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HD-DVD is dead and buried. Blu-Ray rules the roost. And the rumors of a Blu-Ray enabled 360 have continued to flare up. Microsoft denies the fact that they're going Blu-Ray at every possible opportunity, even while Sony hints that they might be doing just the opposite. And Nintendo... well, they just stay out of it because they don't care, but this situation affects them, too. More on that tomorrow.
However, even though they deny it, I think it's both a foolish thought and an outright lie for Microsoft to say they're not going Blu-Ray. Either they are or their hand wll be forced to go Blu-Ray, because they can't afford not to. Whether you like it or not, Blu-Ray is about to become a big selling point for the PS3, and people will eventually begin to buy PS3s for the same reason the DVD-PS2 combo worked so well: it's the cheapest player on the market, and it also happens to play video games. Add in a great 2008 lineup, Home, a strengthening list of PSN downloads and free online gaming, and the PS3 becomes a tempting alternative to the 360 and a deal at only $399 to casuals. That's not to say the 360 doesn't have some of those things, but right now, there's no counter-punch Microsoft can give. DVD is certainly not it, and neither is HD-DVD because that's dead. So the only way Microsoft can steal some of the Blu-Ray player thunder is to join the fray themselves, likely with the Elite 360 first and then maybe expanding as an option to the mid-tier console SKU. If Microsoft doesn't go Blu-Ray, then what do they have to counter it? Live? XBLA? The '08 lineup? The first two are negated easily by the PS3. The third has a few advantages over the PS3... but most of the games are the same. For every exclusive the 360 can showcase, the PS3 has just as many, it seems. So it all comes down to Blu-Ray versus no Blu-Ray, and that's not a fight anyone can win right now. I honestly think that because of this reason, we'll eventually see a Blu-Ray 360, and we'll probably see it sooner than you think. Microsoft needs to act fast before the PS3 can use Blu-Ray to push themselves back into the race and even perhaps overtake the 360 in worldwide sales. Thoughts?
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It comes down to will it play when i turn it on or will it die and I have to send it in?
They would be crushing everyone else if they had just done that in the first place, or at the very least sometime in the 2.5 years it has been out, and wouldn't have to consider Blu Ray a big issue. These faulty consoles have got to be hurting their bottom line now and in the future more than Blu Ray.
Re: Blu Ray, I will never buy a Blu-Ray disc regardless so it doesn't affect me, but after fixing the consoles completely and stop handing out even shittier refurbs that should be something that they look at. There are a lot of people out there who don't really have the optimal TV for Blu Ray but will buy them anyways because they are "better than dvd's". People will buy the newest thing no matter if it makes sense or not, and that will eventually mean more PS3 sales if the 'Soft doesn't get a BR add on soon.
And I'm not harsh, I'm realistic.
Sorry Nihon...um look at my banner ?
I hope it was worth beating Sony to the chase Bill. Cos now that the PS3 finally has some decent exclusives coming out, you are fucked.
Other than that it would make sense to add it but it's a win lose for sony if that happens. They'd get royalties from more blu-ray movies but they'd sell less ps3's.
Build a time machine. Go back to when they first started building 360s. Do everything the same way, except instead of shoving rolled up $100,000 bills in each others asses, make a console that doesn't continue to fuck up for the next 3 years.
Mark my words, before this year is up, we will hear official news about Microsoft's next big console.
Maybe that'll have Blu-Ray.
Grow the fuck up and move on. Stop tarding it up in the blogs, we already know how you feel about.
But you definitely make some good points, Nihon. The PS3 seems poised to have a breakout year in 2008.