| Griffin said: I think the fact that MS had the 360 out in 2005 and the fact that Toshiba tossed HD-DVD on the market so fast was a major reason why the PS3 came out so early. If MS would of waited until the PS3 was out to drop the 360 then the xbox would be dead this gen. |
This is true, well done!
Sony had no choice in when they were gonna release the PS3... They would have released it even earlier than they did had there not been manufacturing problems (everyone remember that? :P).
Toshiba had released HD-DVD, so Sony had no choice but to release Blu Ray early, and their main weapon against it, the PS3. This is the reason why Blu Ray is inferior (im sorry, but it just plain is atm... Cant get picture in picture like you can in HD DVD, as well as much more...), it was released waaay too early. This is why all Bluray players (bar the PS3) wont be able to play all the content on new Blurays which are released after this year, because its an unfinished technology!
There was also the 360, it came out early too. If Sony had any chance of combating the 360 (and HD-DVD), it would have to release its console ASAP, which is what happened. This (in my mind) is they the PS3 can be seen as an "unfinished console", as blu-ray is an unfinished technology... Both were rushed, both had to make sacrifices..
