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Sony Pushes Back Release For Blu-Ray Players
Sony has announced that their first model of Blu-Ray player will release in August, not later this month as originally announced. The BDP-SP1, retailing for $1000, will now ship on or about August 15th. Bad news for fans of the new format, and even worse news for the PS3. Since Sony's lackluster E3 showing, a string of bad news has seemed to conspire against the company's next-gen console. From the Gamers with Jobs article: "With the PS3's high-end model coming it at a whopping $400.00 less than a stand-alone Blu-Ray player, Sony needs to release these players as soon as possible. If they wait too long, the PS3 will begin looming on the horizon, causing even devout early adopters to question the intelligence of buying a stand-alone Blu-Ray unit. Sony also needs the largest possible installed base, come launch-time for the PS3. For the Blu-Ray player to be the PS3's version of the PS2's DVD player, casual technophiles need to be able to see the virtues of the Blu-Ray format. If there are few players, and few titles, this might not happen."
I love the smell of a corporate implosion in the morning.
What doesn't kill you only delays the inevitable
...so you keep gaming while satisfying your wife?
It would bring a new meaning to head shot.
I still have more fans than freaks. WTF is wrong with you people?
What was that you said? It's hard to make out what you're saying while you have Sony's dick in your mouth.
What did you do to make Sony's period late?
You're right!
Except for Laserdisc.
and VCD.
and digital tape.
But other than that, you're absolutely right!
Fan'd you, just for spite. :)