Username2324 on 24 February 2008
Sony put Blu-ray in the PS3 for two reasons, first and foremost, you cannot beat a format in a game console. Anyone who thought Blu-ray would lose after the PS3 launch is quite foolish. And secondly, the 50GB of space helps push the Next-Gen-ness of the PS3 and allows for better games.
Simple as that, there was no risk, Sony knew the PS3 would succeed either as a gaming machine or a Blu-ray player or both.
