Still shopping for that inexpensive BluRay player? Sony must be catching on that the more retail friendly version of a dvd format will win out the Civil War of High Definition DVD Formats™ as they attempt to bolster their Christmas sales of the Playstation 3 as well as their BluRay format with a lower price point.
Sony announced Wednesday that it will offer a new $400 PlayStation 3 device, equipped with a Blu-ray player and a 40GB hard drive, by the end of this month.
And since they can’t seem to sell them, they are also including a copy of Spider-Man 3 on BluRay as a “bonus”
Personally I am in the “Wait til the dust settles” camp on this whole Civil War of High Definition DVD Formats™ thing, and until I saw the release schedule for Christmas, I honestly didn’t care about the Playstation 3. But after seeing the demos for Heavenly Sword and others coming soon, PS3 might just have my attention.
Notice none of the appeal comes from having a BluRay player.
Meh, I will likely pick up the Christmas Bundle of the XBox 360 anyways. And opt against the HD addon.
UPDATE
According to an article found at Canada.com the baby PS3 will feature more than just a price drop, but rather a significant FEATURE drop.
the company has decided to strip features from the new unit as well. The 40 gigabyte Playstation 3 will not be backwards-compatible with any Playstation 2 software in an effort to cut costs.
This is an even DUMBER move by Sony. They were the first platform to feature reverse compatibility and other platforms have to follow suit. So much for being an industry leader!
Also, the emulation software has been floating around the internet for years to emulate PS2 on your PC, so how exactly is this cutting costs????
