PS3 - Cost and release problems due to Blu-ray?

Sony WILL make BD work. Do you think it is a coincidence that ofter the Betamax/vhs war that Sony moved into the film and music industries? They knew the only way to prevent a new fromat war loss would be to contol the content the media will contain.

There will be no HD-DVD releases of any Sony films. (Unless Blue-Ray nosedives like a kamakazee lead balloon)

Making a 10 year loss on the PS3 will not be an issue if for every BD sold Sony recive a cut. The idea of shipping the PS3 with a BD player is to publisise the format. To make average Joe think that it is the format of choice.

IMO it doesn't matter too much that HD is not fully embedded as each home yet. It is becomming hevily publisised. All information offered regarding buying a TV is to buy a HD ready TV if your budget is £599+ Sky are releasing HD Sky. the next Gen consoles are HD. HD movies are comming out. I would imagine any films made in the last 2-3 years by Sony have been filmed in HD so they will have a large cataloge of HD films ready to sell.

America has already made Several HT tv series.

So lets face it all we need is for people to buy HD tv's. (I would not be supprised if every non HD tv malfunctioned in the next 2 years ;))

Seriously though. Consumers are thinking about HD TVs there is a fair bit of interest in them. If you get one part of the package (say a console) a lot of people then look for a reason to upgrade the rest of the package to the same or higher standards. With current inflation and interest rates so low it is easier to slap an extra grand (or 5) onto the credit card.

IMO by the middle of this year we will be seeing budget HD tvs being sold in Asdas and Tescos. By the middle of next year 10% of house holds will have a High Definition film player. By the year after the Budget players will be out and the uptake will be about 50%
 
Kalsius said:
Anyone who buys a 360 or PS3 to put in an entertainment setup as a movie player needs a rethink, SONY will put the cheapest mass produced unit in there possible, its a fact of business. If I ever want HD/BD I'll buy a dedicated high quality unit like I have for my AV and current DVD player.
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Anyone who wants a next-gen media player for under their TV would be better getting a dedicated and not one like a PS3 or Xbox360 :).
 
Looking at the coverage of CES, Blu-ray definately seemed to have had the best showing.

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mmmm rack :D
"Stealth" though... that could just hand victory to the HD-DVD camp :p
 
I think the biggest problem to BD and HDDVD is cable & satelites commencement of HD transmission and video on demand. If they bring this to the table at a reasonable cost I can see the only reason to use either being as a storage medium for computer and video games........in just the same way as downloaded mp3 media is now.
Anyway, long term I see no lifespan for either media, especially with solid state hologramatic technology on the horizon too at far less cost and far greater manufacture.
 
Raider said:
Looking at the coverage of CES, Blu-ray definately seemed to have had the best showing.



mmmm rack :D
"Stealth" though... that could just hand victory to the HD-DVD camp :p
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stealth and xxx2, what r we waiting for :p

you would think they would want good movies to launch thier new media
 
NokkonWud said:
Anyone who wants a next-gen media player for under their TV would be better getting a dedicated and not one like a PS3 or Xbox360 :).
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You mean anyone that can afford to get a dedicated player and cares about the overall quality will go for separate... I know I'll prefer separate when I can afford it... or persuade parents to pay for it :p
 
DaveyD said:
You mean anyone that can afford to get a dedicated player and cares about the overall quality will go for separate... I know I'll prefer separate when I can afford it... or persuade parents to pay for it :p
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Persuade the parents :P, you're like 25 aren't you?
 
bluesouljah said:
And you're 21, why not finish your degree and get out in the real world and then have an opinion, you clown.
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Actually, I'm 22. I am self-funded for University, was working 2 jobs, full-time university and pay for housing rent, phone and transport.

Thankyou.
 
Werewolf said:
IIRC HD-DVD had about 3 times as many titles announced as blu-ray (i think 45 at launch, and 150 for the end of the year).
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Sorry I guess my post was a bit vague. I wasn't going on just the number of titles announced. Blu-Ray just had a lot more flashy stands. I guess because they have Sony, Samsung, Sharp, Phillips, Hitachi, LG, Panasonic, Pioneer etc.., where as HD-DVD is mainly Toshiba, Thomson and a few of the lesser known makers.
 
Psyk said:
Even they say it's only a rumour and that article gives the impression it's unlikely to be true. I suppose it is possible that games may take up more space than available on a DVD in a few more years, but I doubt that will happen before about half way through the 360's life cycle.
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this is possible ... however if you say somthing like final fyntasy which microsoft has aquird if i remember correctly that will surely need more that 1 disc
 
knowlesy said:
supposidly it was on a forum the whole developer team for the ps3 had been fired (think it was a lie) due to over heating of the ps3


blue ray wont be a major isssue since there is a lot of companies in the band waggon for it ....so it will all come back

the cell processor is the big money spender since it cost a load to develop (not known) and sony arnt sure if they are going to market it as a server cpu although i certainly would like em to and to pay of the costs they robably are ... (also i think it was custom pc i read but summit with asus and a mobo for it =S ill find it later )

but as every new product like the psp and xbox360 song and microsoft will loose out on money to get them of cheap to sell supposidly sony aint ment o make a profit on the psps for 3 years so theres jst 2 left now .... and microsoft certainly have lost abit in making the 360's
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Would the Cell processor be suitable as a server CPU? Isn't it almost entirely geared towards FPU calculations?
 
depends on the application. Mercury Computers i think are the first to start dishing out eval kits running linux. They doing it for high end 3D graphics systems for the likes of Medical and High end research like military apps atc.
I think toshiba said they will eventually put a cell in every TV they ship this year :eek:
 
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