this is what sony was thining when they made ps3

they were thinking,we got the game market by the b**** so if we put blu-ray we will lose some fans but lets just think about it,we make are blu-ray famous and lose some fans wat the heck we got 115 million ps2's out there and still selling,so lets just say we lose 30 million fans,we still have the gaming market and by then blu-ray would replace DVD's.

so after all that who thinks im right?

blu ray is good but dvd will not go anywhere for a long time trust me...blu ray may win over hd dvd but dvds will still be here n popular...no one wants 2 buy a 2000 dollar thing tha plays blu rays wen they can get a 50 dollar dvd player tha plays dvd movies...most ppl dnt care bout high definition n dont have hd tvs so dvd r gonna be the choice...far as gaming is concerned blu ray will be the big differenece..just more space for the devlopers 2 work with

they were thinking,we got the game market by the b**** so if we put blu-ray we will lose some fans but lets just think about it,we make are blu-ray famous and lose some fans wat the heck we got 115 million ps2's out there and still selling,so lets just say we lose 30 million fans,we still have the gaming market and by then blu-ray would replace DVD's.

so after all that who thinks im right?

el-tope-pr

Or they could have been thinking, "Hey, we need the space."

I figure they were thinking "who cares if we lose fans when it comes out they will all crawl back after they see those FFXIII trailer"

yup thats the one 

IMO

Sony released the ps3 knowing that hardcore fans would buy thus having a high price point wouldn't hurt. If PShome was availible from day 1 then there would be some serious supply/demand problems. So get the machine to market without all its future online plans in place to satisfy the hardcore fans, then announce PShome to keep those same fans looking forward to something great.  In the mean time people are still buying up the low priced ps2 knowing that at some point those customers or at least a high percentage will eventually upgrade to a ps3, by that point there will be plenty of ps3 machines availible in stores, a price drop, pshome will be out and there should be a large number of ps3 games availible as well as a nicely stocked ps store. So in about 1 year from now I can see sony doing an amazing amount of sales for the ps3 when everything comes together.

Hmm.. I guess they were kinda thinkin ahead, but maybe to farhead there price tag is realy hurtin, The low price drop of the  PS1 and PS2 to $149 helped give em the large lead, and right now a price drop is a long time coming but if blue-ray suceeds it  could help the gaming industry in the long run but at the same, HD-DVD is much larger than the standard DVD (Dual Layer that is) and also the cost to make games is extremely high so this gen may last awhile. which could be anyones win at this point