Why Blu-Ray is bad for the PS3

[Harvey Birdman]

shams said:

ChronotriggerJM said:

@Shams

My gripe with your statement is that SONY didn't get greedy, Toshiba did, Sony and the BDA originally founded the blue laser diodes, HD-DVD was originally working on a more consentrated Red laser that would have taken original DVD's and put out 720p signal, they later scrapped the idea and went with the blue laser. Now if Toshiba didn't attempt to make there own format Sony woulden't be in the boat you put them in at the moment.

Oh and by the way yes, I do find that PSP titles offer me more for my money than DS titles.

1/ Well done to Toshiba then. They saw an obvious flaw with Sony's business model, took advantage of it - and are now in with a real chance of winning the HD wars. At the very least, I suspect they are making a heap of money from HD-DVD. 

Sony's flaw then, was trying to use the PS3 to push BluRay sales/adoption. They should have focused/released cheap-ass BluRay players (aka Toshiba) - even if that meant undercutting the PS3 business. Again, this is the core flaw in their "all or nothing" business model approach. I think they will be forced to release cheap BluRay players soon - they just can't afford to cut the price of PS3s AGAIN so soon.

2/ Good for you. The majority of the market disagrees with you - and for me, the core ADVANTAGE of the DS is that it doesn't use discs. If Sony want any chance with the PSPII - they NEED to drop discs completely. (why? In another thread I posted 10 advantages that the DS gets over the PSP - thanks to using carts vrs discs)

 

 

Well done for what? Being outsold on a weekly basis? There is no flaw with Sony's business model. blu ray is winning at the moment, right? Studio support clearly favors blu ray (Disney, Sony Pictures, 20 Century Fox, and coming soon, Warner Bros.) Maybe you shoud tell these studios that there backing a "flawed" product.