negative1 said:back on topic (sorta)..
well this is pretty inflammatory (even when i saw it):
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ps3 a sinking ship
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/siliconalley/personal-tech/2008_12_sonys_ps3_a_sinking_ship_sales_plummet_sne.html
more commentary:
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http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3171823
http://www.examiner.com/x-1726-Minnesota-Game-Examiner~y2008m12d12-Sonys-epic-fail-The-5-major-blunders-of-the-PS3
ok, so they're getting clobbered by nintendo/microsoft..still..
well, i dont' think that will help blu-ray obviously.......but if that was one
outlet where the market penetration would help the sales of movies,
it probably wont..
but then again with the sales down all across the board, you could
say regular dvd's/players sales are down also..
later
-1
The ps3 is a sinking ship as a console. As a console it's a total failure. Not enough games, hard to program for, very expensive.
Blu-ray on the other hand is surviving and thriving without PS3 sales. Standalone players can easily be had for under $300 (under $200 if you don't mind a slower profile 1.1 player). With that large of a price difference, there's no reason to get a PS3 if all you want to do is watch Blu-ray movies.
Sales of regular DVDs/players are down, but they're still far higher than Blu-ray. Perhaps the after Christmas sales will give us another run of cheap Blu-ray players. The movies themselves are in line with standard DVD now, so player prices are still the only thing slowing adoption.