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BengaBenga on 05 January 2009
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SMcc1887 said:
Hyruken said:
senortaco said:
I-I just don't understand...How does a company of this magnitude get in this position?! I never thought I'd see another situation like Sega...

 

 My view is because they assumed everyone wanted Blu-Ray or would want it. If they went with a console that had standard dvd and let people decide what parts they want to buy for it i.e wireless etc.. then it would of been a lot cheaper for people to buy. They didnt give people that choice. If the PS3 was as cheap as the Wii and the 360 im sure things would have been very different but going in the Blu-Ray direction will probably bring them to near bankrupty. People in general could not give a monkies about Blu-Ray, the difference from DVD to Blu-Ray is barely noticable. After having over a year of no HD competitors Blu-Ray has not taken off like predicted. It is an alternative to dvd and honestly i think that is all it will be.

 

 Seious, the difference is like the biggest visual difference ever seen between formats. Blu-Ray is exceeding some expectations and because of your post its obvious you haven't watched a Blu-Ray on a 32" LCD with Dolby 7.1 surround sound. If you had, I guarantee you wouldnt say those things.

Really this is complete nonsense. DVD -> BluRay is not even a step compared to the giant leap from VHS to DVD. BluRay is nice, but it doesn't add a lot to the average consumer. I can guarantee you that the average consumer doesn't really sees the difference between BR and DVD. They did see a huge difference from VHS to DVD: High quality video (no stripes etc), no rewinding of tapes, start at any chapter, multiple subtitles/audio possibilities (great for Disney movies), no quality loss over the years, no longer these massive, ugly tapes you have to store. In short: BIG difference. DVD -> BluRay: Higher resolution, better sound. But only if you have top notch TV+Sound system. In short: Not so much difference, especially not for most people with average eloctronics.