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I've seen numerous people state that the PlayStation 3 will fail if Blu-ray does. But why? The only advantage using a successful format that I could think of is that people would be able to buy a PS3 and also use it as a movie player. But is this a big issue for people? Would someone really refuse to buy a game machine because it doesn't play HD movies? The Nintendo DS is doing fine with a proprietary format without movie playback.

Worst case scenario. Blu-ray loses to some other format (HD-DVD?).Will all the PS3s suddenly stop working? No. Would Sony be unable to make game discs in the future? No. But they still have all that extra space for the ton of high def cut scenes RPG (role playing game) makers like to put in games.

The reason why the PS1 won its generation was exclusive games like Gran Turismo, Metal Gear Solid and Final Fantasy. PS2 did the same with Grand Theft Auto, Gran Turismo and Final Fantasy. This generation Sony has to get another exclusive monster hit like Grand Theft while still having a wide variety of games for everyone. Something I thought the Xbox lacked. With the way the 360 has been selling in Japan (home of dozens of game makers) Sony may still have a good chance of winning this war.

Note: Even though Nintendo's Wii may revolutionize games, I doubt it has a chance of being the highest selling platform. Anything may happen, but being second or third in a big market like this can still be extremely profitable.