So what AAA movies is going to sell millions of PS3s?

"Zackman" <zackman@SPAMISEVILearthling.net> wrote in message
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> Bilge Merk <bilge_murk@yahoo.com> spake thusly:
>
> > The PS3 will sell millions as a game console,
> > not as a Blu-ray movie player.

Not at $600 with $100 games it won't.

> It will sell millions on the PlayStation name alone, period, for the first
> several months. Sony will sell PS3s as fast as they can make them (which
is
> sounding more and more like it will be not very fast), until that initial
> demand by early adopters is filled.
>
> After that they are in a precarious situation. By next summer there will
> still not be enough demand for Blu-ray players (or high def DVD in
general)
> to fuel PS3 sales alone. And a $600 game console will not sell on its own
> merits unless it's backed by a slew of AAA titles, which the PS3 won't
have
> at that point. Sony will then have to drop the price of the PS3 by at
least
> $100, but they will still be losing a bundle on each machine sold. This is
> the reason why developers and analysts are painting such a grim picture.
>
> The PS3 will have the features, games and price to dominate in 2008 or so.
> By 2011, it could be as ubiquitous as the PS2 is now. But how will it get
> there without bleeding Sony dry, or losing a ton of market share to
> Microsoft and Nintendo?
>
> > This is exactly the
> > same situation that happened with the PS2.
>
> No. The situations could not be more different.
>
> Again, you fail to see the most obvious point here: VHS to DVD was a huge
> leap in visual fidelity and interface (chapters! extras!), arriving on a
> single format in an already mature form, and could be enjoyed by anyone
with
> a television. DVD to high-def DVD is not the same quantum leap in visuals
to
> the average consumer, there's nothing revolutionary about the interface,
> there are two competing formats, the technology is brand new and unstable,
> and less than one-third of all TV owners can even *view* high-def content
> (and only a portion of those fully understand how to even access it.)
>
> How can YOU be so stupid to not see this? Poor blind fanboy.

How can bilgemerk NOT be so stupid?