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Originally Posted by Sehnzeleid
...but the vast majority of people buy the 360 Add-on expressly for the purpose of viewing HD DVDs, unless their slow and don't realize the 360 can play DVDs like the Add-on can also do.
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Of course, but if we are supposed to do standalones only, then you wouldn't include the hda0. Even so, Blu-ray has sold 700k stand alone players, so it's not doing bad in its own right.
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Sony has created a clusterfuck of their gaming console if the vast majority of people are buying it to solely watch Blu-rays (like me  ). If that's the case, they might win in one way but lose in another.
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I disagree. If we are to say that increased amounts of hd-dvd players will mean that studios will want to switch over to take advantage of the market they create, then we could say the same for the ps3 and games. Even if you have people that buy the ps3 solely for bd watching, game developers will only see the total number of ps3's sold and see the market that it delivers.
Really, the thing that has hurt the ps3's gaming side is lack of titles and a high price. The price has come down, and people are buying ps3's pretty well now. Some are doing so specifically for gaming or for bd watching, but really Sony's Trojan horse has been the key to keeping higher sales on bd discs, and for those that watch only movies, they still help the gaming side because they increase the count of ps3s in the market.