while this is encouraging news, i happen to think that sony really needs to do 3 things quick if they want to get back on the black fast.

and please bare with me on this one.

1. lower the prices on bluray discs by half of the current 35 cost. 15 sounds good right? this will propel bluray disc sales by double and revenues will immediately come after a few months.

2. buy epic. not for gears of war, but for the potential in huge revenues Sony could make on everyone through the unreal engine. by doing this it simply means every 3rd party company pretty much would have to pay Sony a hefty cut regardless whether or not the games are ps3 or not.

3. drop the ps2 to 99 asap, still cant believe the thing is still retailing for 130 and in some places 150, Sony c'mon now ps2's library of good games is running dry these and a good price drop will get things rolling once more.

just an opinion guys.

Not surprised.A format war has just been won and acceptance will be there over time.Just like VHS,CD,and DVD the time of Blu-Ray shall be lengthy.

If you don't like it,here is a quarter,call 2005 and tell it to someone who cares.Thats the way it is.

...And they said bluray was dead.
Pulease.

||LMAO at those who bought hd dvd.||

This is good news for Blu Ray, PS3 owners, and movie lovers. I would have been disappointed if "digital downloads" took over like Microsoft keeps saying over and over again (ironically, PSN has more downloads than XBLA, especially when it comes to movies and full-length games). Blu Ray disks aren't perfect, but neither was DVD. We're starting to REALLY see the advantages of Blu Ray in movies like Hulk and Iron Man. Saying that "there's not much difference between upscaled DVD and Blu Ray" is SOOO 2007. Blu Ray is here to stay. Let the haters weep (and struggle to rationalize this away).

Why can't Sony feel the success? I mean, you'd think with all the xbox owners screaming the only thing people buy Ps3 for is blu-rsy that'd hold som water, but it doesn't... PS3 is at an all time low in sales and blu-ray is at an all time high.

Suck it down, Don "Microsoft" Reisinger.

LOL, they include the PS3 as a bluray player, obviously skewing the results.

Like they say, statistics are for suckers. Bluray will never be as big as DVD is. But never the less, decent showing for the overpriced for now media format.

it was bound to happen.. bluray is sure here to stay..

id hope it stay lol i didn't pay 400 for it to disappear

No it doesn't stop spreading false hope for the ps3.

" @Agent VX
You never make one ounce of good sense. Not even a half ounce. The rate of Blu-ray adoption is far surpassing the adoption rate of DVD. You do understand DVD became available in 1997? Now that you have that information, go run and find out when DVD started taking off. Then look at the release lists for DVD vs. Blu-ray. Not only will you find Blu-ray years ahead in comparison, the movie titles (whether catalog movies or"

Lol hey agent explain to me what movies nowadays are worth buying to begin with?

"And this was done when PS3 only sold around 8,000 per week. Imagine what happens when PS3 sells 60,000 units every week when PS3 finally gets the games and at a low price that appeals to the Japanese."

When is this going to be in a another 3 years? don't worry ps3 will be better next year....or is that the year after? hmmmm

About time.

@cereal_killa

5.2 - supremacy
Im not going to bash what you posted but i will give my opinion..

And i respect that but look im not going to hit the disagree button because i believe everyone deserves a chance to explain themselves but off the record although i understand your logic, i have to say i somewhat disagree with you sorry and here is why...

"lower the prices on bluray discs by half of the current 35 cost. 15 sounds good right? this will propel bluray disc sales by double and revenues will immediately come after a few months."

Everything starts at high prices at the beginning of its life cycle VHS machines use to be $800 but now there what $50 DVD players same thing I paid over $400 for mine but now the same style is going for $100 or less movies are the same thing DVDs used to be $30-$25 at the beginning and as the years go by the prices fall so will Blu-Ray it s only been 2yrs and still low in sales but steadly increasing as the blockbuster movies keep moving in ie. Iron man, Batman etc.

you are right my friend, only there is a major difference this time around. economy" as it stands right now is not in either sony's or bluray's favor at least not so much here, yeah sure there are a hits coming but the gaps to those releases are somewhat troubling if you are a movie goers looking to buy or rent something sooner, plus believe it or not the number of standard tvs outgrow those of hdtv's in many places still.

which is another issue, when you couple that with the bad economy and many people losing their jobs its hard believe me, i don't have much of a problem spending, but i cant speak for everyone else. now if you drop the discs prices now when it could make a bigger impact.

than Sony and co would be looking at staggering numbers from here on out and thus propelling profitability rather quickly than waiting for more negativity or red sings to surface again.

"2. buy epic. not for gears of war, but for the potential in huge revenues Sony could make on everyone through the unreal engine. by doing this it simply means every 3rd party company pretty much would have to pay Sony a hefty cut regardless whether or not the games are ps3 or not"

If M$ couldn't buy them I don't think Sony could afford them either (not saying M$ couldn't afford them). Im sure M$ put in a bid to by Epic but the UE3 engine alone is what makes Epic money and I doubt there in any trouble with $$$.

true, but lets consider the facts here, ms could have and could still easily consume this company trust me on that, however ms really doesn't care too much whether it owns any gaming studios or not heck they let go bungie, Essemble, bizzar creations and rumors are now indicating that they are trying to get rid of rare, whats next?

simply put ms doesn't really care about the gaming industry, they just want enough market share without having to blow major cash, so they can than turn around and force everyone to go pc again, anyone can tell you that. simply put every major exclusive has gone to pc all exclusively via windows period.

ms offered epic 2billion, epic said that was too little, so ms simply walked away without a care in the world. all in all had they wanted epic badly enough they would have gotten them by now, wouldn't you agreed? so in essence that doesn't mean Sony cant acquire these guys either.

"3. drop the ps2 to 99 asap, still cant believe the thing is still retailing for 130 and in some places 150, Sony c'mon now ps2's library of good games is running dry these and a good price drop will get things rolling once more."

Personally I think that they should drop the PS2 all together and put BC back into the PS3 but the PS2 is what $139 not a bad price and with the PS3 still losing money, the money they make with the PS2 and PSP goes toward the loss of the PS3 until it starts turning a profit.

look at this rate, with the res session and all about to take place i don't think for a company like Sony to keep taking more hits where its already hurting them would be a smart thing.

so ps2 would atleast keep bringing them cash in, until the ps3 can become some what profitable, than you let go of the ps2. at 99 those ps2's with this bad economy will fly off shelves believe that, at the same time Sony still isn't making a loss here either, just less of a profit if anything.

even some people doubt it of being a failure in the gaming bussiness