How many of you bought a PS3 for the bluray player?

I'm about to buy a surround system, just bought a new tv and thought "dude im going to need a bluray player, can't be any different.."

So i headed down to the nearest media store and asked them about which one i should pick, he clearly stated that the PS3 is one of the best and cost exactly the same as a regular bluray player, if i was going to get something better i would be paying 5 times more then what a ps3 with no games cost x_x

So yeah, i'm getting a ps3 but that's almost only because of the exellent bluray player, the gaming part is a bonus.:)

Am i alone in this? or has other people bought it only for that reason?

um, this is gaming site, i dont think any movie buff is going to be on here......

also only sony fanboys bought ps3(mostly) so blu-ray means nothing to them except for teh sony logo because i see that 100+ mill ps2 but very few ps3 sold so far(alot on shelves ps2 was almost always sold out)

ive had my ps3 for 8 months now. i have 11 games, rented about 5 other games, and have no bluray movies. can you guess what i bought it for?Arjdagr8

Watching 'The Dark Knight' in glorious Blu-ray HD?

um, this is gaming site, i dont think any movie buff is going to be on here......

also only sony fanboys bought ps3(mostly) so blu-ray means nothing to them except for teh sony logo because i see that 100+ mill ps2 but very few ps3 sold so far(alot on shelves ps2 was almost always sold out)

adman66

[QUOTE="Arjdagr8"]ive had my ps3 for 8 months now. i have 11 games, rented about 5 other games, and have no bluray movies. can you guess what i bought it for?thrones

Watching 'The Dark Knight' in glorious Blu-ray HD?

omg how did you know?

[QUOTE="thrones"]

[QUOTE="Arjdagr8"]ive had my ps3 for 8 months now. i have 11 games, rented about 5 other games, and have no bluray movies. can you guess what i bought it for?Arjdagr8

Watching 'The Dark Knight' in glorious Blu-ray HD?

omg how did you know?

I have my sources :D

I bought it on the playstation brand at launch. A little disapointed for first six months until games started coming out. Resistance seemed like the only awesome game i had at the beginning. I barely watch blu-ray to be honest. Its a nice add-on but i like some other features that the ps3 has. Now i am completely satisfied with my ps3. whodey8584

I thought Motorstorm was the muchbetter launch title.

Motorstorm ftw.

Never used the blue ray player even to watch the movie which came with it.

My father on the other hand bought it because it was a blue ray player then asked me to loan him games.

[QUOTE="whodey8584"]I bought it on the playstation brand at launch. A little disapointed for first six months until games started coming out. Resistance seemed like the only awesome game i had at the beginning. I barely watch blu-ray to be honest. Its a nice add-on but i like some other features that the ps3 has. Now i am completely satisfied with my ps3. thrones

I thought Motorstorm was the muchbetter launch title.

Motorstorm ftw.

motorstorm > resistance

"waits for a bunch of Lemmings that don't even own a PS3 to pick the first option" :roll:

"waits for a bunch of Lemmings that don't even own a PS3 to pick the first option" :roll:

Storm_Marine

Well if i did buy a ps3, that would be the reason why.

Is there something wrong with that?

Since I watch and buy a lot of movies and have a HDTV, BR was certainly a factor in deciding which console I was going to buy (already have a Wii...decision was between 360 or PS3). Having said that, it certainly wasn't the only factor. I bought PS1 and PS2 at launch. I've had 12 years of Sony consoles and loved every single second of the gaming experience they have provided. I've been alive long enough to seen the begining of home consoles and ALWAYS been involved in gaming...and for my money, the PS brand is easily king when it comes to gaming.

I expect the same from the PS3, althought it will never top the PS2...I doubt anything ever will. But the games and diversity I love are still here even if not to the extent I would like yet. But they ARE coming. In the meantime there has been a number of really great games that I've played and I really think the PS3 is a quality piece of hardware with great games.

When I decided to buy another console, the ONLY thing that drew me to the 360 was the more established library. I rarely play online, and I don't play FPS or arcade racers, and that seemed to wipe out the majority of the library. The games I mostly wanted were multiplat so I wouldn't miss out if I got a PS3. The 360 was $50 cheaper, but the PS3 had BR....that clinched it.

I'm happy with my choice and love the PS3.

I bought a 360 for games and blueray player for movies. And guess what, I actually get to play good games and the entire package cost less than a PS3!-Sphere-

In Denmark, a bluray player cost the same as a ps3, + the ps3 is one of the best out there atm. Did you buy your xbox/bluray player used or just got it extremely cheap?

It's been almost 1 year to the day since I last bought a PS3 game. I never bought a single BR movie.

You might ask why?

Well simple answer... I don't like any PS3 games to date and BR movies are to expensive.

So my paper weight/dust collector... Has been sleeping alot. I don't know when I can wake it up again. $500... $500... Why?

bought it mainly for blu-ray movies. the only games i have for it are MGS4 and Stranglehold special edition, but i only got stranglehold cause it came with the movie Hard-Boiled on the same disc.

[QUOTE="Storm_Marine"]

"waits for a bunch of Lemmings that don't even own a PS3 to pick the first option" :roll:

TheRealMC01

Well if i did buy a ps3, that would be the reason why.

Is there something wrong with that?

Lol i'm not sure what's up with these ps3 fanboys.

I'm a xbox fanboy if you want to call me that, but i dont use every single chance to pick on the ps3 o_0

It's been almost 1 year to the day since I last bought a PS3 game. I never bought a single BR movie.

You might ask why?

Well simple answer... I don't like any PS3 games to date and BR movies are to expensive.

So my paper weight/dust collector... Has been sleeping alot. I don't know when I can wake it up again. $500... $500... Why?

Truth_Hurts_U

You can rent the movies? (:

I rent alot of movies with my girlfriend so i'm going to use it as a bluray player alot.

You can rent the movies? (:

I rent alot of movies with my girlfriend so i'm going to use it as a bluray player alot.

danish-death

Yeah, I have netflix... But I switch back to DVD's only because of how bad BR makes some films look. Oceans 12 or 13 was absolutely horrible.

I bought it for the glut of RPG's that I thought would come in the months following launch.

My reasoning was for the games, but over the last year and a half or so I would say its primary function in my living room would be that its a Blu-Ray player.

I'm about to buy a surround system, just bought a new tv and thought "dude im going to need a bluray player, can't be any different.."

So i headed down to the nearest media store and asked them about which one i should pick, he clearly stated that the PS3 is one of the best and cost exactly the same as a regular bluray player, if i was going to get something better i would be paying 5 times more then what a ps3 with no games cost x_x

So yeah, i'm getting a ps3 but that's almost only because of the exellent bluray player, the gaming part is a bonus.:)

Am i alone in this? or has other people bought it only for that reason?

danish-death

I got it for both. I think it's great.

um, this is gaming site, i dont think any movie buff is going to be on here......

also only sony fanboys bought ps3(mostly) so blu-ray means nothing to them except for teh sony logo because i see that 100+ mill ps2 but very few ps3 sold so far(alot on shelves ps2 was almost always sold out)

adman66

I'm a movie buff but I use the PS3 for games, i only have like 4 Blu Ray's because the movies I want havent been released yet on Blu.

*raises hand hella high*

I bought mine from a friend for $300 bucks. Can't beat that!

I have an impressive collection of blu ray dvds, but I stopped buying them for awhile now.

I bought my PS3 mainly for games.

But I watch Blu-ray movies on it sometimes though.

*raises hand hella high*

I bought mine from a friend for $300 bucks. Can't beat that!

I have an impressive collection of blu ray dvds, but I stopped buying them for awhile now.

ReverseCycology

Do you live near or around The Bay? Or in northern California?

[QUOTE="ReverseCycology"]

*raises hand hella high*

I bought mine from a friend for $300 bucks. Can't beat that!

I have an impressive collection of blu ray dvds, but I stopped buying them for awhile now.

Evolved_One

Do you live near or around The Bay? Or in northern California?

Yadidamean.

I'm about to buy a surround system, just bought a new tv and thought "dude im going to need a bluray player, can't be any different.."

So i headed down to the nearest media store and asked them about which one i should pick, he clearly stated that the PS3 is one of the best and cost exactly the same as a regular bluray player, if i was going to get something better i would be paying 5 times more then what a ps3 with no games cost x_x

So yeah, i'm getting a ps3 but that's almost only because of the exellent bluray player, the gaming part is a bonus.:)

Am i alone in this? or has other people bought it only for that reason?

danish-death

I bought it mainly as a gaming machine, with the added bonus of the blu ray player.

EDIT: I now have 19 ps3 games, and 22 blu ray movies.

Well when I purchased my PS3 my family already had 2 Blu-Ray players and a HD-DVD player so no I did not buy it for a Blu-Ray player. Also I play my PS3 on a SDTV in my bedroom, I leave watching HD movies to the HDTV in the Living room. I have 7 PS3 games and I've played most of them all the way though (Except Uncharted: Drake's Fortune which I recently picked up) and I've bought 3 Blu-Ray movies but only watched one on my PS3 (Donnie Brasco)