| z64dan said: Actually one of the main draws of the PS3 was "Its a really cheap Bluray Player!" And now its not a cheap Blu-Ray player anymore... hmm... |
True, one reason to buy the PS3 was as a "cheap" Blu_Ray player.
But to be honest, consoles suck as movie players, for lots of reasons. Real movie afficienados will always go for the stand alone player. After all, why put up with the size, heat, noise, buying an extra remote, etc of PS3 if you only care about playing movies on it?
It's like, who cares that PS2 plays DVD's now? Nobody. Same will eventually be true of PS3 and Blu_Ray.
I guess yeah, a temporary selling point of PS3 is theoretically gone now (I say theorertically because I'm not sure this player is truly going to be $499, AFAIK it's not confiormed, and notice you cannot buy it anywhere yet).
But I guess I'm just saying, the logic here is still kinda stupid. For $100 more you get a lot over that stand-alone player. If you care..
