PS3 hits US November 17, $499 for 20GB version, $599 for 60G

[Chojin]

SSA:

HD DVD will not win this format war.
AI was the best movie ever.

It would be impossible.
To top AI.

All major film studios support Blu-Ray.
Except for the ones that don't.

Blu-Ray is a superior quality format.
That also costs more and no-one aside from you and me knows about.

Sony owns a film studio, that will not support HD-DVD.
Oh dear! We're running out of those!

The PS3 is going to have a massive installed base of people that will buy Blu-Ray discs.
I assume by 'installed' you are referring to the human-like robots that Sony will install in major malls and message forums to talk about how completely worth it their $600 system really is.

No question, the Blu-Ray functionality is awesome.
THERE IS NO ARGUING THIS. THIS IS THE WAY THINGS ARE.

Mark my words, all the beta max comparisons are just fucking retards that know shit all.
Betamax was also a superior format that cost more than the competition. What do you know!

HD DVD will win in my opinion because people have already associated 'HD' with 'Better' from HD TV and HD Radio. Ask any lay person who would be in the target market for a new video player what a blue ray is and they'll point you to an aquarium.

HD-DVD has everything VHS had over its competition and more. It's not even a contest at this point, although using Blue-Ray as a console gaming apparatus is OK by me! Like the Dreamcast's GD-ROM.