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Post #214082

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skyman8081
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The Non-Biased PS3 Thread
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Date created
27-May-2006, 2:37 AM
Originally posted by: Jay
Originally posted by: skyman8081
My concern with Blu-ray is that so much of it is riding on the PS3 right now. And since there is a lot of consumer badwill towards the PS3 at the moment. If that carries over until 11/17, Blu-ray could look mightily fucked.


I think gamers are overestimating the potential effect of the PS3 on BluRay's success in much the same way they often overstate the PS2's effect on DVD's success. DVD would be exactly where it is today even if the PS2 hadn't supported DVD playback.

If BluRay is to survive, it'll be on its own merits as a home video platform.


I agree with you that Blu-ray needs to survive on its own merits as a video platform. Unfortunately Sony also seems to fallen into that same mentality that the PS3 is going to magically sell Blu-ray like they think the PS2 did with DVD. Sony is assuming that the PS3 will sell Blu-ray, when Blu-ray needs to sell the PS3.

For the purposes of a game console this generation, Blu-ray is too much. I would wager that DVD-9 is an upper limit for size for practicality reasons alone. It is not cost effective for studios to create content that justifies going beyond DVD-9. The PC Version of "The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion" only uses 4.5 GB, and that game is considered one of the biggest games on the market. It was even rumored to span 4 DVD's. The marginal utility of making larger textures and worlds is not enough to justify the cost of a Blu-ray drive in the PS3.

Sony seems to have bet the farm on the success of the PS3. If the PS3 doesn't sell, which is a very likely possibility now, than their strategy for Blu-ray is sunk.