Q. Why would anyone buy a Blu-ray player? (other than the PS3)
Besides the likely quality drop, the majority of the big box customers won't know any better. My Dad won't have a clue what a PS3 is let alone that it has a built in Blu-ray drive. He'll walk into Best Buy, go to the DVD player section, and buy a stand alone player. If Best Buy had the PS3 set up next to the BDP-S1 then he would more than likely buy the cheapest one. I highly doubt you will find them even remotely close to each other in the store since BB would rather sell my Dad a BDP-S1 since he will never ever buy any games for his PS3.
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Q. Why would anyone buy a Blu-ray player? (other than the PS3)
Besides the likely quality drop, the majority of the big box customers won't know any better. My Dad won't have a clue what a PS3 is let alone that it has a built in Blu-ray drive. He'll walk into Best Buy, go to the DVD player section, and buy a stand alone player. If Best Buy had the PS3 set up next to the BDP-S1 then he would more than likely buy the cheapest one. I highly doubt you will find them even remotely close to each other in the store since BB would rather sell my Dad a BDP-S1 since he will never ever buy any games for his PS3.