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

[Fastrabbit09]

MikeB said:

@MikeB
Do you realize that not everybody isn't hooked/connected to the net ?
And will not pay for it unless they have enough use for it.

Yes, but in my country internet connections have become pretty casual, everyone I personally know has one. And the PS3 doesn't need to be hooked up to the internet to play games and watch Blu-Ray movies. Only for online play, PSN store, chat/websurfing/newsfeed and Home you need an internet connection.

in the US almost everyone has high-speed internet unless they live in very rural areas

but casual gamers still don't hook their systems up to the internet

 my bro-in-law only had ps2 last gen, now only has wii this gen and he still hasn't hooked up his wii to the net...he's a software engineer with about 10 computers in his house, but hasn't bothered to hook up his wii's wireless yet

 casual gamers just don't care that much about those non-gaming functions on the consoles...they use it to play a game or two occasionally and that is it...something like HOME would never get him to hook up his wii if it was on that console