CES 2008: PS3, Blu-ray in 45% U.S households by 2011

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jhlennon1 said:

Neos said:

jhlennon1 said:
I hate this!

I was pissed off when FOX, Warner were touting PS3 sales as Bluray players to play their movies on. Sony is really playing a very dangerous game here. They are pushing the PS3 Bluray player so hard that it's getting neglected as a game player. I support the PlayStation/Sony as a gaming products, not this stupid Bluray. I feel abused and used by Sony who seem to be using their gaming fans to promote Bluray for movies and have ulterior motives.

 wow i never though about it this way

 that does seems rather..possible if you think about

Well, dude, think about this.

FOX/Warner both said that their were 3.5mil Bluray players in NA, 3mil of them were PS3's. We know that Toshiba said that 1mil HD DVD players were in NA. You then have that Bluray movies were greatly outselling HD DVD movies all year despite and that the PS3 game sales have not exactly been impressive in NA. You put them together and you get that the PS3 is being used as a BR player which is a major problem for us gamers...

 

@Sorrow880

The games available for the PS3 is not where the problem lies. The problem lies with how many of these PS3 owners actually give a damn about gaming? I think evidence is starting to clearly show that many PS3 owners areusing the PS3 as a BR player and a buying movies. I am very excited about the PS3 upcoming library as well but that does us no good if PS3 owners don't want to buy games in NA.

 honestly I couldnt care as long as Sony is moving consoles. I use my PS3 as both a Blu-ray Player and a game console. Do you honestly believe that after Toshiba hold out it's white flag that Sony will continue pushing Blu-ray as hard for the PS3? no they will try to push the stand alones. 

You are also forgetting the PSN titles. We truly have no idea how well PSN titles are selling or how much devs are making off PSN games. They could be making small fortunes and we dont know it. 

Figure this, most PlayStation fans ARE NOT shooter fans. So they would not likely buy Uncharted, Resistance,  Warhawk, COD4, UT3 etc, etc. Most of the titles released have been shooters so why do you think more people are using it as a Blu-ray player then a game console.. its lack of games in the genres they like.