Blu-Ray's will become cheaper in time. They are like only been out for 18 months with the release of the PS3 and stand alone Blu-ray players. DVD's have been around for like 10 years. Not a real fair comparison. Blu-ray sales wil pick up but will it reach the same DVD market penetration levels- probably not.

I don't understand topics like this.
Is anyone here paid when bluray or DVD disk makes a sale? Why do you care which media format sells more?
I understand rooting for a console as that console company may make the games you like but rooting for a media format is just bizzare to me.

Voice of reason has spoken...Please stop these media format wars threads....

Disolitude, this is a sales website. We debate sales. It's like going to an automotive forum and asking why they are talking about cars.

@ disolitude

Some people are tech enthusiasts and it's fun to predict the future.

The same with the HD DVD vs Blu-Ray discussions, the PS3 played an important crucial role in that war. Some people saw this more clearly than others.

Yes but videogame sales my freind... When a game is good or you like it, you want it to sell well. I understand the logic behind that.

However I have yet to buy a blank DVD that is better than another blank DVD...or see a movie which is better because of better resolution. Not like Transformers or Terminator 3 are better movies because they are in 1080P or that godfather and Forest Gump are worse movies because they are not in 1080p.

Movies are a very similar entertainment media to video games and the mediums are used for both so it's natural for similar debates to incur.

Download media wont become the norm for awhile. Seriously, where is there any evidence at all that downloads will take off? Music is not the same as movies at all. On top of that, EVERYONE would need high speed internet and blazing fast speeds.

That would mean upgrades for all cable providers, readily available at all houses internationally. Then you have to convince everyday people to RENT movies on limited HDD with no portable copy, overcome the fear of HDD failures, and the issues with digital rights management. A single song getting pirated is a lot different than a entire movie.

There are just too many things in the way to make digital downloads a global thing. Its not even like the infrastructure is fast enough, stable enough, widely available enough as it is, but then you have to convince people that downloads are practical. I would say its atleast another 10 years off.

@ disolitude

Both games and movies are forms of entertainment, movie studios and TV studios are eyeing the games market. Dragon's Lair for ordinary Blu-Ray players is even a game, game systems have been broadened in their entertainment coverage adding media capabilities, Playstation Home will not solely focuss on games but on other forms of entertainment including media and Blu-Ray movies. The border between digital forms of entertainment is fading.