| Etech7 said: YO kas betamax is not vhs. Betamax was a failed format that sony launched for video tapes. It competed against vhs and lost. As for the ps3 having an advatage how is that not fair. If it wasn't a better blue ray player it wouldn't be worth buying in my opinion. PS3 doesn't have many exclusives anymore and costs more than the other consoles. |
Yeah... that's what i'm saying. That's why it wouldn't of been a Betamax, as it would of always beat HD-DVD no matter what happened... HD-DVD just had too much against it.
Blu-ray would of stuck around at least until HD VOD services reached mainstream as the choice format for Videophiles.
Just how Laserdisc, while it never caught on mainstream was the format used by pretty much all Videophiles until DVD showed up.
What PS3 has done is vasly increase the Blu-ray player installed base and prevented it from being super niche by getting it in the hands of non video-philes. People who just play videogames.
If Blu-ray does end up being the standard format ever i'd basically say the PS3 did most of it all and saved it from becoming a niche product it would of been had it not been in the PS3.
