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Originally posted by Daniel Brecher:
I'm just not sure the majority of gamers want anything more than a games console at the end of the day. They might be able to woo gamers with Blu Ray movie compatibility in the short term as they did with UMD movies on the PSP, but look how that's ended up. What's more, it's one thing to use a PS3 as a Trojan horse to get PS3s into as many homes as possible, it's another thing for the majority of those owners to actually then go out and buy movies for it when they're already faced with the burden of $60 price tags on the games alone. Given the majority will primarily – and rightly so – want a games console for its games, they'll likely put their hard earned pennies to buying games above and beyond anything else. [/QB]
That's true, but I draw a different conclusion. Since ALL PS3 games are delivered on a Blu-Ray format disc- The likelyhood of the PS3 not being a major games success insures Blu-Ray as a format for a long time. They may not being playing movies as you said, but as a disc delivery format Blu-Ray seems positioned well, if only for games; the movies will come along for the ride, even if HD-DVD is still around... especially since all but one studio will be releasing in BR regardless of HD-DVD.

I agree that this war is hurting virtually everyone; but I think BR may be in a better strategic position in the end...

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