New Blu-Ray Player
February 27th, 2007 by Gibran Nawaz in Hardware, PlayStation 3, Xbox360
Sony’s next-generation format for movies, Blu-Ray, is supposedly outselling Toshiba’s HD-DVD format by a 2:1 ratio. In order to continue doing so, Sony is releasing a cheaper Blu-Ray player, the BDP-S300. This piece of hardware will retail for the same price as a premium PS3 ($599), as opposed to the first Blu-Ray player, the BDP-S1, being $999. The newer player also provides CD playback.
The cheapest HD-DVD player to date would be the add-on for the Xbox 360, which is $199, about $499 after both the price of the console and add-on combined. Despite that, Sony is still seeing greater sales. The question at hand is why consumers wouldn’t purchase a Blu-Ray player that can do much more over a single player at the same price. Possibly it is only a marketing campaign.
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Tags: Hardware, PlayStation 3, Xbox360
February 27th, 2007 at 6:23 pm
That one looks a lot nicer than the straight blue one. i think i’m going to have to put my money on Sony as the HD DVD winner.
February 27th, 2007 at 6:48 pm
Blu-ray player for 600, or PS3 for 600, both can play Blu-ray movies… I wonder what people will pick. If they pick any of them…
February 28th, 2007 at 5:59 am
ROFL 600 bucks…
February 28th, 2007 at 11:04 pm
I’m interested to know if you guys think this will hurt or help the PS3?
Sony kept saying that the biggest part about buying a PS3 was you would be getting a really cheap Blu-ray player… So doesn’t this just make that statement redundant?
February 28th, 2007 at 11:32 pm
oh it will deffinitely hurt the PS3. Bluray is pretty juch the only thing that Ps3 has on 360.