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Sony “Sabotaging the Playstation 3″ and Blu-ray?
secondstorygamer.com - 12/15/2008
Sony “Sabotaging the Playstation 3″ and Blu-ray?
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Washington Times writer Sonny Bunch has released a very controversial article saying that instead of trying to bolster the PS3 and Blu-ray as much as possible, they are hindering and sabotaging the system and the format. Sounds crazy, right? Well, he actually makes a few good points.  ...

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Kombo.com — ... . This post was in turn picked up yesterday by Second Story Gamer, who concedes that TWT's writer has points about the pricing and Netflix, but disagrees that the Blu-ray format has been marketed improperly and that people are largely ignorant of the format. You can read that rebuttal here . Finally, CinemaBlend looks back at something IGN said of the PS3 specs at E3 2005, and draws an interesting conclusion: ...it's not the specs that gave away the PS3's general purpose, it was the intention of the specs. The one comment that stands out above them all in the article is the ...

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