Borkachev on 25 September 2007
I would not have bought the PS3 if it came with a DVD ROM.
That's one less sale, balanced by probably 3 million more they would have had by this point.
The fact is that BluRay was shoehorned into the PS3 to bolster the format, and not for the PS3's (or the consumer's) benefit. It's true that we're now pushing the limits of DVD for gaming, but at worst that means swapping disks like we did in the PS1 days. There's been no evidence whatsoever that using DVD somehow limits what can be done with hi-def games, considering the 360 has kept up with the PS3 step-for-step in technical abilities. BluRay is at best a convenience feature, and a very high-priced one.
I don't mean to sound hard on Sony, but this is the reality. And while I'm sure I'll appreciate having a BluRay drive in the PS3 in a few years, I would rather have paid $350 for the PS3 today and bought a $50 BluRay player in a few years when it's actually worth it.
