PS3 without bluray?

A PS3 without Blu-Ray? I guess they would put the Backwards Compatibility back in!

I have a feeling this article was written to draw attention, or maybe the writers believe themselves...

This is so bogus, because if we really think about it, it won't happen.

Like or not, Sony is committed to Blu-Ray on PS3, think about it this way.

Customer X buys this PS3 without a Blu-Ray Disc Player, now all these games on the shelf, Customer X cannot buy.

Furthermore, there are Devs taking advantage of the extra space, since BLU is mandatory, and those games wouldn't be downgraded to fit on DVD.

IT would just be a complete nightmare, that's why this is funny.

EDIT : Oh SNAP, the TC is right, SONY IS DOING THIS. Here's proof, and this new PS3 looks pretty pimpin'!

This is from Hab, another poster :

is this the new ps3 now ? :|

Sorry, but this cannot happen.

Sony uses Blu Ray discs for all of their disc based games, not DVD-9. They are NOT going to change this.

If they do HDD installs, DVD-retail/DD and re-release all the old games on both DVD-retail and DD then I could see it working. If it could cut costs, I'd be all for it.foxhound_fox

Wii games are on DVDs and it can't play DVD movies.one_on_one

Yeah, I wonder why Nintendo never released that, it was part of the plan. M$ did it last gen, have the users pay for the royalties with the purchase.

PS3 without bluray would be a lot better since bluray is filled with failjimbojones_sw

shoot they better ship them with a 1TB HDDstereointegrity

[QUOTE="one_on_one"]Wii games are on DVDs and it can't play DVD movies.SolidTy

Yeah, I wonder why Nintendo never released that, it was part of the plan. M$ did it last gen, have the users pay for the royalties with the purchase.

I wonder too but I'll never know why these companies do what they do and their motives unless I'm employed in their company. And when you say M$ did it last gen, you're talking about being able to play DVD movies and users had to pay for the purchase? If so, that's exactly what Sony did this gen with blu ray.

What's even more shocking is that some people will actually believe this.ColoradoKindBud

Wii games are on DVDs and it can't play DVD movies. A PS3 without blu ray movie playback is possible and might have a very good starting price, but I doubt Sony would do that though.one_on_one

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Yeah, I wonder why Nintendo never released that, it was part of the plan.M$ did it last gen, have the users pay for the royalties with the purchase.

one_on_one

I wonder too but I'll never know why these companies do what they do and their motives unless I'm employed in their company. And when you say M$ did it last gen, you're talking about being able to play DVD movies and users had to pay for the purchase? If so, that's exactly what Sony did this gen with blu ray.

Well, actually Sony did that with the PS2(DVD)...and I guess the PSOne(CD playback) as well. What I was saying is sell the royalties seperately, like M$. Sony included it in the price last gen and this gen. (Dreamcast $150, Gamecube was $200, but PS2 was $300).

The sheer bat**** insanity of the idea (ie a DD-only console, since there's no way Sony is going back to DVD-9s) makes me believe there's something to it. Sony needs to lower the PS3's price by any means necessary, and only Sony could come up with a "budget model" that all but requires a fast (and therefore expensive) internet connection.PBSnipes

Whatever analyst that came up with this crazy idea of PS3s without Blu-Ray must be completely off his rocker. Any real analyst would know that PS3 games are all Blu Ray disks. Removing Blu Ray capabilities from the PS3 would be like removing the "P" from PJs (anyone want a pair of jamas? :D).

[QUOTE="jimbojones_sw"]PS3 without bluray would be a lot better since bluray is filled with failPSdual_wielder

And your ignorance is win!!!

Hey, you know what they say about ignorance.

Thats completely stupid.

If sony wre to do that (which they wont, theyre not stupid) the ps3 would very quickly be killed off, playstation would cease to exist and from the losses sony qwould slowly wither and die...

SolidTy

You do realise that is the new Japanese PS2 with the internal power brick (just with a quick photoshopped PS3 logo) don't you? This thread is a joke.

[QUOTE="one_on_one"]Wii games are on DVDs and it can't play DVD movies. A PS3 without blu ray movie playback is possible and might have a very good starting price, but I doubt Sony would do that though.MoonMarvel

If some can change the wii software around without affecting the hardware at all to play DVDs with a wii, it would have been easy for Nintendo to do the same and allow DVDs on the Wii.

Nintendo did not allow DVDs on purpose, they know they are a games company and have always stuck to that bottomline. Wii games themselves are on optical disc, yes, but the wii as a system can easily play DVDs if Nintendo wanted it to.

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stevencompton

You do realise that is the new Japanese PS2 with the internal power brick (just with a quick photoshopped PS3 logo) don't you? This thread is a joke.

You do realize that post is a joke, right?

[QUOTE="stevencompton"][QUOTE="SolidTy"]

SolidTy

You do realise that is the new Japanese PS2 with the internal power brick (just with a quick photoshopped PS3 logo) don't you? This thread is a joke.

You do realize that post is a joke, right?

I was hoping it was, but I didn't want to see people run with it.

MGS4 was 32gb as far as I recall. That's 4 dvd9s. Good one TC :P Also, that pic in the 2nd post is a PS2 Slim with a poor photoshoped PS2 sign on it. Meaning EPIC FAILURE.KingAsmodai

Compress the sound and watch that size shrink :)