PS3 Played Major Role In Blu-Ray Win
See Full ImageBy now, you're all well aware of the fact that the high-definition movie format war is over: Blu-Ray is the clear victor, and HD-DVD has admitted defeat. Now, in retrospect, it seems the PlayStation 3 was - perhaps not surprisingly - the driving force behind such a speedy victory.
According to the annual report by the Entertainment Merchants Association, they have said that the PS3 "is the primary driver behind Blu-Ray sales, with 87% of PS3 owners watching Blu-Ray movies on their console." This is the very same organization that called Blu-Ray the losing format back in 2006, but now, due very much in part to the PS3, everything has changed. Furthermore, in looking down the road, they have issued the following prediction: through 2009, the PS3 will remain the "main force" behind Blu-Ray disc sales, at least until the standalone BD players begin to outstrip the PS3...and that might take a while to happen. The PS3 continues to sell well as it gains ground on the competition and is helped along by the likes of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. In the future, many analysts are predicting that the PS3 will win the console war (eventually).
There's probably little doubt that without the PS3 acting as a Trojan Horse of sorts for Blu-Ray, it could've been Toshiba's format holding the trophy now. But everything seems to have worked out quite well for Sony, yes?
7/4/2008 Ben Dutka
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SHADOW [Moderator]
Saturday, July 05, 2008 @ 12:31:15 AM
I have also had great expiriences with Sony, when I need to buy any sort of electronics I look at them first. That being said they also made the worst DVD player I ever owned so they aren't perfect just really good.
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MarvelZombies2
Friday, July 04, 2008 @ 11:33:56 PM
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SHADOW [Moderator]
Saturday, July 05, 2008 @ 12:48:09 AM
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skoda
Saturday, July 05, 2008 @ 1:03:50 AM
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SHADOW [Moderator]
Saturday, July 05, 2008 @ 5:04:32 AM
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ThePoetRazel
Saturday, July 05, 2008 @ 5:20:54 AM
And btw, the PS3's blu-ray player is excellent and could even get better as it's "future-proofed" through software updates.
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bugzbunny109
Saturday, July 05, 2008 @ 10:10:18 AM
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Ben Dutka PSXE [Administrator]
Saturday, July 05, 2008 @ 10:25:22 AM
Furthermore, almost 90% of all TVs purchased last holiday season were HD-ready. So what you're saying is entirely untrue; many millions of people, and very soon, MOST people, have a TV that can support HD. Furthermore, considering all DVD players have to produce movies in standard definition, there was very little difference at all between the PS2 DVD player and a standalone player.
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SHADOW [Moderator]
Saturday, July 05, 2008 @ 6:24:56 PM
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baseballdude_ [Administrator]
Saturday, July 05, 2008 @ 7:38:05 PM
But yeah, I'd definitely say that Blu-ray can thank the PS3 for it's success. I was going to get a HD DVD player and decided to hold off and just get a PS3 down the road. :\
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Jove
Saturday, July 05, 2008 @ 10:39:40 PM
just a tought
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Tatsujin
Sunday, July 06, 2008 @ 1:52:39 AM
The way you pull the price out of your ass is amazing, please... Teach me how to do it... I wan't to be able to go up to the Xbox fans and say "Dude, I bought a brand new Xbox 360 Elite for 10k grand... Isn't that cool?"
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Ben Dutka PSXE [Administrator]
Saturday, July 05, 2008 @ 7:22:09 PM
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SHADOW [Moderator]
Saturday, July 05, 2008 @ 7:40:54 PM
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Tatsujin
Sunday, July 06, 2008 @ 1:54:56 AM
P.S. I knew Blu-Ray would win from the beginning, but to be honest.. I had no idea that PS3 actually impacted THAT much :O
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skoda
Sunday, July 06, 2008 @ 2:28:57 AM
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Tatsujin
Sunday, July 06, 2008 @ 11:49:45 AM
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bugzbunny109
Sunday, July 06, 2008 @ 12:29:34 PM
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MarvelZombies2
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Friday, July 04, 2008 @ 11:33:26 PM
I Hate Microsoft, not only for S***box 360...but also for Windows Vista...and still way before that...way before original Xbox
I told everyone to buy Blu and all I got in return was,...you're f***in crazy man...
And what happens...everyone that invested in Hd-DVD wastes a s*** load of cash and has to go blu anyway...
Thats the price of stupidity...i mean look at consumer reports...not once can i think of a problem with anything sony...except for the exploding battery for the PS2 a couple years back, but that didn't affet me...
Overall i guess what I'm trying to say is that sony has arguably some of the most durable, entertaining equiptment of the market ever since they first began producing electronics...
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