The long-term success of PS3 rests largely on take-up of Blu-ray as the next generation DVD platform. PlayStation 3 comes with a Blu-ray drive, which offers comparative value against specific players currently on the market. Blu-ray is up against HD-DVD for dominance of this emerging market.
In an earnings conference call yesterday Rob Wiesenthal, chief financial officer of Sony's U.S. operations said "We are feeling really good about Blu-ray right now, but it is early days."
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I knew all of those things. I'll add one that many dont know (if you are a hardware person you do). you CAN actually swap bluray drives between systems. The drives themselves are interchangeable but the board that interfaces is not. So anyone who has a dead optical drive can just get a replacement and swap the interface board and be back to reading discs in no time. I've had to do this myself on both a 20gb B01 as well as a 40gb L01 unit.
you can also replace the spinning hdd with an SSD for improved (not life changing) performance as well as quieter and cooler system reliability. The physical spinning drives draw more current and generate heat as a result. Using an SSD means no moving parts and thus will have less current draw and reduced fan noise from not having to spin as much as usual to offset any heat generated by the spinning hdd.
I never even thought of that. If I can ever track down a reasonable true backward compatibility one the first thing I'll do is ssd it up.
Still one of my favorite Playstations next to the Playstations that came before it and after it.
You missed some great games then. Especially the variety. Ps3 lacked compared to before and after.
It had great games but it lacked compared to every other ps system. The variety went out the window. Game budgets got higher that's when developers stopped taking chances. Indies weren't quite going full speed like the ps4 generation. It's my least favorite of all the Playstation. Also jrpgs disappeared like a mf, there were some but sht compared to previous gens.
Xbox and EA have recently made baffling moves that define how bleak the future of the gaming industry is with major companies at the helm. Ryan Bates from "Last Word on Gaming" posits in this op-ed that maybe it's not ineptitude, but intention.
Name someone that isn't trying to look us these days maybe cdpr.
Take two, ubi and yes even PlayStation are pushing us to own nothing and be happy with our live service ad injected games on a sub so they can raise prices at will and take access away when they see fit.
If it keeps up I'll be a full time retro gamer and this industry will be crashing hard
As rediculas as it sounds we need government reforms to defend consumer rights
for sony and every ps3 owner. Sony is definately going to win this format war!! I think they learned alot from betamax. It's very early to give a winner but for sony doing this well, this early, its just a matter of time.........
Right know bluray is completely outselling HDDVD: http://www.eproductwars.com...
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I do like them HD-DVD's. I have a few and you really can see the difference from regular to HD. Just like cable. I love that HD Box for it and when sports games are on HD is key. Unfortunatly I have been sidetracked on the ps3 right now needed a few more computers for my network but it's really okay seeing that the games will be more ready come March and that'll be awesome. Heck even though I beat Ninja Gaiden twice already I'd get a ps3 just for Sigma! Then I can start up my Blueray collection as well. Love movies ^^
I have to admit, I love watching movies and TV and sports in HD. It looks so much nicer, and cleaner. However, the VCR just recently got passed up by DVD players. JUST RECENTLY. The difference between VHS tapes and DVDs is huge: smaller, cooler looking, chapter skipping, no rewinding, etc. I just don't see HD movies as being a big enough improvement for a large enough of people to go out and buy players to decide a winner any time soon. In fact, Bluray and HD-DVD may not even be in the running for "the winner" in a few years. With more and more formats popping up, we might be seeing Total-HD being the new format, or Rainbow tech, or the bug protein one... or the holographic discs. Who knows? I know I'm waiting it out, unless someone gets me one (which I have a sneaking suspicion my wife plans on getting me the HD-DVD add on for the 360 for V-day).
I came in to remark on what Sphinx had said. Movies have been put out on DVD's since the mid 90's and only just in the past year or two have (standalone) DVD players been outselling VCRs. Likewise, that was a significant shift in playback, data storage, visuals, audio, and all manner of things that occured by going from tape to disk. This... It doesn't look like HD-DVD and Blu-Ray are offering much aside from a higher price for prettier graphics. The shift is from disk to disk, so the gain is minimal. People are happy and content with their DVDs, so very few people are going to see a good reason to shift to either new format.