Sony stock jumps on Blu-ray win, Tretton calls 2008 PS3's 'breakthrough' year

Marty really must be the Secretary of Propoganda for the Red Ring Militia. In every PS3 thread you recycle the same old speculative nonsense with absolutely no real evidence to back it up. It's really time for you to get off sony's jockstrap and find a new hobby. Or buy a PS3 already and consummate your tempestuous love affair.

I agree with el serpiente, If you guys were analyst youd be the shittiest ever.

Same ol shit theyve been saying for the past year

"Sony failed by including blu-ray"
"Nobody needs hdmi"
"its too expensive"
"it has no games"


same ol speculation and Sony continues to shoot them down one by one until they have nothing left to say except that it doesnt come in your favorite color.

@marty

you really want it both ways don't you? Often times you have said HD gear is not important to the average consumer and in fact you don't even have an HD TV set. Now your saying most people are buying PS3's as a next gen Blu-Ray player and not for games. Also, you (and others) often say that the PS3 does not have great exclusive games. So by your own retarted logic the attach rate should be low yet you still say developers will be shy about making games for it. You Sir are truly an idiot X-bot and it makes me sick.

I think a very small amount of people bought the PS3 as a next gen movie player only. I happen to have all 3 consoles and enjoy them all for different reason. I think for someone to buy a PS3, even if for mostly Blu-ray, surely they are at the very least a moderate gamer. When the heavy hitters and acclaimed games come out this year more games will be purchased. Low attach rates can be attributed to different factors and can't solely be put on the fact that PS3 owners don't buy games. My guess is a lot of people own 360 and PS3 and as we know whatever the lead platform is will most likely have the superior version (see EA). I have just as many PS3 games as 360 games (about 15 or so on each owned both since launch). But, I have bought MOSt (not all) multiplat or sports titles for 360 because they are simply better. But this is not a hardware issue rather a software issue with the Developers trying a standard last gen port.

Again Marty you Sir do not have a clue and you need to stop hating.

Personally, I had the PS2 before I had a stand alone DVD player years ago... I'm fairly certain a significant amount of other gamers were in the same situation.

Can't blame them for attempting a working strategy twice. Their competition has.

The difference, Fox, is that the PS2 was released 3 years after the initial retail of DVDs. The inclusion of the drive was genius because the market was ready for it; the early majority was waiting with money in hand. It was also cheaper than it would have been in 1997/98.

In contrast, the PS3 includes a BluRay when the market is young. The drive is costly and the only ones BluRay has been selling to are the early adopters. We're probably a year or two off from the early majority. The decision is paying off in terms of winning the format war, but I still think the high price tag isn't worth it yet.

You realize that there's a ton of Blu-Ray movies available at Netflix and Blockbuster, right? And that most major movies are released in HD now, and now that HD-DVD is dead, they'll all be in Blu-Ray? And they have a pretty decent selection of older movies as well. If I remember correctly, it's something on the order of 450 movies on blu-ray. Seems pretty en-masse to me.

Vidguy,

You made some good points there, and while I'm not disagreeing on most of it; I should've clarified that with having a game system on the supposed "next gen format"; it eased me from waiting on a cheaper stand-alone player for a price I was willing to pay at the time. And as the other person mentioned, there are a lot of places that do carry BluRay format discs for purchase & rental. I buy most of mine online since it's cheaper, but yeah.
Though I eventually did buy all of the seventh gen consoles(PS3/Wii/Xbox360); I bought them with intent to use them not just for gaming machines but their other multimedia uses. Granted the Wii has the least outward functionality; however - for an example, since it's the smaller of the 3, it's easy to take along with me on vacations compared to the other two.

I completely agree with you!

...10.5 millions disagree

But not me, which makes it 10.4 million.

Wait a minute... are you saying 10.5 million people bought their consoles to watch movies??? OR are you saying 10.5 million people bought the ps3 to watch blue ray movies???

*did the ps3 even make the 5 million mark in sales??? If 10.5 million ps3s were sold then wouldnt that make it the number one selling console right now?

billy:

you = idiot

Since when did asking questions render someone an idiot? So if i ask your name am i an ass??

Anyways, I checked VG chartz (if indeed it is accurate) I had no idea all the consoles have sold so much. Even more shocking, how the hell is it possible for the Wii to sell more than 20 million consoles in under a year. If these numbers are correct, then why arent we all playing Wii and being happy. Not to mention this supports my earlier claim...'Movies Schmovies only games sell a console'.

Because more people in America have ecksbawks 360 for gods sake, About 3 to one. so what da fuck do you expect. also, its not the big picture. the big picture is that it is more likely the ps3 version being bought more overall.

Though HFJ is a bit "strong" in his comments, I have to agree with him. This is primarily a North American site and I personally find that the majority of the posters on this site are 360-only owners (personal view).

@Fenixknight

Good point Fenix and in fact I was one asking for the 360 version. But, this is because I have the PS3 version already (superior in my opinion and the mother console of the game). So I figured what the heck might as well try and steal it on 360 for trade in value or e-bay.

And he's not invited to my birthday party at ChukeeCheese!!

Man, I wish the Simpsons were still that funny. Classic quote Anni, thanks ;)

hehe,you can keep thinking that if it helps you sleep at night.

-raises hand- I'm apparently a "twit" but with the best multimedia functionality of the seventh generation. And yes, I'm fairly certain I got my money's worth buying the 60GB version.

lol, well, I guess I shoulda said "people that aren't going to buy any games for it". I just felt like being a douche at the time...

if that's the case, then it looks like you repeated the typo...

110% on the money man. Pretty much spoke for me and why I don't want a PS3 right now.

"System doesn't have SQUAT for games." You do realize that other people might like games that you don't like right? This is where that crazy thing called "Choice" comes in to play. You picked the 360 because it has more games that you like. I picked the PS3 because it has more games that I like. See how that works? I know, I know, it's a whacky concept and it may take some time to sink in.

Well, being that your username is tagged loud and clear with "PS3 Fanboy" when I click on it, I'll excuse you as another dumb fanboy bigot (which applies regardless of what system you fanboys are morons for)

"choice" as you call it, means a pathetic library to choose from for the PS3. If all you want to play is a few games I guess you've found paradise this early in the system's launch.

I'll say it again loud and clear, it's a system I want, but you're an absolute dingleberry if you think the PS3 offers any sort of actual game selection. It's early in the system, honestly, you don't have to be such a pro-PS3 dumbass, the games will come.

and yet markez i know many people who have picked up a PS3 and have plenty of games for it AND the 360.

Like he said just because you MAY not like games on it, doesnt mean everyone else wont. I guess sales would attest to that, you dont sell over 10million consoles with nothing to play. (sames goes for the 360 and Wii).

I mean heck i have just as many games for my PS3 as i do my 360 and enjoy them both. (exclusives and multiplatforms alike)

Lol, how is my username "tagged loud and clear" as a fanboy? I don't think I have ever said anything bad about the 360 and I don't post stuff praising the PS3.

And who cares about my post record, my point still stands on valid ground.

Say what you will about the library, but White knight Story helps me sleep at night.

Actually that was the most ignorant rant ive ever heard.

NO, nothing is wrong with the quality of DVD, but sir watch a HDDVD or Blu-ray movie on a 120hz HD television and tell me that its not better. Any moron with an eye socket can see the difference. As far as games for ps3 go, maybe thats the only games that you're interested in but that doesnt mean that there arent games available for everyone on the ps3. So by your logic, I recently got my refund check and thought to myself if I should get a 360, then i thought about the hardware failures, then i thought that I would also have to buy the premium or elite, then i thought that i would also have to buy a wireless adaptor. Then theres games, and I cant think of one 360 exclusive that would actually make me shell out money for it. Halo? no thanks. Gears of War? Beat it and again, no thanks. Outside of those two there isnt much of a reason to own it. Im going to buy a psp instead, because of the functionality with my ps3. can we say remote play? So I guess its wherever you seek value, but im not paying 400 bucks for a system that clearly still suffers from the same hardware failures from launch.