Isn't this part far worse news than the delay?
The official report (pdf) would also seem to indicate that the console will be somewhere in the neighborhood of $900 when it launches.
J
If it includes BluRay, I have no problem with that price.That's going to alienate a lot of other people, though...and no way Playstation is 225% the price of the XBox.
That's a lot of coin to shell out for a technology that hasn't even shown it will be the standard.
Exactly foos. It's not like they're saying, "hey you get the next standard of DVD player thrown in." They're saying, "Hey, we're going to charge you a ton more for this PS3 and for that extra money, we're going to have a DVD player format that we think will be the next standard and
really hope is not the next Beta"
J
I think you're WAY overestimating HD-DVD's name. Yes, it's a slight advantage, but people have shown that they're smart enough in the past to realize that BluRay and HD-DVD are the two technologies that do the same thing.There are two types of buyers in this market:
1: The buyers who immediately make a purchase: If you're buying right away, you're going to research both technologies a fair bit, because at that price, it's a massive purchase. If you're making this purchase, you at least have the internet, which will tell you pretty quickly that there are competitors, who they are, and what the differences are.
2. If you're NOT buying right away: The buzz around them both has been pretty high, and you know they're the same technology.
People aren't going to flock to HD-DVD solely because of the name.
And, what I think is more important...at first...*it doesn't matter which one you purchase*.
As the market's shown with Beta/VHS in the past, and like-competitions, even the "losing" format will be out for a few years. 5-10 years, even. In 5-10 years, most Americans will replace the technology *anyway*. So, if you're in early enough, it probably doesn't matter *which* one you buy.