Sony: Sub-$100 Blu-ray Drives by Winter

sonarus - 569 days ago

Hope this translates to cheaper blu ray players from PS3 to stand alone drives

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Sev1512 - 568 days 23 hours ago

This is huge news... Excellent. Maybe Blu-Ray movies will finally go down a bit in price. I have had to cut back my purchases.

I also hope this translates to more sales over all.

Hopefully the PS3 price goes down even more. Then it will be unstoppable.

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DG - 568 days 4 hours ago

I was even going to buy the $200 drive but Ill wait now. I guess I wont be buying that PS3 after all.

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Meresin - 568 days 21 hours ago

Shop Amazon. Most of their Blu-ray movies range from $15-25. I'm not sure if there's any that cost $30 that aren't some sort of special edition. :P

Anything over $20 is still a bit much in my eyes, but that's the nature of early adoption. After another year or two, the cost of the disks will be low enough that all of the movies should be $15-20.

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rmatott - 568 days 12 hours ago

i agree, if the movies are gonna stay at 30 its not going to catch on, with the drop of the play they HAVE to drop the price of the movies.

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hotshot127 - 568 days 23 hours ago

by ps3 sales in europe. oh wait..........still are.

all the ps3 needed was one sizable price drop and its outselling the 360 even in america so far in total sales throught 2008.

@XGAMER
yea im sure you would know, i mean, you did support hd-dvd...........nuff said

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pwnsause - 568 days 23 hours ago

Guess again A**hole http://www.i4u.com/article1... next time do reserch before you talk out for your dirty anus.

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pwnsause - 568 days 23 hours ago

expect the same thing to happen in Europe and North America during the Holidays.

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TheExodus - 568 days 20 hours ago

Yes, research would be nice: http://www.kren.com/Global/...

Blu-ray sales are PATHETIC when you consider the forced install base of players. DVD managed to sell 14 million discs in it's first year with an install base of 1 million players. Blu-ray has been on the market for TWO YEARS and JUST passed 11 million in sales with an install base of over 13 million players.

BD-ROM drives MAY hit the $100 mark this winter, but that doesn't mean consumers are going to want Blu-ray anymore than they do now. Hell, you've got 13 million people with FREE Blu-ray players in their living rooms & even they don't want Blu-ray.

Before you blind fanboys go disagreeing ponder the FACT that in it's first year DVD had an attach rate 14 movies per player, while Blu-ray has been on the market for two years & hasn't even been able to muster up an attach rate of 1 movie per player.

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pwnsause - 568 days 19 hours ago

posting news from CW, what did you do, go to google and typed negative Blu-ray news? i just posted recent news here buddy, good job though trying to turn it into a negative article.

"Blu-ray sales are PATHETIC when you consider the forced install base of players. DVD managed to sell 14 million discs in it's first year with an install base of 1 million players. Blu-ray has been on the market for TWO YEARS and JUST passed 11 million in sales with an install base of over 13 million players."

DVD-No competition back in 97-98 when it was introduced, heck i brought a DVD player at that time for about $500 dollars.

Blu-ray- was caught in a next gen Format war from June 06-March 08.
Hold your horses there buddy.

what do you want to see sales explode 2 months after the end of the format war? BD is here to stay if a market like in Japan is accepting this already, then expect it to expand overseas.

if you want to see failure, go to toshiba and Microsoft and talk about how HD-DVD did not included a built in player for the 360, which could of destroyed the PS3 with its 1 year advantage, it got released in November 2005, while HD-DVD got launched in January 2006. think about that, they could not only killed blu-ray.

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BD-ROM drives MAY hit the $100 mark this winter, but that doesn't mean consumers are going to want Blu-ray anymore than they do now. Hell, you've got 13 million people with FREE Blu-ray players in their living rooms & even they don't want Blu-ray."

HAHHAHAHAAHHHAHHHAHAHAAHHAHAH HAHHAHAHA, OMFG...that was the dumbest thing i have ever heard.

As i said before, expect BD to sell by the end of this year. it all starts on Black Friday, Nov.2008.

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TheExodus - 568 days 19 hours ago

DVD was launched in '97 so how the hell is it's sales data going to be "new" news? Honestly, do you even stop to think before you type?

No competition? Remember LaserDisc? How about VHS?

"HAHHAHAHAAHHHAHHHAHAHAA HHAHAH HAHHAHAHA, OMFG...that was the dumbest thing i have ever heard."

Really? You might want to try giving your posts a re-read.

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pwnsause - 568 days 19 hours ago

"DVD was launched in '97 so how the hell is it's sales data going to be "new" news? Honestly, do you even stop to think before you type?

No competition? Remember LaserDisc? How about VHS?"

VHS was a last gen format my freind and so was the laserdisc. the features that DVD had were not avalable on VHS and Laserdisc at the time. as I said before DVD was not caught in a format war, ROFL. you cant spin this.

Rofl i still cant stop laughing after you said 13million people with free BD players, thats like saying the 120 million people with free DVD players, who were (and are) PS2 owners, HAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

so let me say the same thing that you have just said to me, but with a little bit of flavor, does your smallbrain even think before you type?

"Really? You might want to try giving your posts a re-read."

I dont have to, I know what Im talking about. maybe you should re-read what you were typing again and get a history and Business lesson in Format Wars.

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TheExodus - 568 days 19 hours ago

"I know what Im talking about."

No you don't. Blu-ray vs. HD DVD & DVD is no different that CD vs. vinyl & cassette or DVD vs. LaserDisc & VHS.

The fact that you refuse to acknowledge Blu-ray is performing poorly in the marketplace doesn't make you more intelligent, it makes you a fanatic.

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pwnsause - 568 days 18 hours ago

"No you don't. Blu-ray vs. HD DVD & DVD is no different that CD vs. vinyl & cassette or DVD vs. LaserDisc & VHS."

-Blu-ray 50GB (Next-gen caught in Format War against HD-DVD/ Future successor to DVD)
-HD-DVD 30GB (Caught in Format War against BD/ Dead.)

-DVD 9.8GB (Current format)
-CD 700mb (current format)
-Laser Disc (uses analog encoding 30min/side using Audio/Video)
-VHS (SP speed for highest quality 2-3 hrs)
-cassette (dont humiliate yourself please, mono(1 channel analog) sound similar to CD (2 channel digital))
-Vynyl (you're defenitly smoking are you)

HAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHaHAHAH HAHAA
OMFG cant stop laughing!!!!!!

"The fact that you refuse to acknowledge Blu-ray is performing poorly in the marketplace doesn't make you more intelligent, it makes you a fanatic."

the fact that you ignored the most recent article from REUTERS just states you ignorance. these formats that you posted, i have it in the basement of my apartment building. I also cant forget about the betamax player thats downstairs in my little graveyard of players as well, it died early, becuase it got pwned in a format war against JVC and its VHS.(except for HD-DVD which i knew from the beggining was going to die because it wasnt supported by a console, which gave the boost to Blu-ray cause of the PS3, speaking of the devil, i have a BD player and the PS3 in my apartment back in NYC)

Im not a fanatic that you state i am, Facts are facts, i could of supported HD-DVD if i wanted to, but i saw its death from light years away, not due because i am PS3 fanboy, but because of the way how the format did not included HD-DVD on the 360 BUILT IN. you already seen what happens when its gets embedded into the console. if you didnt see what the boost in DVD sales the PS2 gave to DVDs, then of course you didnt see this coming from lightyears away.

if you want to continue this converstation, PM me if you want, right now im going to sleep to go to engineering class tomorrow. i would be happy to quick replay.

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Pain - 568 days 5 hours ago

Just use all those hd-dvd's for beer coaster's .

oh u just a smart mouthed tweeny never mind.

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GiantEnemyCrab - 568 days 23 hours ago

You feel better now? Did you get every BS story/complaint out of your system about the 360? You forgot to mention RROD 10 times.

If anything you sound like you're the one mad and crying.. jesus. To think of all the time you wasted typing that for a system you don't own and hate.

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Whoooop - 568 days 23 hours ago

Get a PS3.. Ease that pain!!!

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pwnsause - 568 days 23 hours ago

you do the same thing all the time ROFL good job being 2 faced.

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eagle21 - 568 days 22 hours ago

Why didn't you reply to lawman or xgamer... It's OBVIOUS....lol

Don't bring the word hate into this.

I sure don't hate you even though you stay on my case for reasons unknown. This is all in fun man, but I typed the hard truth.

Plus I edited all the delayed games just for you. Peace! :)

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juuken - 568 days 21 hours ago

...I have spare tissues...you know..if you want to shed a tear or two. :o

Oh, and eagle, we might even get NGII as a possibility for the PS3...or even NGIII. xP

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GiantEnemyCrab - 568 days 5 hours ago

"please don't take it personal. It's the truth bro... "

I am not taking it personal but the fact that you say it's the truth is what I have a problem with Eagle21, more like 1/2 truths.

1.) hd dvd is gone. R.I.P.....Michael Bay and Steven Speilberg said they didn't like it.

Yes, HD-DVD is gone. Toshiba was the big loser here. MS was just committed enough to release an HD-DVD add-on. This one I can agree on but I can't say I miss the ability to watch $30 Blu-ray movies on my GAME console. I can download HD movies off the marketplace and I have an extensive HD library of my own that I can stream just fine. I wouldn't be surprised to see MS release a Blu-ray drive then everyone can have that option. I still wouldn't buy it.

2.) 360 is an international failure

It has been a failure in Japan, it is not failing in other regions by a long shot. If you believe that then you should also acknowledge the PS3 is failing in NA. The margins of sales of PS3 over 360 in Europe/Other are not enough to call the 360 a failure.

3.) MS disappointed with Live (hardcore gamers fed up with racist, crazy, lunatics)

MS is not disappointed in Live, they have 12mil+ subscribers and are the most successful console online service in history. You take the comment that MS was not happy about the organization of the Marketplace(in relation to delisting) and say they are disappointed in Live? You read an internet piece that hardcore gamers are fed up with racist, crazy lunatics and suddenly you make it fact. You think suddenly when you get onto PSN people become a non-racist/hater? PSN does suffer from this same thing it's just that it is so unorganized and fragmented with many not even having headsets and only 4mil people on the service that it isn't making a headline.

4.) Lost exclusives (Bioshock aka their best game) next: Mass Effect, APB

You want to talk about lost exclusives? Games you are getting a year later? How about GTA, Ace Combat, DMC. Bioshock is one of many "best games" on the 360. Have fun with the leftovers. Yes, speculate all you want about ME and APB and I will do the same with MGS4. I would say Heavenly Sword but now that the dev's have given up on exclusive PS3 games looks like 360 owners will get whatever they make next(can't think of anything else I would want).

5.) DELAYS DELAYS DELAYS (u know all of them)

You mean delays for games that never had a release date? I know this is an attempt to flip the script on the PS3 and make it seem like the 360 is getting delays. The PS3 is the king of delays and thus the aptely titled Waitstation 3 moniker was born. The 360 gets timed exclusive's constantly because the dev's are trying to make the PS3 version work as well as the 360 version(usually failing). Take something like Eternal Sonata for example.. still waiting on that? All systems have delays but the PS3 has the market cornered.

6.) Bad game reviews for expected AAA (even Itagaki was "let go")

Bad reviews? The game has an metacritic average of over %80, how is that in any way a let down? NG is a niche game and has never been a big sales earner. If you want to look at complete failures just look at Haze.

7.) Even Shane Kim doesn't have faith in the Viva or Banjo car-zoozie titles.

Shane Kim doesn't have faith in Viva or Banjo? You think Shane does these games as an after-thought? Of course he has faith in them or they would not be bankrolling them. Both of those games are casual and that is exactly the market MS is trying to tap. Again, you read something on the internet, run it thru your anti-360 crazy filter and come to your own "truth".

"Get a PS3 and the pain will end." and at 8.2:

No thanks. The 360 does everything I want in gaming/media there is no need for a PS3. If N4G has convinced me of anything it is that I do not want a PS3.

@8.3: Take a look at my comment history and please tell me where I went into a thread and completely off-topic starting making a list of fanboy garbage like Eagle21 did. I do an occasional troll here and there, but I spend my time defending the 360 from 1/2 truths and FUD.

@8.4: Do you really think I need to say something to the trolls? There are more than enough PS3 fanboys to take care of them. Just look at the fanclub of your fellow fishheads that have come to reply to my comment. They could care less about what the truth is or how much bullsh!t you type. They see it's a PS3 fanboy vs a 360 fanboy and they know what team they are on.

Don't bring the word hate into this? Now you are telling me you don't hate the 360? Your comment's paint a different picture. Just be honest with yourself because I think everyone can agree you are a Sony fanboy and a hater of everything 360/MS. I'm glad you don't hate me because I don't hate you either.

@Juuken picking up the rear and I know you have been waiting for a chance to jump on my case. How about you buy a 360 and ease the pain? That way you don't have to wait 6-12months for 360 games to come to the PS3 that usually perform worse. You can eat at the buffet instead of dumpster diving for the leftovers.

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juuken - 568 days 2 hours ago

"@Juuken picking up the rear and I know you have been waiting for a chance to jump on my case. How about you buy a 360 and ease the pain? That way you don't have to wait 6-12months for 360 games to come to the PS3 that usually perform worse. You can eat at the buffet instead of dumpster diving for the leftovers."

6-12 months? Wow...you have got to be kidding me. Even if I waited that long, I can honestly say that whatever exclusives we get from you guys will be bigger AND better on the PS3. Bioshock was on your system for a while until it got ported. Guess who's getting better graphics/goodies? Yes, the PS3 version. I would ONLY consider the 360 because of Ninja Gaiden 2, but I don't want that piece of crap to fall apart on me. We don't even know if the failure rate is down for that matter so therefore I'll wait until Team Ninja decides makes a new Ninja Gaiden for the PS3 or port NG2. If not, then God of War III all the way.

Buffet?

What buffet?

You guys are starting to lose exclusives. Your games are starting to see delays. Your GTAIV downloadable content is being delayed until November and that's when Resistance 2 comes out. Analysts are predicting MS's downfall with the 360 because 1. They never made a profit with the original XBox, and 2. They did not learn their lesson at all and underestimated Sony and the Playstation brand. The 360 is beginning to crack and you just don't want to admit it. I just don't want to be around the 360 when it crashes because when it does, it's a wrap!

FFXIII, FFXIII Versus, Wardevil, Resistance 2, Killzone 2, God of War III, Little Big Planet...those are serious heavy hitters. They're going to hit the 360 like hurricane season.

I love picking on you.

You know why?

Because you're an idiot.

You're being ripped off my Microshaft and you don't want to admit it. You're getting angry over things you won't even bother to have. Good news is coming Sony's way and it KILLS you to see that news. You are the worst of the worst on this site, along with that idiot PoG, Bladestar, n00bpwner, and PP.

MS will fail, and FAIL hard.

Goodday.

Ps. And one more thing. I believe Pwnsauce just owned you. ^___^

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