I think a major part of Sonys strategy all along was bluray. They put a huge gamble on it wining the HD media war. And the Cell in the PS3 compliments the player well.
I doubt they would have picked up as well as they have in the last 6 months if they had lost the HD war.
They swamped the market with cheap units that, most people that bought a PS3 and had a HDTV seem to have tried the videos. Some will have bought it as a cheap DVD player. And now that they have won, there isn't much point to 360 having HDDVD so its probably going to be a win win win for sony now.
I doubt they would have picked up as well as they have in the last 6 months if they had lost the HD war.
They swamped the market with cheap units that, most people that bought a PS3 and had a HDTV seem to have tried the videos. Some will have bought it as a cheap DVD player. And now that they have won, there isn't much point to 360 having HDDVD so its probably going to be a win win win for sony now.