I feel it will lies in the life of the blue LED used to read the Disk.
Maybe they can reach 50K hours life on the blue LED, but the brightness of this LED will be half at the 50K hours mark.
I am hoping that this doesnt reduce the ability to read disks, otherwise the life will be a lot shorter than we would hope, and i am hoping the sony engineers ensured the heat inside the box was low around the LED as this would affect the life of the Blue led substancially.
Predictions JAN 08
2008 PS3-19.5M(actual 19.5) XBOX360-23M(actual 27.5) Wii - 37M(actual 45.8M)
End of 2009 PS3-27 25M XBOX360-30 35M Wii - 48 63M (revised DEC 08)
Price Point
Mid 2008 Wii $250 Xbox360$249 Xbox360(HDD)$299 PS3 $399
Mid 2009 Wii $189 Xbox360$199 Xbox360(HDD)$249 PS3 $339
Mid 2010 Wii $ 149 Xbox360$159 Xbox360(HDD)$199 PS3 $289
