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[Keyser Soze]

I serched for Blu-Ray and found nothing like this...

http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/09/04/2152242&from=rss

"The Inquirer is running an article detailing how Blu-Ray drives for the Playstation 3 will cost Sony a small fortune. It turns out that at the release of the console in the first half of 2006, Sony will have to pay more than $100 per drive which will dramatically increase the unit cost of the PS3."

http://darkzero.co.uk/index2.php?newsid=1072

It now looks as if Blu-ray drives for the PS3 could end up costing Sony a small fortune, or at the least putting a considerable dent in their corporate pockets. Each Blu-ray drive Sony will have to buy during the first half of 2006 will cost the company almost $100, even if they are going to buy in bulk.

In contrast to this it will only cost Microsoft $30, or considerably less than that as they will be buying in bulk for each drive they place in a 360 console. One would now have to wonder what price a finished PS3 console is going to cost with prices as high as $500 floating around at the moment, of course these prices are only rumored but are now looking very realistic in the light of recent developments.

On the plus side Blu-Ray will offer Sony great backward compatible with DVDs and CDs and the ability to store 25GB per layer (50GB in total) on the Blu-ray media which may prove a better strategy in the long-run when Blu-ray prices drop. Nevertheless, it's a very expensive and some may say risky step that Sony is willing to take.

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=25901

BLU RAY drives for the Playstation 3 will cost Sony a small fortune. It turns out that at the release of the console in the first half of 2006, Sony will have to pay more than $100 per drive it builds in Playstation 3. This is a lot of money, because even in retail you can buy a DVD +RW drive for less than $50 now. This means that Microsoft can get it much cheaper than $50, maybe even half that price, due to the enormous quantity it needs to buy for millions of XboX 360 consoles.

Blu Ray marchitecture looks great as its backward compatible with DVDs and CDs, and you can store 25GB per layer on the Blu Ray media. This will provide you with an amazing 50GB for two layer drives at some point in the future.

Nevertheless, it's a very expensive step that Sony is willing to take as it will increase cost of Playstation 3 unit dramatically. Sony said Playstation 3 is going the be expensive and this is one of the reasons why.

Microsoft is playing a safe game here, it will launch with DVD+RW but in some point in the future might release a new Xbox 360 version with HD-DVD or a Blu Ray drive. We don’t expect that this will happen anytime soon, but we are sure it will happen at some point in the next few years.

At least Sony will push the mass availability of Blu Ray drives and medias as it plans to ship hundredes of thousands of consoles in 2006

 

[impirius]

The Inquirer: We Look Like The Register

 

[Straightballin]

Wasnt there already a thread like this that said the cell, RSX, and blu-ray drive were going to cost $100 each

 

[fse]

How much did the UMD drive cost in a PSP?

 

[Archaix]

How much did the UMD drive cost in a PSP?

Three billion dollars.

 

[Shogmaster]

There's a DVD+_RW drive in the X360? :lol

 

[XMonkey]

What are the sources for these stories? and don't say the Inquirer unless you want to be laughed at. They all are "it looks like" or "apparently" or "it turns out", which means nothing.

 

[∀ Narayan]

Three billion dollars.

Wow, you're one CLEVER motherfucker, aren't you?

 

[Archaix]

Wow, you're one CLEVER motherfucker, aren't you?

If Inquirer can just choose to make shit up, I don't see why I can't.

 

[Any1]

hypothetically, what if Sony bites the bullet and offers the PS3 for around $300, and sells a bajillion PS3's and thereby makes bluray the new standard for all hidef video. How much money is Sony likely to make if bluray becomes the standard like dvd is today?