ps3 loss vs. blu-ray / HD profits?

[osamanobama]

thranx said:

osamanobama said:

voty2000 said:

fps_d0minat0r said:

thats whats gonna make ps3's keep selling long after 360 and wii are dead.

a lot of people will pick the ps3 over a dedicated blu-ray player.

Why?  I can get a blu-ray player from Amazon for under a hundred bucks and by the time the PS3 is that cheap blu-ray players will be even cheaper.  The majority of people aren't going to fork a couple hundred bucks more to get a system that plays games because they will never use that feature.  People used to get a PS3 because it was the cheapest option, not anymore.

well that hundred dollar player (which i doubt costs $100, it probable around 130) wont be 3d, wont have netflix, vudoo, mlb network, nhl network, stream movies, have a movie online store, and many more features, nor will it have as good of picture or sound quality. the only bluray player that youll find better than the ps3, is one that is twice the cost, and then it still doesnt play games

I think you forget people are looking for a cheap movie player not a movie player plus for more money. Also a blu ray player that can play as clear as the ps3 is not twice as expensive, its cheaper. thats why they are saying why bother with a ps3. It used to be cheaper to get s ps3 than a good blu ray player but that is no longer the case.

actually no, cnet.com just recently switch from using the ps3 as their test bluray player, because the $500 Oppo player, just past it up in picture quality. ps3 has the second best picture quality.

but your point still remains, people will likely not choose the ps3 over a cheaper one, especially becasue it seems like the ps3 is never advertised as a bluray player, and when you go to places like amazon.com the ps3 isnt even listed in the bluray section, only under games.

so people would have to preemptively know that the ps3 is a bluray player, because no store has it listed, or in the section of bluray players