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SpartanFX on 29 February 2008
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madskillz said:
Moneybags said:
Rememer, everyone that buys ps3 for BR is then also a pontential buyer for ps3 games. It's a win win for Sony and not something they really have to worry about.

Look at the demographics and you'll see that the people who are buying the PS3 as a BR player aren't the least bit interested in buying games. Put another way - some folks buy cars to street race - they'll get Evos, or WRXes, or even Infiniti G35s and soup them up to earn some $$$ - however, most folks buy cars and will never, ever race them.

Just because a machine has the capacity to offer the buyers the ability to play video games doesn't mean they will jump over to that. It's a huge gamble for Sony in this regard. If the hardware keeps rising and the software sales stay stagnant, who's winning? Most console makers will admit they make money off the software sold. Even if Sony is selling consoles touted as the best and cheapiest BR player, they will just win one battle - being the go-to BR player. The game platform - shoot, Harrison said they'd sell 5 million consoles without games - was second tier from jump and to think that's gonna change - all I can say is wow. If folks are buying the PS3 without several AAA titles, and just touting is as the best BR player on the market, why should Sony change?

With the delayed launch, it was clear that Sony cared much, much more about BR than gaming (hence why they dropped BC and reduced the number of USB ports to just two ports). Maybe that will change, but with Sony at the helm of a format victory, they'll prove just how much they care about the consumer soon.

Actually what you are assuming is wrong,,,,I often check AVS forums and there are lots of grown up men who have started playing games after they bought the PS3 for movie purposes only.So it is TRUE to say that there might be Potenial game buyers amon Bluray player buyers.lots of good games are comming this year to PS3 so we ahve to wait and see how many games will be sold as the PS3 sells more.

 

If you think that sony has forgotten about gaming comunity, you have to take another look at their exclusive  line up of games for this year.with the HD DVD out of the equation ,they can focus more on gaming now.