PS3 To Lose Blu-ray?
For many months now, many folks have held that the PS3 was the best of the Blu-ray players. That was based on the affordable price, and the features that were built into the box, including BD-Live. However, there's a rumor floating around that Sony may look to cut the price of their latest videogame console player. What extra might they be trimming? The whisper is "Blu-ray."
Could it be? Wouldn't this just take away the best feature of the PS3? At least some folks bought the product more for its movie playing functionality than as a gaming platform. Can't they cut the price without gutting it from the inside out? Doesn't Sony want to encourage people to adopt the Blu-ray format, and wouldn't this send the wrong message?
Personally, I'd rather see them make a Blu-ray only version of the PS3. In other words, a high quality Blu-ray player that sold for less, and didn't do games. While I thought this rumor was kind of ridiculous at first, you can see it here and here.
In the meantime, the value of your "old and outdated" PS3 may just have gone up on eBay depending on how this pans out...
This rumor is pure bullshit. Such a console would have no purpose in the market due to a simple fact: the games are printed on BluRay discs..
Whatever Sony will do to lower the price of the PS3 will not include ripping the option of playing games that have been released.
Posted by: Denis | March 02, 2009 at 03:47 AM
I have not bought a PS(any) because they do not offer a model that allows the ommision of BD AND gaming.
Posted by: L3 | March 02, 2009 at 12:34 PM
Yuppers, the first comment is right. All the games are printed on blu ray-ROM format for extra space.
Posted by: Robbie Dzwonar | March 02, 2009 at 01:15 PM