I think the whole point is that you do have the choice to watch movies or play games on it. And when you're doing both, the price point for that is cheap. If you're only playing games on it, then you might be paying a bit too much for just playing games. I do agree on the game selection, though. I don't own a lot, and I rarely play like I used to when I was much younger. I would rather pick up the game on PC if I have the choice.
Don't even get me started on useless Sony products. I still have my MiniDisc player, lol.
You're forgetting one thing. The cheap BluRay players are exactly that. Cheap. You get what you pay for. I had to check Walmart out of curiosity.
The only one I can find on WalMart is pretty bad at that price range. First of all, it's refurbished and only available online. Not to mention it only supports 24p and only supports 1080p by upscaling. Upscaling is the freakin' devil! Good if it's included, but cinema technology has come a long ways now. 3D is the new "it thing", so they're getting rid of them where they can. With the new displays and players coming out, I think Sony's move to undersell the old PS3's stock is just to make back what they can is more strategic than anything. They're getting their asses handed to them as far as marketing and producing a viable solution for the new standard.
When all is said and done, the PS3's internal BluRay player kind of sucks too, lol. They enabled 1080p upscaling via firmware update, and it's pretty bad.
Now that I think about it, I might just hold off.
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