Thu, Mar 12, 2009 | 11:59 GMT
Sony: PS3 will always have Blu-ray
Janco’s Mike Hickey’s prediction that a Blu-ray-less PS3 may be in the works suffered something of a blow today when Sony, unsurprisingly, said that there isn’t.
“That would pretty much destroy the PS3′s backbone,” Sony marketing manager Kim Nguyen told SAI.
“Our games were built on Blu-ray. Quote that: Blu-ray will always be part of PS3.”
Hickey also said he expected a PS3 price cut to be announced within days, in a note at the end of February.
Still waiting, Mike.
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Posted in: Blu-ray, PS3, Sony
Tags: Janco Partners, mike hickey
9 comments
#1
Blerk
12/03/09, 12:04 pm
Analysts are totally worth the money. They’re absolutely invaluable to the industry.
#2
Lutz
12/03/09, 12:11 pm
Also, cars will always have wheels.
What a stupid idea… The PS3 with no blu-ray doesn’t do anything, apart from anything involving downloaded games from PSN.
#3
Robo_1
12/03/09, 12:21 pm
I do hope that analysts who put forward such ridiculous claims are pulled up on them when they’re proven wrong.
#4
Tonka
12/03/09, 12:47 pm
Can I suggest a new “No Shit Sherlock” tag?
#5
Rock_Me_Amadeus
12/03/09, 1:20 pm
To be fair, he was saying that retail channels had heard a blu-ray-less ps3 was on the cards, he wasn’t predicting it himself. Doesn’t make it any less bollocks though. And his price cut was a bit premature.
#6
rainer
12/03/09, 1:23 pm
PS3 with Blu-ray drive but lacking Blu-ray movie playback could have been the rumor as isn’t BR playback licensing fairly expensive ?
#7
DaMan
12/03/09, 1:29 pm
ahaha..
#8
deftangel
12/03/09, 2:22 pm
It’s such a complete non-starter, if I was an investor employing that firm I’d certainly be thinking twice about it following that.
#9
Gamoc
12/03/09, 7:12 pm
This just in!
Grass: Green. Sky: Blue.