C3PX said:

I can see where guys like bkev might find the Wii gimmicky, but I feel that it is just another step in video game evolution that Nintendo, like usual, is pioneering. A Blu-ray player on PS3, how is that not a gimmick aimed at selling consoles?

it depends on what you think constitues a 'gimmick'... when sony set out to make the PS3,

they weren't too worried about the game portion of the system, because they figured they

had the market with that.. but they wanted to push the Blu-ray format, and also market

the machine more as an entertainment system with movies (etc), and not just games.

they had a heavy investment in blu-ray, and yes even though technically you can put

more data/etc on it, that was just a future proofing for it.... they really didn't think they

had much too lose when they did that...however, the added cost/complexity/and delay

for the system has caused them to be in 3rd place...

here's a few more articles about the ps3

and the problems its having (i posted it

in the bluray thread):

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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

later

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