While the PS3 was in support of Blu-ray HD DVD instrumental ward, there is a strong argument for dropping an optical drive from the playstation 4 at all. Console owners are already downloading gigabytes-worth of game demos, video trailers, full length movies and TV shows. With a giant hard drive in may of the ps4, games are easy to install led directly to the console on release day level load times would be eliminated.
Together with the Cell processor, the Blu-ray drive is one of the most expensive components of the PS3. The PS3 high price has forced it to third place behind the Nintendo Wii and Xbox 360. Sony will be keen not to price in the next console battle.
As Acclaim boss Dave Perry recently said: “Based on the actual cost of the PlayStation 3 and sold because they are at a loss, Sony basically has pretty much no chance of making money on the PS3 because they lost more money than them at all the top of the PlayStation 2 – it’s not even for Sony to happen. ”
Sony can not simply slash its prices, as Microsoft has recently. And Blu-ray is partly to blame. Billy Pidgeon, an analyst at market researcher IDC points out: “Blu-ray licensees would be threatened by the PS3 in stand-alone Blu-ray player. The PS3 is set a little on this side of the question.”
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