[kevinmgranger]

It's pretty ironic that Sony almost made the same mistake with the PS3 at $599.

I say _almost_, because it might have benefited Sony as a whole anyway.

[fl0wenol]

The fact that it was a Blu-Ray player saved it because families could justify the purchase for that feature alone (and typically tacked on the bluetooth remote too)

[kevinmgranger]

Exactly. It was almost the same strategy with the PS2: it was a ubiquitous DVD player when that was a novel concept.

[bsder]

People forget that the PS3 was BY FAR the cheapest Blu-Ray player for almost 18 months.