Comments | vain_chan: HD DVD is Dead.

vain_chan

HD DVD is Dead.

Feb 19, 2008 12:46

After a month of speculation and a whole weekend of exciting squeeing on PS-friendly blogs, it's official:

"Toshiba Quits HD DVD Business""Also adding to Blu-ray's momentum was the gradual increase in sales of Sony's PlayStation 3 home video-game console, which also works as a Blu-ray player. Sony has sold 10.5 million PS3 machines worldwide since ( Read more... )

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violeteyedhair February 19 2008, 18:35:42 UTC

The 360 has a greater multitude of fun games to play, but the PS3 is getting all the worth-while games to play. ;o; Wah!

vain_chan February 19 2008, 20:25:03 UTC

XD;; Honestly? There are only 2 games that are 360-exclusives that I want to play . . . and rumor has hinted that BioShock may be coming to the PS3 eventually.

I'm really not a 360 fan; not keen on the remote, the consoles, or 99% of the games. A Wii, though . . . I wanna get me one of those.

If you seriously want the console, there are rumors of a price drop in May 08. They've managed to cut the unit production cost by a little over $100, so those saving should be coming to the consumer eventually--especially with Blu-Ray becoming more profitable.

flyby311 February 19 2008, 19:55:01 UTC

*snuggles her PS3* I'm a total PS fan. XD I've actually gotten all the consols out currently except for the XBox 360, and it doesn't seem like I'll ever get it. I can't wait until the games I'm dying to come out actually do (FFXIII and FF Versus XIII, I'm burning holes through you).

vain_chan February 19 2008, 20:29:41 UTC

*_______* God, yes.

I preordered Crisis Core a week or so ago (EB Games is /was offering a free Shinra UMD case with preorder) and I can't wait to play it in English. *________* And then hook it into the PS3 I will be buying this month. So I can play it on the HDTV I will also be buying next month. And then I can play PS3 games on my PSP. Could anything be more spectacular?

Also, Silent Hill 5 in hi-def? XD How can anyone resist?

flyby311 February 20 2008, 04:34:05 UTC

DDDDDDD: Uh. Uh. I think I'll try to do that too, homg. When is it coming out again?! I didn't know we could play PS3 games on the PSP, HOMG. XD Wow, the PSP we currently have is more my brother's than anyone else's, but hot damn, I think I'll get myself one as well now. *___*

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vain_chan February 19 2008, 20:33:09 UTC

*ded* Well, you're correct. Especially with PSHome and PSTV coming out. And they're updating the PSNetwork like crazy. And the ability to link your PSP and PS3 is just hawt. 360 may have been in the lead for a bit, but I sincerely believe that they're going to be left in the dust.

.... Is it just me, or do I sound like a Sony commercial? >.>;;;

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vain_chan February 19 2008, 20:58:21 UTC

Sony marketed the PS3 stupidly and rushed its release because Halo 3 and the 360 and the Wii were coming out for the holidays and they panicked. So Sony paid for it. =/ I think that it was ultimately an important lesson though, because they have been seriously revamping some of their business practices after getting their gaming division's ass handed to them for the first time in . . . um . . . ever. And hopefully the PS division that rises from the not-quite-ashes will learn from their mistakes in the future ( ... )