Off topic, I can't keep the Grand Moffs separate here.

We are the Tarkin. Your citizens and governmental distinctiveness shall be added that of our own. Rebellion is FUTILE.

Oh there will be no rebellion; I love it. Here on my work desk I have both the action figure and the "Evacuate? In our moment of triumph?" card. I just find so much Tarkin.... distracting.

This is for you.

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-TM

That too. You're kind to let them know you will be getting them eventually. I just say "Never." In the future I should add that they've been discontinued. Really, I'm trying that the next time I work. I'll let you know how it turns out. Wonder if I can get photos of the crestfallen looks. I imagine it'll be much like Burger King not selling the Whopper anymore.

Holy hell, I could be a You Tube Star with gold like that!.

Something tells me you're looking for a new job...

-TM

wow, that's cold. i like it. it'd be a smash hit, for sure!

and you could say it's a kindness, only wrapped in a supremely smug and condescending delivery.

in showbiz!

Most of the major studios are jumping on the blu-ray ship and abandoning HD-DVD, and the PS3 is considered to be the best blu-ray player on the market, thus making it (at the moment), bar-none THE next generation media player.


So yeah. In another year when standard television signals switch to hd and people start looking for the best movie experience they can get, ask who cares about blu-ray.

Sony will just lose more money with more PS3 sales that don't pull in lots of game sales, though. it is a fairly well documented fact that they're still losing money on the systems themselves. they'll only get past that once they can start making the blu-ray players cheaply.

until then they're damned if they do, damned if they don't.

Most games are multi-platform now. That's the gateway to the most profit, and it's pretty much the way of things these days. From here on out, exclusive titles will be few and far between. Once blu-ray wins the next gen video war, their install base will be going way up, ensuring that many, many more of those games that are on every console will be bought by the people who own a PS3 anyway.

Mostly because they will look like utter crap on their wii, at the same time they're adjusting to beautiful visuals on their brand new flat-screens.

nintendo baby!

i do believe that sales show people care much more about enjoying playing the game than how it looks.

also, multi-platform game releases are hindering the PS3. why spend more to get the game you want and a PS3 when it's cheaper to buy it and a 360? exclusive releases that generate big buzz really help system sales. look at Halo 3. so many of the 360s that were sold this holiday season were sold in no small part due to that game. in fact, a huge chunk of the 360s sold at my store were Halo 3 special editions. people were willing to shell out an extra $50 over a Pro unit for a rechargeable battery and X-Box Live content to match the zazzy colors of the box and the Master Chief.

so tout the fact that it's a Blu-Ray player and how it's graphics are a tiny bit better and how people can buy the same big games for it for the systems they already have. that still doesn't answer or combat the fact that having people buy it to be mainly a Blu-Ray player loses Sony even more money than if they bought it as a game system or the fact that they lose money every time one sells, period.

at best, the PS3 comes up second best in sales, and easily loses when measuring profits. it might be "leading the way to the future of entertainment," but it's a huge mistake for Sony as a company. it's designer had to resign because of how much it's costing Sony. considering how big a player he was in system development at Sony, that's a huge sign about how the PS3 is really working for Sony.