PS3 grabs 20%+ of the market !

[Girl Gamer Elite]

Andir said:

Girl Gamer Elite said:

Why would I want to watch a DVD on my Wii when I can buy a top of the line DVD player for $20?

That same DVD player put into the Wii could easily add more than $20 to the production cost of the Wii and would have significantly cut down on its lifespan just as using your PS3 as a Blu-Ray player significantly cuts down on its lifespan.

The only time putting a multimedia device in a console made sense was last generation when everyone wanted a DVD player but couldn't afford one.

 Speak for yourself.

 Besides,  using "everyone" in any context is the same as someone saying that the PS3 is infinately more fun than something else.  It's a matter of persective, and there's very little you can say that would equate to "everyone" or "all the time."  I suppose I should start a thread with the title: "Girl Gamer Elite says everyone was too poor to buy DVD players."  Because that's how Sony is being treated lately by people like you posting in a Sony PS3 discussion thread when it's clear you don't have a desire to own one.  Trolling.

Talk about splitting hairs and semantics. DVDs actually had a demand when the PS2 came out. Blu-Ray still doesn't even have a fraction of the demand DVD did at that time. The PS3 was part of the ploy to create a demand for the Blu-Ray and feed a fledgling demand at the same time. Blu-Ray on the PS3 is a bad attempt at product synergy, DVD on the PS2 was just a win win with no strings attatched.

My desire to own something has no bearing on a relavant fact when it emerges. Blu-Ray lacks demand and it lacks economy. People wanted DVD, most people are waiting out the HD format wars. There's a difference between providing an additional service which is most desired and trying to force a new format at a consequential expenditure.