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Forums - Sales Discussion - Cheaper blu-ray players cutting into PS3 sales?

Millennium on 21 December 2008

Sony has never made a secret of the fact that they saw the PS3 as a Blu-Ray player that happens to play games, rather than a game console that also plays Blu-Ray. This is great for pushing lock-in formats, but it's not so good for maintaining a viable gaming platform. If cheaper Blu-Ray players are really cutting into the PS3's sales, then it would seem the market agrees with Sony's viewpoint, and that does not bode well for the PS3 at all.



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S.T.A.G.E. on 21 December 2008
cool48 said:
Good now we know that the people who buy PS3s buy them to game.

 

You do know that that does slow down PS3 sales right?



S.T.A.G.E. on 21 December 2008
Millennium said:
Sony has never made a secret of the fact that they saw the PS3 as a Blu-Ray player that happens to play games, rather than a game console that also plays Blu-Ray. This is great for pushing lock-in formats, but it's not so good for maintaining a viable gaming platform. If cheaper Blu-Ray players are really cutting into the PS3's sales, then it would seem the market agrees with Sony's viewpoint, and that does not bode well for the PS3 at all.

This is what i've saying. If Sony loses the Blu sales because stand alones are more affordable its going to mess things up for the gaming system. They already screwed up the installed base, so what more could happen now?

 



RayRay102 on 21 December 2008

Why is Sony always trying to force their proprietary technology down people's throat and expect gamer to pay a premium for them. With the UMD and now looking more and more likely the Blu Ray (not the format, format is great) drive looking to cost Sony the War.

I don't get them sometime.