| dallas said: 2 points: 1. The versatility of this new, smaller player is irrelevant b/c the HD-DVD is losing and will probably lose the dvd war. 2. This isn't a win-lose kind of game for sony. The PS3 does many other things besides play blu-ray games/movies, and therefore the added features will make the ultimate price higher than these cheap players that will be coming out. If/when they come out, Sony will really start to get its blu-ray movie business going, because the blu-ray would be at a more desirable price.
While you are correct that this would make the PS3 less directly desireable, sony will still be getting some easy $$$$ from blu-ray royalties, and can always shovel this money back into wherever it wants. |
That's only because you are falling for the number spin. You see a total ratio of 2:1 and assume that's enough. Sorry, but businesses can't look at just one number. For one thing, the ratio ignores actual numbers, which are a puny few hundred thousand a month for both sides. And average and median sales are also a factor, since those tell us how an individual film sells. And since both sides have basically admitted that those numbers are about the same, it means that the greater studio support for blu-ray has not actually increased invididual film sales.
In a nutshell, the rest of the numbers show HD-DVD isn't losing, and neither side is doing that well right now.
A flashy-first game is awesome when it comes out. A great-first game is awesome forever.
Plus, just for the hell of it: Kelly Brook at the 2008 BAFTAs
