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Blu-ray is popular, but not getting cheaper

BLU-RAY is being adopted faster than DVD was, but there won't be a fall in the price of discs any time soon.

Sony representative Tim Harris said it would take some time for new release Blu-ray movies to drop in price.

Executives at the event also said Blu-ray was being adopted by consumers at a faster rate than DVD had been. More than 50 million Blu-ray players had been sold around the world in the last 3 years, according to the company's figures.

Sony's Paul Colley said that number included PlayStation 3 sales.

"The PS3 was specifically positioned as a Blu-ray player to get Blu-ray into people's homes," he said.

Marty83706125d ago

Who cares wih all the offers on Blu-ray. Amazon 3 for 2 is a great way of boosting your Blu-ray movie collection.

nightelfmohawk6124d ago

Exactly. Warner Bros. has some great online deals as well. There's no way in hell I'll step foot in a brick & mortar store like Best Buy to buy blu-ray when I can get the same movie tax-free, often for 30% less at least, and usually with free shipping if I buy 2 or more movies at a time.

mrv3216125d ago

You can get a blu-ray player for £79.99 to go in your PC and only £169.99 for a stand alone one, not bad and that's without shoppin g around so they are cheaper today that back in the day when £425 was the cheapest by £500. Ah the PS3... a head of it's time.

DaTruth6125d ago

Bu, bu, bu, but, teh digital downloads!

Ghoul6124d ago

its nor true, atleast nor in europe.

at start nearly every Blu.ray costs 29.99 € but its down to the regular dvd launch price tag- 12.99€ - 15.99€ for most of the new releases lately.

Headshot816124d ago

players' cost is going down(ps3+standalone). We are suppose to pay more for a new release because its new. Otherwise you can find a sh!t load of movies that are about 1/2 a year older for $9.00 BUCKS.Just look at bestbuy, its crazy. I got the GODFATHER:director's remastered bluray edition for $49.99 on amazon, when i bought it on standard dvd it as like 90bucks!(if you dont have it it's a must,this is the best godfather picture they were able to remake and it looks bad ass , the colors and scene,everything).I also just finished watching WATCHMEN on bluray, AMAZING!!!!!!!

Reibooi6124d ago

While it's true that new releases seem somewhat high priced at launch you can wait a week or 2 and the price will go down and you can find it incredible cheap if you just look around and do research.

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AXAXAX6125d ago

Prices of blu-ray films have come down a lot in the past few months here in Australia, and im sure the players have too

cryymoar6125d ago

The Wii is also popular.
but not getting cheaper.
is anyone else complaining?

Vicophine6125d ago

So it's popular, meaning it's selling at the current price very well.

What's the point, article?

JL6124d ago

People are so defensive.

The point is simply that a rep said the prices weren't coming down anytime soon. Calm down, that doesn't necessarily have to be some anti-Sony sentiment or something. The fact is BD's cost a fair bit more than DVDs at this point and people have been wondering when they'll drop in price now that the technology is older and it's becoming more and more popular. Now we have that answer: not anytime soon.

I will agree though. That's the whole reason I'm still buying DVDs and saving BD purchases for certain movies that 'require' it (ie Dark Knight, Ironman, Wall-E, etc). I mean of course the players have dropped in price since the beginning (dramatically), and you can find some places running sales, or find some lamer movies on BD for cheaper. However, still the average price for a new release on BD in my area at retail is $25 (sometimes 30). While the same on DVD is $15. That's almost double the price on some. I'd like to see that go down before I start a full-fledged adoption of BD over DVD.

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Look I know VIII has its issues and all that but how on earth can the do big anniversary events with new artwork and merchandise for VII, IX and X yet VIII got sweet f*** all.

They could have given it something during its 25th anniversary yet all it got was a single Happy Anniversary post on their social media.

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they should know that we are OG fans of VIII as it sold truckload as well. not as much as VII or X. I personally didn't like IX but X and VI are my personal fav.

Shadow Hearts 2 covenant is another game I love. I hope one day someone can make remake, I would be delighted

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Final Fantasy VIII is great and you are always the first to defend it in the comments

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Underrated comment. I used to hate that game so much that any time my siblings asked me to play it, I just picked Hom and shut myself down mid-match.

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15 years went by so fast. I remember playing through the story mode at launch.