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PlayStation 3 launch delayed for Europe and others {Engadget}
Sep 6th 2006 7:54AM But Sony must have known that parts might be an issue for a long time, they dangled the carrot of a 2006 launch in Europe to stop 360 sales this year. I have a feeling, that they have lost a lot of good will in Europe. I will be able to wait, providing that the Wii is released before Christmas and Pro Evo Soccer does not look too good on the 360.
PlayStation 3 launch delayed for Europe and others {Engadget}
Sep 6th 2006 4:46AM Typical, treating us as second rate consumers again!
HDBeat Podcast 025 - Interview with Andy Parsons {Engadget HD}
Aug 10th 2006 8:26AM To be fair I think Ben believes that the format itself is better (or will be when they start putting out 50GB discs).
Brian: "we should be nervous of the fact that so many studios are already behind one of these formats. That makes this battle more about money and politics, than the best format winning"
I would be more nervous backing a system that isn't supported by lots of studios. Maybe the studios believe that Blu-Ray is the format that will give their consumers the best HD experience whilst also providing the best protection for their content. They may have other motives, but as a consumer a greater selection of titles is more likely to persuade me to buy into a format than marginal differences in PQ.
HDBeat Podcast 022 - 07.18.06 {Engadget HD}
Jul 20th 2006 11:39AM I really don't care which format wins. I will buy a PS3 for the games and might buy the odd movie. If HD-DVD becomes the winner, by the time that becomes apparent , the HD-DVD players will be cheap enough to buy without a second thought.
Why HD DVD will prevail: My opinion three months later {Engadget HD}
Jul 12th 2006 5:02AM A few points, I don't think Vista's native support for HD-DVD will be an issue, as all Blu-Ray drives sold will come with the drivers needed and software better at doing things such as authoring video and burning than Windows will offer (I think Nero already has Blu-Ray support?).
Secondly, away from movies, a great deal of people that use DVDs on a day-to-day basis do not use them for just watching movies, they use them for data storage, it would appear that the larger capacity of Blu-Ray discs might appeal to people who are interested in using the discs to archive their data.
Finally I do not think Sony intends for the PS3 to be everyones main Blu-Ray player, but I think it wants it to be a lot of peoples first. I know my PS2 was my first DVD player, I bought a few DVDs for it and a year later a bought a stand-alone player. The PS3 will introduce a lot of non-hardcore movie buffs to the format, who Sony will hope will then go on to buy stand-alone players when the prices drop.
Two new Blu-ray titles from Sony - Into the Blue and RoboCop {Engadget HD}
Jun 16th 2006 10:29AM Jessica Alba half naked in beautiful HD, it might just be!
HDBeat Podcast 017 - 06.13.06 {Engadget HD}
Jun 13th 2006 8:17AM I think the "small African country" that you mentioned was actually Trinidad and Tobago, which is nowhere near Africa.
Comcast is adding ESPN2-HD in time for the World Cup {Engadget HD}
Jun 9th 2006 7:50AM I agree, I'm English so of course it's Football, especially as the game is mostly played with feet, unlike the American "Football".
Comcast is adding ESPN2-HD in time for the World Cup {Engadget HD}
Jun 9th 2006 4:27AM Or due to the fact that the World Cup is in Germany he could have used Fußball.
Microsoft Europe bosses: Sony "forcing" consumers into Blu-ray purchase {Engadget HD}
May 30th 2006 5:09PM No one is being forced to do anything, if people want a system without Blu-Ray they can buy a 360. These comments suggest to me that this guy doesn't think people actually want a 360 so therefore have no choice but to buy a PS3. I think Microsoft are getting scared that the PS3 is going to out sell the 360 even with it's higher price.
