| makingmusic476 said: Standalone players are still very expensive for the same reason that they were being sold for $1000 when the ps3 only cost $850 to manufacture back in November. CE manufacturers sell new technology at a profit to make back all the money they spent on R&D. The only reason the players are as cheap as they are now is because Toshiba keeps dropping the price of their HD DVD players in an attempt to counter-act the PS3 effect, so the BDA must react. It's rumored that Toshiba has been subsidizing their players for months now in an attempt to save their asses. I wonder how long they can afford to keep taking losses like that? |
I also think Toshiba is being rather foolish about the entire "format war".
But to emphasize my point, think about this:
It's rumored that Sony has been subsidizing their PS3 for months now in an attempt to save their asses. I wonder how long they can afford to keep taking losses like that?
How are the two companies so different? They're both using the same strategy to win a market, yet fanboys cheer on one while they berate the other.
The fact is that they're both engaging in very risky behavior and one or both of them will suffer badly for it in the long run. Personally, I hope they both take a beating for it and I think they will.
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