| Branko2166 said: Spoken like a true fanboy If you actually bothered to analyze the numbers you would see that the ps3 is continueing to improve and with the gradual price reductions it will eventually hit mass market price. As far as the transition from dvd to hi def goes, once the hi def war is finalised the whole entertainment industry will get behind bluray because there is money to be made as profits from dvds have stagnated hence the main reason we are going to a new format. (besides the improvement in picture and audio quality) The fact that bluray players can also play and upscale dvds will help further in the transition. At the end of the day it is the electronics giants and the movie industry which will force the consumers to go to a new standardised format. As with all new technology it is expensive when it starts off but it inevitably goes mainstream. So the never ending argument that bluray will have a tough time replacing dvd's when it becomes the chosen standard is laughable. The only question should be how long it will take and not if it will take place.
Edit- By the way this thread is about the hi def war. How did you bring the wii into this conversation??
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Towards your edit from the original post "So Blue Ray has won thanks to the PS3, its as good as official. Now the real question is will PS3 win becuase of Blue Ray?" and from finalsquall's post "I see domination for the ps3 and yes - will take down the wii eventually, in life time sales" the Wii was already in this thread indirectly (in terms of the PS3 "winning") and directly (by the PS3 eventually passing the Wii in sales).
The PS3 has continued to improve do to a $200 price difference between what was the main SKU when it launched and what its main SKU is today, a lot of game releases, and the dominance of the Blu-Ray format; but that doesn't mean that it will continue to see sales improvements in the future, and it certainly doesn't mean that Blu-Ray will be the driving force of any improvement.
Optimistic projections of HDTV adoption have it hitting 50% of households in 2010, and all of these projections were based off of the ecconomic conditions of 2002 through 2005 being continued through 2010; in other words, they expected higher house values and home equity lines of credit to allow people to make big ticket purchases regardless of whether their income level supported it or not. What this means is that you shouldn't expect Blu-Ray to become a mainstream product until mid 2009 at the earliest (and potentially 2011 with more realistic projections of HDTV adoption).
A reasonable projection for the number of consoles sold at the end of 2008 based on year to date sales would be 45 to 50 Million Wii systems, 22 to 26 Million XBox 360 systems and 18 to 21 Million PS3 systems; the Wii will consistently outsell the PS3 and XBox 360 worldwide through the entire year and will often outsell both systems combined by a wide margin. Regardless of what people think most Wii owners will not avoid third party games, and the "rising tide will raise all boats" meaning that third party published games will continue to see greater and greater sales; certainly, not many thrid party games will see 4+ Million in sales but this is (mainly) do to how low profile the games are (but most third party games will see sales above 250,000 and quite a few will sell over 1 Million). The combination of higher potential sales, higher realistic sales, and lower development costs will weigh heavily on third party publishers and the PS3 will certainly not see the massive bulk of third party support the PS2 or Playstation received; most likely the Wii will have that support.
Now, when the Wii has a 40 Million unit lead on the PS3, a much larger and more diverse line-up, is selling at $100 less than the PS3, and Blu-Ray players are $100 (or less) why are people going to choose to buy a PS3?
Please note, I'm not saying the PS3 is going to stop selling ...
