windbane on 12 May 2008
| Onimusha12 said: Oh for crying out loud Montanna... DVD had been out well before the PS2 emerged and was the much desired successor to the much flawed VHS format. VHS being the bigger seller up until 2003 (assuming that's even true) doesn't mean anything other than DVD players were expensive, thus, surprise surprise, the PS2 was not only a DVD player but a gaming device all in one. I know I had a PS2 before my house ever had a DVD player and I imagine it was much the same for alot of people. PS2 launched with DVD already established and growing, for the price of a good DVD player, you could get a PS2, it was a fucking win win. PS3 launched with not only with Blu-Ray a feshly released and unproven format but with HD formats as a whole uproven. Blu-Ray was in the midst of a fevered format war with HD-DVD and to this day the benefits of HD formats are still arguable at best. DVD was a step towards utility & convenience over a severly outdated predicessor, it was a no brainer. Blu-Ray is only a step towards luxury and will never be the revolution to DVD that DVD was to VHS. |
It's not an equal step, but it's still a step forward worth investing in. The PS3 is now a "fucking win win" since the PS3 caused the war to end. The biggest convenience for Blu-ray is that, unlike CDs and DVDs, it can't be scratched. Skips and disc read errors should be mostly forgotten.
