Blu-Ray for the PS3 was a "mistake"

FORCING PS3 punters into buying a Blu-Ray format player with their consoles might be backfiring on Sony.

Not only did a shortage of Blu-Ray gear force the PS3 to ship late and in too low quantities, according to analysts, a lot of players hate it. Yankee Group analyst Michael Goodman said that early adopters of the PS3 would have bought it at any cost. But those who come to the product later will be more price-sensitive.

Blu-Ray however is adding $150 to $200 to the product and punters do not really want it.

Goodman said that Sony had created something that is not for today's market. Blu-Ray was not a market driver on a console and it is only driving the price higher.

Cymfony, a company which looks at Internet sites, surveyed more than 18,000 posts on bogs, discussion boards and consumer review sites from October 1 to November 30 and found that there was 46 percent more positive discussion about HD-DVD than Blu-ray.

Most of the negative Blu-ray conversations indicated punters did not trust Sony, and gamers were miffed that it was flogging Blu-ray with PS3.

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