http://kotaku.com/5168910/sony-we-wont-drop-blu+ray-for-the-ps3
Basically it says that an analyst, Mike Hickey, made a report this past Feb about Sony thinking of reducing the price of the PS3 by removing the Blu-ray out of the device. Sony has responded that Blu-ray is the backbone of the system and is here to stay. My question is, where the hell are these "analysts" getting their info--because this one seems totally illogical. As anyone with eh PS3 knows, the damn games are Blu-ray disks. It's like saying Microsoft is trying to save money by eliminating the DVD drive. Perhaps this Hickey dude was thinking that Sony would remove the Blu-ray movie PLAYBACK on the device the lower costs--not sure about all the licensing stuff the Blu-ray group has, but if it's anything like the DVD one, by now allowing playback, you could save some cash (thus for the original XBOX, you had to get the remote to get DVD playback)--but that's not the point.
It seems like everyday, we hear some analyst making some claim, and most of the time, it is totally wrong. Where do these dudes get their info? Are these guys actually talking to people or pulling crap out of their asses? I mean Michael Pachter, who is freaking everywhere, seems to be making crap up as well--didn't he say recently we're supposed to get a new GTA game this year (that's not DLC?). I just don't know why people takes these dudes seriously, when they are wrong so many times. The problem with these analysts and I suppose, other rumors in this internet age--is that there are real consequences for the all this BS. I think Apple is the easiest example of analysts making up BS that end-up hurting the company. Before any big Apple event, there are HUGE rumors that the next i/phone/pod/mac/book will be announced. Some rumors coming from rumor sites like, well macrumors.com...but others come from analysts. So the issue is that we're now all hyped and jazzed about these new things and then the conference happens, and boom--no huge announcement, stock prices drops, people loose job. I mean seriously. What the hell.
So I guess it just all boils down to the questions, can we take any "analysts" predictions seriously? I for one would take the random rumors from quarterman (RIP EGM), Giantbomb or Kokaku before I would believe an analyst.
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