On the reevaluation of the PS3's fortunes down the road or lack thereof

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RolStoppable said:

dallas said:

 

So, I think that reduced expectations from Sony are in order, and that we might be seeing an even more dominant MS as they might be able to gain some in the marketplace from a weakened sony.  Anyway what do y'all think?  Tell me like it is vgcharters.

Just out of curiosity: Did you read a lot of kirby007's "analysisses" about the HD console war?

The Blu-ray effect is probably a wash for Sony.  As the price of standalone players drop and Blu-ray adoption rises, this will increase Sony's media revenues.  At the same time, the PS3 will become less and less compelling as a Blu-ray player in the face of standalone players perhaps 1/2 the cost, so their console business may see a hit as a result.

If Sony really wants Blu-ray to succeed, they need to drop the prices of their Blu-ray movies, and they need to encourage the other studios to do the same.