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I know I'm sounding like a broken record, but anyone expecting anything other than a regular DVD drive in PS3 is setting themselves up for disappointment. It's just not going to happen unless there is a major delay in the PS3 release date.

There at least is an "agreement to agree" at this point, which is an important first step. But it will months to agree on an actual spec, more time to implement and productize, more time to set up manufacturing capability, test and improve yields, etc. If the PS3 launch gets pushed back to the end of 2006, it might be feasible.

PS3 will have this drive b/c PS3 will carry the torch for that standard. The PS2 is most likely the best-selling DVD player on the market. The PS3 should be the same. And Sony will want to use that to bring down costs for the rest of their next-gen DVD players. Just my opinion. It makes no sense to stick with regular DVD if they really want to push the next-gen format. I mean, otherwise, that new format will have a hard time getting market penetration. Why would anyone really need to switch from DVD at that rate? PEACE.