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videoworx · 12-13-2007, 04:41 AM

What Ganthc is saying is that the HD Drive for the Xbox is a drive in an external enclosure - utterly useless without an Xbox or Windows PC (ergo, it isn't a standalone device, it's just like a HD-DVD drive in a laptop).

The PS3 is a media center (as Sony puts it), which has a built-in ability to play Blu-Ray movies - much like a HTPC can play Blu-Ray movies and games.

Just because person x bought a PS3 to play games, doesn't mean he won't decide to buy Blu-Ray movies when he upgrades his TV next year (which is what Sony is betting on). PS3 owners are all potential Blu-Ray movie customers - and it will be up to the studios to convince them that DVDs aren't good enough anymore.

12-13-2007, 04:41 AM	#60 (permalink)
videoworx Would Make a Good Incubus Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: nowhere near Nebraska	What Ganthc is saying is that the HD Drive for the Xbox is a drive in an external enclosure - utterly useless without an Xbox or Windows PC (ergo, it isn't a standalone device, it's just like a HD-DVD drive in a laptop). The PS3 is a media center (as Sony puts it), which has a built-in ability to play Blu-Ray movies - much like a HTPC can play Blu-Ray movies and games. Just because person x bought a PS3 to play games, doesn't mean he won't decide to buy Blu-Ray movies when he upgrades his TV next year (which is what Sony is betting on). PS3 owners are all potential Blu-Ray movie customers - and it will be up to the studios to convince them that DVDs aren't good enough anymore. __________________ And let’s not forget the fact that Tron turned the Frisbee into an instrument of righteous smiting.