I thought I would post what I posted elsewhere:

Sony has announced that this Summer, they will release a standalone Blu-Ray player that will cost $600. It has all the features of the $999 model, except you'll be able to play CD's on this one.

Sony slashes Blu-ray price in line with PS3 // GamesIndustry.biz

http://kotaku.com/gaming/sony/sony-a...yer-239940.php

What effect if any do you think this will have on people buying PS3s? Certainly one of the selling points was your buying a cheaper (in terms of price) Blu-ray player.

Wow. This is great! That is a huge price drop!

Wouldn't it be great if they slashed the price on the PS3, too?!

they wouldn't "slash" the price on the ps3, then the $600.00 blue-ray player wouldn't sell, becuase the PS3 would already have a blue-ray player.

Sony seems like it's trying to get the best of what they can from BLU-Ray. Suposedly too Sony is going to have a month where they're going to lower the price by about 20%. As far as I've seen, it's unconfirmed, but it would greatly increase the sales of Sony's BLU-Ray related items.

blu-ray = WASTE OF MONEY
PS3 = E VEN BIGGER WASTE OF MONEY.

im just gonna stick to my regular DVD player...

Have you seen a blu-ray movie? Not a waste of money!

WTF's the point unless you plan on spending YOUR LIFE watching movies over and over again...

Well get used to it, because they are going to replace DVDs soon.

I wouldn't say soon...

I haven't sold a single BLU-Ray DVD player yet where I work, so it probably won't be until the price drops....a lot. Like....$900.