I use my PS3 80% of the time as a games console, and 20% for BD / DVD. I have no interest in going back to DVD as more BDs / HD-DVDs become available (I also have an HD DVD player). From the people I know that own a PS3

-One of my friends uses it as a BD player primarily, with some gaming on the side
-Three of my friends use it as a games console only (have SDTV)
-Someone I met yesterdays uses it for both

A couple people I know that are getting a PS3 soon will be using it as a games console primarily. BTW, this is all from the US.

I don't need HD formats, but I want it... Same goes for many others I know, a few have quite a collection already.

Honestly, no. First, it will take months, maybe years, after a WB exclusivity announcement for Toshiba to give up the HD-DVD ghost, and I imagine many HDDVD fanboys will be resentful enough that they will hold out as long as possible (for the record, I'm neutral on the issue, though I do think it clear BR is going to win out in the end). Those that do decide to jump in currently have cheaper options than the PS3, with at least 3 players now selling for under $300. Moreover, the videophiles are probably going to want to get a dedicated BR player, no matter how good the PS3 may be. Those who chose to get a PS3 for this reason are going to be few.

With PSN games I own around 22 games and about 7 blu-ray movies.

I don't know a single person that owns a PS3 just for blu-ray. In fact the only person I know that even owns a blu-ray besides myself is my dad and frankly thats because it came with the system. Personally I own 10 blu-rays and 13 PS3 games at the moment.

I didn't get the PS3 for blu-ray, I got it for the games.

However, I would really love to watch some blu-ray movies since we do have a 1080p TV, but we don't really care that much when it comes to movies. We own a few movies, but we'd mainly go to a local rental store if we really wanted to see a movie. Hell, I rarely even go to movie theaters ($10 my ass and that's just for the ticket, I'd rather rent a movie for two or three bucks). Now if the local rental store we go to began to stock blu-ray's, I'd be all over that.

something to note: the argument that people are waiting for one format to win the bluray/hddvd battle only applies to those interested in purely watching movies.

This is because blu-ray actually is and always will have an advantage over dvd for GAMING. which is still the primary reason it was included in the PS3 IMO.

PS1: CDROM, PS2: DVD, PS3: Blu-Ray ----> all for gaming primarily because of the different storage capacities that accompany each new generation of gaming.

If Blu-Ray were to fail, Sony would still produce them at a loss, similar to the UMD market for the PSP.
Games will always be on Blu-Ray for the PS3.
Blu-Ray will always exist in some form.

@OP To me the PS3 is of course a gaming machine first. But anytime I watch a DVD or BluRay, it is on the PS3, and that is quite often.

For Christmas I just got the Die Hard collection on Blu-Ray (all 4 movies). As well as the Mission Impossible trilogy and blazing saddles all on bluRay as well.

I know a lot of people and only one wants PS3 right now funny enough this firl just bought her first flatscreen TV(720p). She wants a PS3 for Blu Ray, I would have advised her about the format war and how I feel she should get a good upscaling DVD player (I know the PS3 is amazing at that but you can get great ones for <$200) instead. I would advise against getting a Blu Ray Player but here BF(my roomate) wants to play a PS3, so I dont want to take that from him.

Everyone I know that wants a game system wants a DS, Wii or a XBOX and no one really cares about HD formats. I have heard Blu Ray used in public a couple of times so I think the name is getting out there. This is just my experience but I have seen anyone want a PS3 other than that one person.

 I found a place that has a 60 gig and am tempted to buy though I dont want a PS3 at the moment.