. Game consoles are subsidized because game licensing revenues are expected to make up for the up-front hardware losses. You know, give away the razor and make money on the blades.
In any case, Now Sony's own $399 (MSRP) standalone Blu-ray player is out. Unlike the PS3, retailers will be discounting the standalone player, so the days of the PS3 being the least expensive full-featured major brand Blu-ray player are behind us for good.
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DVD4ME @ Jul 18th 2008 7:20AM
All the talk about Toshiba subsidizing players, at least they were competing with the opposition, sony is doing the same thing with the PS3 and destroying it's own partners in the process.
Mr. E @ Jul 18th 2008 1:09PM
The PS3 is first and foremost a game console. Game consoles are subsidized because game licensing revenues are expected to make up for the up-front hardware losses. You know, give away the razor and make money on the blades.
In any case, Now Sony's own $399 (MSRP) standalone Blu-ray player is out. Unlike the PS3, retailers will be discounting the standalone player, so the days of the PS3 being the least expensive full-featured major brand Blu-ray player are behind us for good.