Blu-ray Not A Burden For Sony’s PS3
Sony’s Phil Harrison once again makes a rather arrogant statement, claiming that the Blu-ray drive isn’t a burden for the PS3. In an interview with GamePro he says
“There’s this sort of misunderstanding that the Blu-ray disc player for movies is somehow burdening the console with unnecessary cost. That is completely not true”
As you may remember, Sony’s reason for the European PS3 delay was, (drum rolls), The Blu-ray drive! Here is the exact quote from the press statement:
The revision of the launch date in the SCEE territories is caused by the delay in the mass production schedule of the blue laser diode within the Sony Group, thus affecting the timely procurement of key components to be utilised in PLAYSTATION 3.
He does say “Blu-ray disc player for movies”, but a Blu-ray player is for movies and games, so claiming that it has no impact on the PS3 cost and production is, in fact, a straight up lie.