Well, As long as the PS3 is pushing units it is all good for Sony. Blu-Ray player from Sony playing Blu-Ray movies from Sony. But that point aside...

Of course a few people will buy the PS3 to play movies primarily. I doubt the ratio is high when compared to those bought for gaming, but of course people have bought the PS3 for that reason.

Look at influenza and cold medicine: A good amount of it is bought only for the amphetamines(I think this is what is used), but they don't mention that.

Ok... bad example, but I think I got my point across.

He said best, not cheapest.  It is still the only Blu-Ray player that is upgradeable to BD-J 2.0, and it boots up much faster than all other players on the market as well (except maybe the Sharp).

If I exclude myself, I guess not. I don't care who wins this format war and I refuse to participate in it.

Speaking of all this, there have been heavy rumors that Warner Bros. will go exclusive to Blu-Ray in the next few weeks (probably at CES) in attempt to establish a single dominate format, since the 4th quarter data is now in, and it has been shown that Toshiba's massive price cuts have had little to no effect on the status quo.

Do you think there would be a spike in ps3 sales after such an announcement from fence sitters jumping in and HD DVD owners going neutral?

It's also the best console on the market ;)

Anyway I meant in considerable volumes. Maybe a few people will buy a PS3 as a blu-ray player but average Joe will not care about blu-ray and the people that do care for blu-ray know they can buy a blu-ray player with a nice remote and a standard form factor to fit their entertainment centers.

I think even people that buy it as a blu-ray player plan to play games...

Here's the deal with BluRay: it's one of those things which you don't think you need... until you see a BluRay movie in all its 1080p glory on a quality widescreen. Even older movies (e.g. "The Road Warrior") look absolutely stunning. After that, there's no going back to ordinary DVD.

 I am pretty sure they offer Dragon's Lair on Blu-Ray as well. That  is if you own a PS3 and/or BD Player.

When I read the review for it on IGN back in April though, it said the PS3 BD player wouldn't allow the 5 lives option and only let's you play with Unlimited Lives. I wonder if this was ever fixed. It was something to do with Java. 

I don't personally know anyone that bought their PS3 for just a blu-ray player, but I don't doubt they exist.

And @ the above comment, DVD can suck my left nut >_>; After being graced with sharpness and color richness that is High Def movies, I literaly refuse to rent DVD's unless there cartoon movies, or HD-DVD exclusive >_> The color is just too... nasty ...

 Nah, I don't care at all about HD. To me, the transition from 4:3 aspect ratio to 16:9 is far more important than adding more pixels. Sure, HD is a sharper image, but I consider it to be a marginal improvement which I'll gladly adopt when it becomes only marginally more expensive. 

Where's the confession?