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Blu-ray hits 20 years old, and it isn't dead yet — optical disc format was introduced to the public at CES 2006 (www.tomshardware.com)
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Major releases still coming out, and enthusiasts collecting discs.

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[–] 39 points 10 months ago (9 children)

I remember its rival, HD DVD, and how Microsoft bet on HD DVD. The Xbox 360 had an expensive add-on that enabled the use of the discs. No games supported it.

Meanwhile, the PS3 shipped with a Blu-ray player in it and retailed for about half of what Blu-ray players were going for, in 2007. Just like PS2 helped push DVD adoption (though it was well on its way when the PS2 came out), the PS3 definitely contributed to Blu-ray. Both formats offered promising results, but only one was given away with every PS3.

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  • [–] 8 points 10 months ago

    I specifically bought a second-hand PS3 to use as a Blu-Ray player. And to play Journey, which was PS3-only at the time. Other PS3 games didn't really appeal to me, I already had everything I wanted on PC. But for Blu-Rays the PS3 was indeed an excellent player.

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago (5 children)

    And for some brain dead reason the PS5 doesn’t have a dedicated media remote you can actually buy.

    Xbox does.

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    The PS5 does have a media remote. It is available for sale at most retailers that stock PS5 controllers.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    Seems to be available everywhere in the US - even on the official Sony site, but in the EU it’s only in the less reputable stores.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago (1 child)

    That is a bit odd. Maybe it doesn't sell that well in the EU. Here in the UK pretty much all the major retailers sell them, plus the PlayStation Direct store.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    That's weird. When I bought my PS2 (not PS5, this was when the PS2 was new... ish...) I bought a media remote for it. The PS2 was replacing our first-gen DVD player, which was struggling with dual layer discs. So I had to get one that my mother could use. And she was perfectly fine using a game system as a DVD player, as long as it made sense and had a remote (she would not use a controller). And the remote was cool, it had the same colours and styling of the PS2.

    Weird that the PS5 doesn't have one.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 child)

    Microsoft didn't really bet on the HD-DVD. It was a separate add on supplied at cost because that was the best deal they got from either consortium.

    In contrast, Sony was absolutely shipping the PS3 as a loss leader to get drives out there, similar to how Sony used the PS2 to make DVD's standard.

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