Did MS/Customer Reaction to PS3 Screw Up Sony's Schedule?

[HappySqurriel]

Noobie said:

HappySqurriel said:

There is no way to know, but I personally suspect ...

Sony really did not intend to release the PS3 in 2006 the (unexpected) release of the XBox 360 in 2005 forced Sony to accelerate their release schedule; I suspect that when the XBox 360 was first rumored to be released mid 2005 Sony became worried that 18 to 24 months on the market with no (direct) competition could give Microsoft the opportunity to eat away a big chunk of Sony's marketshare.

If it was released for Q4 of 2007, the PS3 would have been more powerful and less expensive due to the 65nm process, Blu-Ray diodes would be less expensive and more people would be looking for a Blu-Ray player, and HDTV adoption would be higher.

 

I wander has the PS3 been released in Q4, then there would have been any fight left in the high-def. I think it was only cuz of the PS3 that the blu-ray manage to survive whole of the 2007 when the blu-ray standalone player sale was so lack luster and finally have come so close to the victory. Otherwise by Q4 of 2007 the high end disc game could have been well over for the blu-ray camp.

Just my .2 cents

A cynical person could say that the talks between Toshiba and Sony to create a combined format could have been a tactic used to prevent Toshiba from releasing the HD-DVD format ...

On top of that, it is possible that Sony could have decided to choose a combined format and let early adopters of Blu-HD-DVD-Ray players cut the cost of manufacturing while it was still too expensive to put into a console ...