Is going to be those no-name Chineses manufacturers who will come up with a machine capable of playing both. And not only both, why not throw in original DVD playback functionality, along with.mp3 and codec playback from discs.
The reason is that I believe customers will think it ridiculous to have to purchase two different players: One for movies from a certain alliance, the other needed for movies in the other camp.
Unlike the conversion from tapes to CD's, DVD to HD/Blu-Ray retains the basic fundamental properties for reading the data. Thus in the long-term the development of these players is a real possibility.
Ultimately in the long run I see no need to side with one company or the other! Can't beat em, join em (literally)!
As a resident in Japan, I can tell you that reaction to this delay will be subdued and probably non-existent.
In fact, I argue that sony picked the best time to announce this - one day before the relase of arguably the biggest game on the Japanese calendar - Final Fantasy XII. People here dont seem to care about the graphics or new specs as much - hence why the Xbox 360 has done so utterly poorly after its release here. Some slashdotters write about not being able to find an Xbox 360, I could walk into almost any electronics store in Tokyo and find one neglected on a back shelf.
The Japanese will contently wait for the PS3, just like they have waited for Final Fantasy XII. Its not all about graphics to them, and they have enough games like FFX12 coming out on the PS2 to tide them over until November.
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Is going to be those no-name Chineses manufacturers who will come up with a machine capable of playing both. And not only both, why not throw in original DVD playback functionality, along with .mp3 and codec playback from discs.
The reason is that I believe customers will think it ridiculous to have to purchase two different players: One for movies from a certain alliance, the other needed for movies in the other camp.
Unlike the conversion from tapes to CD's, DVD to HD/Blu-Ray retains the basic fundamental properties for reading the data. Thus in the long-term the development of these players is a real possibility.
Ultimately in the long run I see no need to side with one company or the other! Can't beat em, join em (literally)!
If this is anything to go by, youre wrong. http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3148775
As a resident in Japan, I can tell you that reaction to this delay will be subdued and probably non-existent. In fact, I argue that sony picked the best time to announce this - one day before the relase of arguably the biggest game on the Japanese calendar - Final Fantasy XII. People here dont seem to care about the graphics or new specs as much - hence why the Xbox 360 has done so utterly poorly after its release here. Some slashdotters write about not being able to find an Xbox 360, I could walk into almost any electronics store in Tokyo and find one neglected on a back shelf. The Japanese will contently wait for the PS3, just like they have waited for Final Fantasy XII. Its not all about graphics to them, and they have enough games like FFX12 coming out on the PS2 to tide them over until November.