Analyst: PS3 a Crutch to the Blu-ray Market

[Hephaestos]

Branko2166 said:

Hephaestos said:
if that 3.8 million BR is worldwide, that kinda sucks....
3.8 million discs in a quarter with 10M PS3 and like 2M others that means people buy those at a rate of 1.3 BR per year...

IMHO BR is a still born that will be on life support for the better part of a decade before it is relayed.
There were many reasons to get a DVD player: video quality, sound, extra features, medium durability, portability, compatibility (laptops and PC), shelf space!
There are less reason to get a BR: HD video, HD sound, more extras.... (I, like a lot of people only care about deleted scenes).
But there are also reasons not to get one: 2x the price of DVDs and price for a HD TV, BR player, HD sound system... and HDCP incompatibility problems.

Many of your arguments could have been used back in the the days of VHS as well. Undoubtedly VHS was far cheaper and dvds were more expensive however over time prices come down and the people will always choose higher quality as long as it becomes affordable.

 

 

 

 Well the only similarity with VHS is that the price of films was lower too when DVD came our, but you didn't have to upgrade your home theater to get a boost from the DVD player...

It's true that I would not say the same thing if BR was $100 ... but that ain't happening any time soon, and the longer the thing stays as an expensive item, the less people will go for it once it is cheaper. Kind of like the laserdisc was to VHS: better than, but just not enough.

It does have BC working for it, but then the new tech that will apear in 6 years will have that too...