Analyst: PS3 a Crutch to the Blu-ray Market

[Kasz216]

Viper1 said:

Kasz216 said:

Yeah, that's true. Still... we'll see when standalones are signficantly cheaper then PS3s. Are the standalones even cheaper yet?

 

Actually, stand alone players got more expensive after HD DVD pulled out of the market. With no compeition in the format, all the manufacturers raised their prices.

http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/36428/113/

 

Yeah i figured. They've got to get cheaper after too however as the rest of the Blu-ray consortium won't take to being undercut by the PS3 forever. Perhaps they're just biding their time a year or two until it is more mainstream however, that way they don't have to waste production time to take a loss like the PS3.

I find it weird that people are saying PS3 is real close to breaking even, yet blu-ray players that offer less then a third of what PS3 offers can't seem to lower their prices below it.

What's up with that?