. . . Ok, yeah, this is bullshit.I think we were already were to the point of where downloading our games would be a better more convenient way of distribution, but outside of us hardcore gamers people just weren't ready. So Sony catered to everyone by going the bluray route. They wanted to reach out to everyone, just like the Xbone thinks they're doing with the strange ass route they're taking.
Not that there isn't SOME truth there (only the hardcore in well connected areas would care), but it really wasn't practical just yet even for hardcore gamers, because laptop sized HDDs still seemed to be going for too much, at least not by so little as to make it a sensible trade off with blu-ray. So you go the route to appeal to hardcore only, and just stick a massive hard drive in and tell them to download... and the system either would've cost more then, or would've dropped in price a hell of a lot slower. Nevermind that the store was initially a piece of shit and the OS is STILL a piece of shit for downloads. And actually, even on our end I doubt we were really ready, my internet is WAY faster now, I wouldn't have tolerated waiting on 10+ GB games to the PS3 then, especially without its other issues being sorted out.
I've seen someone say we were half a generation early for blu-ray, and the same applies to DD on consoles I think. Full sized games, even blu-ray games, only really became practical to download to consoles in 2009 or 2010 when speeds were going up and bigger hard drives were not only cheaper but standard in consoles. Hell, my 250 got too cramped and needed to be switched with a 750 thanks to plus, I can't imagine going with my full library that way.
In any case the blu-ray path was more valuable and trying to compare that with the X1's cable push is absurd. Many of us were getting HDTVs, we wanted to be able to flex that, and the PS3 offered that in both HD movies and HD games. Plus it was an extension of what worked great for the PS2, the fact it offered great games AND could play those hot new DVDs. The X1's just promising some overlay and interactive features with cable TV, basically a gimmick in contrast to a true upgrade, and unlike games, an interactive medium, I don't think these TV gimmicks are going to have as wide of appeal.
EDIT: And admittedly that probably was laying it on overly heavy in hindsight (especially with the admission of being drunk), but far as I can tell there really wasn't a more practical option for more storage then, system would still be $500-600 and even if they decreased their loss it'd be canceled out by inaccessibility.