I think I see your point and that is a fairly valid look. I mean what insentive is there to drive standalone players when the obvious choice for an informed buyer is a PS3.
Yet, there is another way to look at this. Perhaps Sony has this as a median, so it forces other companies to compete and not overcharge for hardware trying to produce sales and interest overall...
Also, I think the main thing is, that this is creating more potential buyers, who would not of paid even $500 for a BD Player, but would for a PS3, or combo. People whoo would elsewise not justify the cost, make the switch.
I think it has pretty much been confirmed that SONY did the right thing with Blu-Ray and PS3 and in my opinion the past two years have been a success for the company.
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