I think microsofts xbox 360 launch proved how much some people will pay for consoles (ebay), their are some people who nomater what will buy a PS3 (me for one) so it definently wont fail. Also, as a psp owner, i can say my psp library has grown faster than any other game library ive ever built. i have 8 movie discs (including spiderman 2 bundled with it and family guy season 1-2 5 disc set) but i also have 11 games. If nothing else, the PS3 having the blu-ray will encourage people to upgrade to a hdtv and hd format. Also, i must comment about the xbox live comment. PS3 online says they have free online which is about $40 every year (including the 20 dollars off for new games) and after 6 years is around 200, so for online, the pricepoint gets much closer.

LOL I think Sony has this kind of talk coming to them. They talked smack about MS all last generation and MS played it cool. I would definately call UMD and minidisc a failure. Sonys portable music player business is nothing comapred to Apple and the Ipod. To me the next genration of films should be on flash memory and not some silly spinning disc. Hell CDs and DVDs are essentially like albums with a laser replacing the needle. Huge capacities on Blu Ray seem cool but what the hell will they put on there? You can't make a game 2,3 or 4 times as long and sell if for $50-60 bucks. Developement cost still exist and making a game 2-3 times longer will cost more and that will be past on to us. I'm sure the PS3 will sell out early but when they are still trying to sell them for $5-600 bucks a year or two later sales will drop.

all I am saying is the last half of the article seems alot like a

*SONY REP*

then a news source. just saying.

It's called being objective and unbiased, mate. Looking at the story from both angles and all facts. It's what kinda seperates this from a pathetic fanboy "SoNY!? LOL!" blog.

Although having said that, UK Resistance gets all my love.

Not really. Betamax wasn't too much better (I've actually used one, which is odd), the Minidisc was a total flop (I own one, and love it, but I know it flopped), and UMD movies have proved unsuccessful. Of course games have proven successful - if they hadn't, neither would the PSP - but the films were the testbed for the format.

Blu-Ray will be interesting. If HD-DVD has the cheaper players, it's dead. If not, we have a war.