Nintendo UK responds to PS3 controller

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You could in fact pick up a cheaper DVD player than a $300 ps2 back in 2000, and with better playback quality. I should know, I had two. If I remember correctly, one was around $150 and the other around $180. Oh, and those came with a remote and didn\'t require 2,000 kb of space on a seperately purchased memory card.

I don\'t know one person who bought a PS2 as a DVD player. I know those who used them as a dvd player, and why wouldn\'t they, but no one who said "cool, I\'m getting a dvd player AND a game console. teh neat!!"

I have no clue why people keep saying this. I bought it to use as a DVD player. A lot of people I know used it as a DVD player (meaning their ONLY DVD player). Just because you don\'t know anyone doesn\'t mean there aren\'t people that bought the PS2 for its DVD playback functionality. I got one for that very reason (teh neat) and it helped get my parents out of the VHS era.

Point---> PS2 was not responsible for taking DVD to the mainstream consumers.  Perhaps in Japan, but certainly not in the U.S., and I\'m not sure about the situation in Europe.

People do think PS2 made DVD\'s the next media format, and therefore think that blu-ray is slam dunk.

...because it is

HD-DVD is hurting

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Is it a slam dunk for the next video format? Most likely. Does that mean the public will embrace it? No. It doin\' better than HD-DVD isn\'t sayin\' much, so I\'m not sure what the point is there.

No doubt the PS3 will help Blu-Ray, but I really don\'t see Blu-Ray becoming the big deal everyone has expected. The average American has already bought their favorite movie\'s and will not want to rebuy, espically if the movie is another $5 dollars higher on the Blu-Ray format. You can argue about HDTV and what not (which I\'d agree with), but it doesn\'t mean the average American will give a rat\'s ass about it.


Oh and the DVD playback was piss poor. Update drivers, disc read errors, the list goes on and on.

it took like 5 years for DVD\'s to fairly catch on.
hell, look inside a blockbuster video sometime (no souly, i don\'t fucking work there), VHS still dominates

...because it is

HD-DVD is hurting

it\'s sold out, and retailers can keep the shevles stocked with enough movies.

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it\'s sold out, and retailers can keep the shevles stocked with enough movies.

....

Eh?
All what? Five movie\'s are sold out?
Honestly, I need to see sells reports on this before I believe that. Almost no one even knows of the format.

sold out of all 6 units they had as initial stock?

big whoop

reminds me of oooooh, divx maybe?

and who the fuck bought "phantom of the opera", honestly
:rofl:

the initial stock of 1000 units sold out in Japan, and the initial stock of 6000 units sold out in the U.S.  They have been selling out as they replenish.

There are to be 160 Hd-DVD titles available by this holiday.  Couple that with the fact that HD-DVD players are half of what blu-ray players costs and will likely get cheaper by December...we\'ll see.

Point---> PS2 was not responsible for taking DVD to the mainstream consumers.  Perhaps in Japan, but certainly not in the U.S., and I\'m not sure about the situation in Europe.

People do think PS2 made DVD\'s the next media format, and therefore think that blu-ray is slam dunk.

 
People think PS2 made DVD the next format? Where did you get that impression I wonder?

so roughly .000026% of americans own a HD-DVD player
smokin!

you have to be completely doubtful of your own product to bring only 6,000 units to the table

so roughly .000026% of americans own a HD-DVD player
smokin!

you have to be completely doubtful of your own product to bring only 6,000 units to the table

it\'s all they could make.  they\'re making them as fast as they can.  I think they just wanted to release before blu-ray lands in June.

People think PS2 made DVD the next format? Where did you get that impression I wonder?

ummm,  from the misinformed Sonyphiles who say it.

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PS2 was not responsible for taking DVD to the mainstream consumers.

Probably not. But it certainly didn\'t hurt anything.

definitely wasn\'t, and you\'re right about it not hurting anything.