Was Blu Ray a mistake?

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staticneuron said:
I do not think it was a mistake and I think that the PS3 is probably performing better than they expected because most companies plan for worst case scenario. Believe it or not video game consoles always seem to have the latest tech in them so I am actually glad that the PS3 shipped with blu ray because it is there for devs to take advantage of and I want to see what the best and brightest will do with the space (if they choose to use it).

Usually consoles dont have the latest tech, it only looks like it with custom made chipsets etc. Usually they are based on more like what is the "most", not on what is the "best". PS3 is an exeption for this, with its Power-PC based Cell (arguable) and BD-drive. Looking at PS3s specs and how Cell can be used in PS3, its possible (i think more propable) that delays have been caused by Cell. And after they got Cells quality good enough (meaning, cost of delay would have had more effect, than cost of low quality), they mismanaged to raise the BD production (quality issues again). For Sony, it was not a bad decision to add BD to PS3, but for PS3s success it propably was.