Dec 8 2006

Blu-ray DVD drive no bonus for some PS3 buyers

  • Written by soulxtc
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Gamers love Sony Corp.’s (6758.T) new PlayStation 3 for its graphic capabilities and firepower, but the advanced Blu-ray DVD drive is annoying some by raising the cost, slowing production and forcing them to buy into a format they’ve not yet aligned with.

Sony’s move to put a Blu-ray drive into the PS3 video game console is part of the Japanese giant’s plan in a high-stakes next-generation DVD format war that recalls the fierce Betamax-VHS battle, which Sony’s Betamax lost.

This time, Sony’s Blu-ray is competing against a rival Toshiba Corp.-backed (6502.T) format known as HD-DVD.

Sony said Blu-ray is part of its long term plan to position its machine as a home entertainment hub, but some experts say the strategy may be backfiring.

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  1. Psilaxs

    From just a sheer storage capacity standpoint I cannot see why people would prefer HD DVD it is such a small incremental step compared to the storage of Blue Ray.
    30 gigs is about three and a quarter times as much as a DL-DVD. Whereas Blue Ray future capacities will reach 200 gigs.

  2. Signa

    thats sony hype for you. right now one layer on a BD is 25GB. if it was capable of reaching 200gigs that would mean it would have to have 8 layers. not going to happen.

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