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Hyruken 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.

 

 I have a 42inch HD plasma tv with a panasonic SC BT 100 Blu-Ray home cinema kit. In total that cost me nearly £2500 ($5000). I work in the media industry so will naturally buy any gadgets that come out, i love them. I notice the difference because i have spent a fortune on it so trick myself into believing it is a big difference. However when i have friends or my girlfriend over and show them say Transformers or Dark Knight etc.. they are like cool! But then they will say "i dont really see the difference". If they cant see the difference on a top end home set-up how will they see one on a bog standard one like the PS3 on a normal tv? They obviously wont. The reality is to me i think it is money well spent because i love films, but the average guy on the street will not be spending best part of $5000 to see a tiny bit of difference. The ironic thing is people i have had round think the old dvds ive got look better and that is just them being upscaled. The reality is we have been here before with other Sony formats, remember Laser disc? Remember Mini-Disc? Whatever happened to those? Wernt they better then normal discs and normal dvds? That is the reality the difference is so tiny and so small that majority of people will not justify paying as much as you and i have for something that will show that small a difference. Blu-Ray has just had its 3rd holiday season and has not really made any stride into the dvd world. In fact it moved from 2% shares to 4% share. At that rate it will take 25 years to just get to 50%. Somehow i doubt were be watching discs in 25 years time.