What will it take to get casual gamers to PS3? Is Blu-ray enough?

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Stever89 said:

MikeB said:

ecurbj said:

 

I do think Blu-Ray movie functionality speaks to more kinds of people for the long run than Wii-mote gaming. If the PS3 can continue to offer the best package they could capitalize on this introducing even more casuals to gaming.

Yes, the movie industry is much bigger than the gaming industry. So it's true that the blu-ray speaks to more people than the wiimote may. But unfortunately, at least for 3rd parties, these blu-ray player owners may not buy any games. So Sony will win with blu-ray royalties, but 3rd parties will lose. And when they start losing they jump ship. And we see what happens when they jump ship. That and regular blu-ray players will become cheaper than the PS3 by the time the masses want blu-ray and are ready for it. So they'll end up buying a regular player, and not a PS3.

Btw internet says hi.

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080124-growth-of-gaming-in-2007-far-outpaces-movies-music.html

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