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Fox predicts Blu-ray victory.

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Article: http://www.ps3portal.com/?view=article&article=222

Fox Filmed Entertainment, a motion picture outputting division of News Corp predicted that the upcoming battle of blu-ray and HD-DVD is a one-sided war.

Speaking with Reuters Media and Advertising Summit in New York, co-chairman James Gianopulos said, "In terms of the number of companies involved, the PS3 momentum and the level of content that is committed to Blu-ray, it does seem to have a pretty strong lead. We believe that Blu-ray not only has the superior technology and backing in terms of strength to market but also the superior content protection."............click article for more

Seeing as Sony has the backing of so many game developers, I kind of saw this coming. Blu-ray has so much potential and with especially this much support from the film industry, I have no doubt that Blu-ray will be the primary next-gen medium. And as Blu-ray players go mainstream, it will only make people strive to purchase a PS3 along the way.

When PS2 released with the DVD player, people flocked towards it consider they could get a 2 consoles (PSX,PS2) with a DVD player for a bottom dollar price tag for all 3 machines.

Now, as Blu-ray goes mainstream people will be flocking towards the PS3 as a safe and cost-effective alternative to buying a individual Blu-ray player. Why not buy PSX, PS2, and PS3 w/ the Blu-ray Player + DVD Player? After looking at what the PS3 will be delivering it terms of hardware mediums, I think a slightly higher price then the Xbox 360 is justified.

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I hope they're right about Blu-ray. That could end up being PS3's trump card.

I'm expecting a $399 price point, with no hard drive. I would stake my reputation on it being no higher.

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my guess is actually 549$ for a basic package, theres only so much money sony can lose per system, right?

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I don't see people "flocking" to Blu-ray; they just got through replacing their tapes with DVDs. To the mainstream Blu-ray and DVDs are both discs. DVDs were a huge step beyond VHS...not just quality but in use and storage. CDs reached the market in 1982 but didn't even become popular until the 90's. DVDs came out in 1996. PS2 came out four years later. It was then that DVDs started to become the norm. The only way I see Blu-ray replacing DVDs anytime soon is if companies stop making DVDs and forcing consumers to buy Blu-ray.

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Originally Posted by Blu-ray.com

Will Blu-ray replace DVD?

It's still too early to say. In the end it's up to the movie studios to decide in what format they release their movies, so they will play a big part in the decision of which format becomes the standard for high-definition movies and the successor to DVD. The two formats will most likely co-exist for quite some time until high-definition takes over and becomes the norm.