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Future Blu-ray Movies To Come With Playable Game Demos

Posted by Soulskill on from the confluence-of-media dept.

Audiofan writes "Enthusiasts have long suggested the PlayStation 3 to their family and friends as one of the better and most affordable Blu-ray players. Lately, prices of Blu-ray players have been coming down, but the PS3 is still one of the better options out there. Sony is taking advantage of this by starting to offer game demos on their Blu-ray offerings. While these demos will only be playable on the PS3, they hope the extra value will help drive sales."

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  1. Re:Too easy... by tacarat · · Score: 3, Insightful

    You forgot the trojan that gets installed if your player happens to be a computer.

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  2. Re:Too easy... by urIkon · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I'm amazed you can exhibit such foresight from under that bridge!

    I often scoff at marketing ploys, but game demos are a good thing. As long as this doesn't increase the price of the discs, this is more value for your dollar- it isn't as if you have to play the demo to watch your movie.

    Now, just watch them bundle some highly anticipated game demo exclusively with some crap film- SURPRISE HOME MOVIE SALES HIT OF THE SUMMER!

  3. Re:Too easy... by Alcohol+Fueled · · Score: 3, Insightful

    But who's really going to pay the price of a Blu-ray disc to play the game demo, even if they REALLY want to? I mean sure, if its on the same disc as a film you'd buy anyway... but to buy Terrible Parody Movie 9 to play the demo of the ohmygodsweetjesusawesome Halo (or any other highly popular game) game coming out the next spring... no.

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  4. Re:Blu-ray is dead. by MichaelSmith · · Score: 4, Insightful

    In recent years I have rented two DVDs where the previews were unskippable. Thats annoying. And in the future:

    This disk has been licensed for three viewers. To proceed beyond the anti pirating presentation your player must detect three viewers facing the screen with eyes open for the entire 20 minutes.

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