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Posted by Jay G. on 06/25/06 01:36
On 24 Jun 2006 14:04:58 -0700, SoloSalsa@gmail.com wrote:
> Alright alright. Everyone has heard about nex gen, and surely the PS3.
> Many of you should know this: The expected price will be 599
> USdollars.
That's for the more expensive one. The basic PS3 system will cost $499.
> Expensive, yes, no doubt, of course. Far fewer of you know
> that Sony also is making a blu-ray player, just a home theater movie
> player, for release in October (they've had it in Japan for years).
Nope, there hasn't been a Blu-Ray player available in Japan. As Joshua
wrote, that was a different format with the same nime.
> The BD movie player will cost 999 USD.
> So can someone shoot some sense at me? The PS3 also is a DVD and BD
> movie player, and a 7-cored video game system. Why the heck does it
> cost less than a BD movie-only player?
Several reasons:
- The PS3 has to be competitively priced compared to the Xbox360, which is
priced at $299 and 399.
- The PS3 is getting a much larger release. Sony is planning on producing
around 2 million PS3s for the launch, and another 2 million by the end of
the year. With that large of a production, the cost of the individual
units is driven down considerably.
- Video game systems have often been subsidized, that is sold below cost,
with the understanding (hope) that software and accessory sales will make
up the difference.
- Sony *wants* everyone to buy a PS3 over any other Blu-Ray player. For
every PS3 sold, they get to claim a sale of their video game system *and* a
Blu-Ray player. This will inflate the numbers of Blu-Ray and PS3 units
Sony can claim to have sold, despite the fact that a number of purchases
will be by people only looking to use it for movies and not video games,
and vice versa.
-Jay
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