Re: Sony, MS discussing Blu-Ray
03/07/08 10:36 am | #4
I definately don't see a new SKU coming out with BLU Ray built into it. They weren't "planning" a HD DVD SKU, so why would they do one for BLU Ray? I put the planning in quotes, as it was rumored, but never came to fruition. What we got instead was a Green Console, that was in essence, a PRO console with the new Chips and DVD Drives. If you think about it, MS would lose many customers in the long run over this. "Guess what, we're going to make another new SKU, with BLU Ray technology built in. So, all of you 360 owners already are going to get shafted because all the new games will only play on it or you'll be forced to wait longer because we have to have 2 different versions of the game made for one console." Yeah, not going to happen. They will just make a stand alone, like the HD DVD Player, and shaft all of us on the price.
Whats even funnier in my eyes, is that now that the so called 'war' is over, MS HD DVD players are $50 at Game Crazy stores and HD DVD's are cheaper to buy used at Hollywood Video than that of regular DVD's. I just look at it this way though, the HD DVD Player is just a bit more expensive DVD player now. Which is how I've always looked at it. I have a HD TV and a Toshiba HD DVD Player, and I only have 6 HD DVD's; and I don't even watch those HD DVD's very often. I do however watch a lot of DVD's. And on that HD DVD player, matched in with my HD TV, the movies look phenomenal. So, basically, I have a $200 DVD player. Which, is about the same price I paid for my 5 year old regular DVD player I have in the living room. Wow this post got really long...lol
