Blu-ray DVD drive no bonus for some PS3 buyers

[Zeus]

Is it really surprisng? Reuters report that the inclusion of a Blu-ray drive in the PS3 is really no big deal for some consumers. An analyst has stated Sony have not created something for today's market and are just pushing the price higher without real need.



Yankee Group analyst Michael Goodman said that while die-hard gamers will buy the PS3 at any cost early on, buyers who come to the product later will be more price-sensitive.

"Blu-ray is adding $150 to $200 to the product. They've created something that is not for today's market. It's not a market driver, it's only driving the price higher," he said.

Cymfony, a company which culls trends from posts on Internet sites, reported that positive discussions about HD-DVD were 46 percent higher than Blu-ray in a survey of almost 18,000 posts on blogs, discussion boards and consumer review sites from October 1 to November 30.

"Negative Blu-ray conversation indicated a lack of consumer trust in Sony, as well as gamer displeasure with selling Blu-ray in association with PlayStation 3," said Jim Nail, a spokesman for Cymfony, which culls trends from posts on social media sites.


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[daps83777]

thats what alot of people have been saying, and accroding to sony the blu ray drive is adding $200 to what the consumer pays to the PS3. with the 360 if you want the hd-dvd addon then you can purchase it, but with the PS3 you are forced to buy the blu ray drive even if you don't want it.

[InsaneNutter]

thats what alot of people have been saying, and accroding to sony the blu ray drive is adding $200 to what the consumer pays to the PS3. with the 360 if you want the hd-dvd addon then you can purchase it, but with the PS3 you are forced to buy the blu ray drive even if you don't want it.

Exactly, i dont no about the USA/Japan but in Europe a lot of people dont even have HDTV's so there just paying an extra £200 for something they wornt benefit from.

[msanchez]

Well for the moment I would have to agree with the masses on this one, I think that BD can benefit gaming, the only question is will someone take the extra time and effort to demonstrate this... well one things for sure at least not so far.

[Vintage]

BD is no good, yet. Time will tell if it does live up to its name or not but at the ps3 childhood its not doing alot for it, will be better for japan and usa because there technology is better then europes, i.e, HDTV's etc.
I have to say the PS3 at the moment is not getting a good amount of good press, i may sell mine when i get it in march.

[xllzerollx]

this is what happens when you try to introduce a really espensive product wich most ppl cant afford or have any use for it yet

[Havok154]

The worst thing that can happen to Sony is HD-DVD winning out. If BD loses, I'll be another UMD or N64 cartridge fiasco. It'll become the 1100lbs monkey on the PS3's back that prevents many devs from working on it due to the insane price for the media. If BD wins, then it'll help out since the price per VD will drop rapidly making the format somewhat more attractive for movies and slightly more attractive for games, assuming more then a few devs need the space..

[Azariel]

The worst thing that can happen to Sony is HD-DVD winning out. If BD loses, I'll be another UMD or N64 cartridge fiasco. It'll become the 1100lbs monkey on the PS3's back that prevents many devs from working on it due to the insane price for the media. If BD wins, then it'll help out since the price per VD will drop rapidly making the format somewhat more attractive for movies and slightly more attractive for games, assuming more then a few devs need the space..

About the N64 cartridge, I don't consider fiasco, maybe a bad choice for the time , but the cart was what it should be, a game cartridge, and only, not a media format for anything than games. UMD and BD on the other hand try to push the use on movies and media is an issue .