Sony slashes Blu-ray price in line with PS3

[wraggster]

Sony has stepped up its initiative to establish Blu-ray as the high definition home entertainment format, by announcing a new Blu-ray disc player which will retail for US $599.

The BDP-S300 will go on sale early this summer and is priced the same as the recently released PlayStation 3. The previous model BDP-S1 currently retails for US $999.

The BDP-S300 is around the size of a standard DVD player and has all the features of the US $999 model, with the added benefit of being able to play CDs.

Sony is heavily promoting the Blu-ray format, recently offering initial European PlayStation 3 consumers a free copy of the movie Casino Royale when the console goes on sale on March 23.

via gibiz (http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=23083)

[Uchuu]

hm.....i wonder why people would choose the "cheap" BD player over a PS3 if they're the same price......

[Tree]

yeah at least you can do more with a PS3 init

[SSaxdude]

The picture in the stand alone player is probably better than in the PS3, although it's not a huge upgrade from DVD anyway.

[ketchup]

Just for information as some people on this site seem to be confused.

Japan is region 2 for DVD's - same as Europe.
For BlueRay it's different!!! Japan are region 1 like America, (information is very easy to find on the net).



Region code = Area
A/1 = North America, Central America, South America, Koreas, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Southeast Asia.

B/2 = Europe, Greenland, French territories, Middle East, Africa, Australia and New Zealand.

C/3 = India, Nepal, Mainland China, Russia, Central and South Asia.

So those who think of buying PS3's outside of Europe beware that you will end up having to buy non-European movies too. Only the games are region free but the BlueRay player is region locked, (until cracked ;) ).