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A $200 Blu-ray add-on for the 360 would probably help Sony because they would (A) benefit from the Blu-ray sales, obviously; and (B) be able to point to it and say "wow look at what a deal the PS3 package deal is!"

I don't think it would hurt MS but they might not want to do it to avoid helping Sony.



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isnt easier just to get ps3 so you'll have two consoles and blue ray. Like me.



Saiyan_Princ3 said:

I think that if MS were able to have a blu-ray add on or even built in blu-ray drive. If that EVER happens. Than Sony would be at lost. Given the fact that if that does happen 360 owners can get a blu-ray player for cheap and have it connected to their 360's. And if its gonna be the same price as the HD-DVD add on. Than it would be a steal for them. And 360 fanboys will just talk shit to the PS3 fanboys saying they didnt have to pay upwards to 600 dollars for the blu-ray drive. And if its added on as a built-in for the 360 and sold at the same price point as the system is now. Sony would suffer major, since their system is more expensive. That wouldnt give any 360 fanboys a reason to buy a PS3. Now i hope Sony is smart and realizes this cuz...PS3 is gonna suffer a lot if MS gets a hold of blu-ray.


What do you mean for cheap? Lol. And people keep acting like the 360 is some hugely popular machine that can't be stopped. If the PS3 and 360 were launched at the same time, the PS3 would be winning. If Halo 3 never came out last year, the 360 would be losing. If MGS4 came out last year, the 360 would be losing.

 The 360 is unpopular in Europe, non-existent in Japan. It will cost more than the HD-DVD drive for them to add it on, and therefore will cost more for customers. The difference between $250 and $299 isn't enough to be seen as an advantage. No one wants an ugly ass add-on if they can get it built in for $50 more.

The 360 is going to be nearly dead by the end of this year if they don't bring something better than Gears 2 and Fable 2. But I think its funny to see all this 360 fan talk about the 360 putting the PS3 in real trouble. The 360 had its chance and blew it last year. It can't compete anymore and its showing, without dropping the price and hoping Sony doesn't retaliate. No Halo 3, no price advantage, the 360 is just like the original Xbox with an extra 2million consoles because of Halo. The PS3 is going to rule 08, while the 360 will have to freefall the price just to equal sales from the year before.



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A BluRay add-on would probably be in the $180 to $200 range.

Xbox + BR > PS3

But Xbox +BR



      


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Pretty funny thread. Especially the fanboy comments that followed.

@ Jandre002 - your post is from another dimension. Worthless PS3 fanboy hype dimension.



Maybe...lol...

 But I still dont see how the Xbox360 getting BR will change anything. Games sell console, Sony has better games. Easy equation.

The Xbox360 lineup this year absolutely sucks. Last years exclusive lineup wasnt that great either. Who would really use the 360 as a Blu-Ray player when you can get a PS3? I really dont see what game or feature even compares to the PS3's top 5 games for the year, minus Gears 2.

Its just a bad year in general for the 360 for exclusives, unless they have something big up their sleeves.



I would be more worried about PS3's being bought as a blu ray player and no games being sold for it. We have already seen this to a degree.



 


 

Okay... struggled to even understand this thread, but one point.

If I had a 360 and wanted BR I would get a PS3 with no futher thought.
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Why?

Let me exlain (and stick with me to the end):

MS DVD for Xbox and HD DVD and DVD for MS were not great (I mean from film fan view). The BR player in PS3 is excellent and alone would easily justify the extra cost over the add on IMO (as I doubt an external add-on is going to be better than PS3 as a player).

Also, (again film fan view but why else get HD movies to not watch them properly?) 360 is still to damn noisy to watch films on! I'd be shouting 'shut up' all the time at the damn thing.

Thirdly for cost of a decent BR player you immediately get access to all PS3 exclusives past present and future... This means you now have access to the best library of games in total IMHO and are officially in gaming heaven


So, unless you hate PS3 because you have a 360 (which is pretty stupid) or are tight for money (which is of course perfectly understandable and you have my sympathies) then buying a PS3 is the best choice if you want BR - not a cheap add on.



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