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Then to the 10 years with blu-ray being the dominant format. I guess you mean that it will stay long if blu-ray wins. The only problem I have with that idea is that PS2 (which is on its seventh year I think and still going strong in USA is most probarbly not sold as a DVD-player today. If blu-ray wins now, we will have massmarket priced blu-ray players from Sony, Samsung etc and the usual "cheap" brands that all will be cheaper than a PS3. "
Thats true they probably will mass market the players, but by then the PS3's cost will decrease for just that reason. If blu-ray becomes mass marketed, creating the laser diodes (spelling?, lol) will be as cheap as making the DVD lasers. Then, they will be able to cut the price of the PS3 substantially, possible to 300's or even 200's. Sony gets paid for EVERY blu-ray disc made, where or not they make them themselves. If it did win next gen, imagine every dvd made today, but sony gets a piece of every one. I dont see that happening in ten years of course, but if blu-ray wins, the PS3 will drop substantially in price, and will be the perfect supplement to any HDTV, with the ability to play games, shop, search the web, act as a DVR, and watch next gen movies. The PS2 was a gaming system that could play dvd's, but the PS3 is much more, and the price will end up being 100 more in 6-7 years IMO.
