Was Blu Ray a mistake?

[HappySqurriel]

Christopher_G2 said:
Blue Ray is something that could pay of for the PS3 2 or 3 years down the road. It's definetly a gamble though. If either HD-DVD starts to turn to corner or the format war is a prolonged thing that won't be decided for years it could mean trouble for the PS3. Right now 95% of people who watch movies on a regular basis are perfectly fine with DVDs. If Blue Ray wins I think the PS3 will ultimately become the best selling console, but as far as if it was worth it or not, Sony could have very well dominated another generation if they didn't make such an expensive technical powerhouse machine. They will lose lots of market share even in their best case senario.

I think this argument only works if you assume that people would choose to buy a PS3 that had very few games available for it in place of a similarly price Blu-Ray player; that may be the case but I am doubtful that in Q4 2008 you will see that many people look at a $200 to $300 Blu-Ray player and decide to buy the $300 to $400 PS3 in its place. It could get even worse if Advent or Apex-Digital get into the production of HD-DVD or Blu-Ray players because they could produce a $100 to $150 player which would be dramatically less expensive than a PS3