Was Blu Ray a mistake?

[davygee]

The PS2 was released at a time when people were trying to get into DVD's and Sony played up to that and released their new console with a built in DVD player....remember it was expensive at the time as well and was much more expensive than the comparable systems on the market at the time.

Sony are trying to do the same with the PS3 including the BR player, but the main difference is that noone has a BR player at the moment and it's still a product in its infancy.

Sales of LCD's and Plasma's are up people are getting caught up in the Digital TV signals as well as HD, again in it's infancy...but this WILL change.  I can see people buying a PS3 to get the BR player especially if the PS3 drops $100 in price come this Xmas or soon after.

BR seems to be the most popular of the 2 HD formats at the moment, but neither will really take off until it becomes more affordable.  2008 will be the year for BR and the PS3.  I reckon the PS3 is a year or 2 too early...but it has the hardware and potential to be around for 10 years or so though.