PS3 Keeping Blu-ray Afloat

While at the end of the high-def format war Sony’s Blu-ray stood victorious, many advocates of each camp were quick to point out that although HD-DVD had capitulated, standard DVD sales were still dwarfing the performance of HD products on a grand scale. A study researching the sales performance and future potential of Blu-ray products shows that for the most part consumers aren’t buying many Blu-ray players with one exception: the PS3.

Out of 1,000 people surveyed less than half of them planned on buying a Blu-ray player and 23% said they would purchase one but not until 2009. While Blu-ray players aren’t quite as expensive as they used to be, it’s not the relatively high price of the player that’s keeping most people on DVDs: the real culprits are the High-Definition TV and the degree of difference between the quality of HD and regular DVD video. Even though half of those surveyed said that the quality of Blu-ray is much better, the problem is that for most it’s still not worth it. As a Blu-ray owner myself, the only thing that has really been spectacular on HD is any nature programming.