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Mr Puggsly on 03 December 2013
JerCotter7 said:
Wow looks like this thread isn't go as the OP intended. Why even ask the question if you wont like the answer.


Nope, I expected discussion... and excuses.

Quite honestly, it has gone better than expected.



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Somini on 03 December 2013

No. People love Bluray.



zuvuyeay on 03 December 2013
Mr Puggsly said:
zuvuyeay said:
microsoft can afford it i guess is the difference,i don't think the xone will suffer like the ps3 in launch price

but blu-ray was a selling point for me as i wanted HD movies as i'm sure it was fo some others too back 6 years,not everyone is like people you know

Don't be so defensive.

It may have been a selling point for you, but the reality is the price of Bluray pushed many people away from Playstation for a few years. Sony had to eat huge losses to get people back.


thats right and why it wont cost microsoft like it cost sony,its only what £70 difference here but i bought a ps3 because it had a blu ray player maybe i would have bought an xbox otherwise,but your right if sony did ps3 again i dont think they would have gone with blu-ray,launching at that kind f loss/price was not a good strategy

but kinect/voice control etc will be in everything oneday you know kettle on and what not so i don't see the problem with kinect myself it is starting here for us and also these boxes aren't just abut games anymore,they offer more to me anyway,media wise



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Mr Puggsly on 03 December 2013
LivingMetal said:


You seem to be defensive by starting this thread in an attempt to bring the inclusion of Blu-ray in the PS3 down to the level of Kinect 2.0 potentially causing the higher price of the Xbox One and the slower sales when compared to the PS4.


Well I'm not arguing putting Kinect in every box was a good idea. But people do argue Bluray in PS3 was a great idea inspite of hurting PS3 sales.

Forcing expensive devices that don't improve the average gaming experience is not a good idea in my opinion.

Now that PS3 is nearing the end, do we really feel Bluray was necessary or a good idea in the 7th gen? I don't and I'm creating discussion!



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Osc89 on 03 December 2013
Mr Puggsly said:
Osc89 said:
Mr Puggsly said:

People clearly hated Bluray for making the PS3 more expensive. Sales reflected that.


The PS3 sold better that the 360 though, so surely people prefered it to DVD?


360 didn't have the momentum of the PS2.

Sony chased away much of its fanbase and Xbox gained from it.


I don't see how you can say the success of the 360 means that people hated bluray. Sony sold more of a console with bluray against a console with DVD, and it cost $200 more.



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Figgycal on 03 December 2013
Goatseye said:
Gamers are so simple minded sometimes... I think.

I agree. I can't believe the convenience of not having to swap discs and the ability to play blu-ray movies means nothing to some of these guys.



Mr Puggsly on 03 December 2013
Osc89 said:


I don't see how you can say the success of the 360 means that people hated bluray. Sony sold more of a console with bluray against a console with DVD, and it cost $200 more.

 

PS3 sold more, but it didn't crush the competition like it had in past generations.

Without the significant price difference, PS3 would have crushed 360.



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LivingMetal on 03 December 2013
JerCotter7 said:
Wow looks like this thread isn't go as the OP intended. Why even ask the question if you wont like the answer.


Some people just look for consolation in all the wrong ways.



whatever on 03 December 2013

The PS3 was the cheapest blu-ray player for at least it's first year. It's actually the reason I bought one.

Blu-ray was coming, regardless of the PS3. The same doesn't apply for Kinect.



Mr Puggsly on 03 December 2013
Figgycal said:
Goatseye said:
Gamers are so simple minded sometimes... I think.

I agree. I can't believe the convenience of not having to swap discs and the ability to play blu-ray movies means nothing to some of these guys.

 

Oddly enough, sharper video and no disc swaps didn't prove to be a big selling point.

The price of Bluray hurt PS3 sales, the benefits of Bluray didn't make up for price. Instead many people just went to the DVD machine.



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