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Originally Posted by candyflip
Microsoft didn't fuck anything up in that respect. The BluRay in the PS3 is a nice add on, but not needed to play games.
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Considering the games are on blu-ray discs I beg to differ.
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It's possible that a number of folks who purchased a PS3 might never even buy or watch BluRay movie. While 100% of the folks that purchase a XBox360 HDDVD player will.
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Well if you have a blu-ray player and the video store rents out blu-ray disc why not rent one? Once you do that you've got em.
You do realize the sales numbers for the HD-DVD add on are miniscule compared to how many PS3 are our there.
Also consider this the person that bought the HD-DVD add on spent
$399 for premium XBOX 360 with 20 GB HDD
$100 for wi-fi
$200 for HD-DVD addd-on
no HDMI available. MS says sooon, but of course will be an add-on and will cost more $$$$
TOTAL $700 not including cost of future HDMI add-on.
Premium PS3 with 60 HDD comes with wi-fi, blu-ray, and HDMI 1.3 for $600
Now how stupid is that?
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Microsoft gave their consumers a choice and didn't sack them for an additional $200 unless the consumer wanted it.
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Yes in a few years those HD-DVD add-ons will have to be replaced with blu-ray add-ons. Real smart.
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I've got both. Right now BluRay has a few more titles, while the HDDVD titles are usually $5-10 less than the same title on BluRay.
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I'm sure my local Movie Gallery rents both for the same price. Most people rent not buy.
Blu-ray has more than just a few more titles. And that means a lot. For example I'm sure Spiderman 3 will be a huge hit in theaters and will one of the most anticipated movies for home theater. It will only come out on blu-ray not HD-DVD.
Prices will drop for both like DVDs have, as more get sold. Blu-ray is selling a shitload more so their price drops will come faster and be more.