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I remember its rival, HD DVD, and how Microsoft bet on HD DVD. The Xbox 360 had an expensive add-on that enabled the use of the discs. No games supported it.
Meanwhile, the PS3 shipped with a Blu-ray player in it and retailed for about half of what Blu-ray players were going for, in 2007. Just like PS2 helped push DVD adoption (though it was well on its way when the PS2 came out), the PS3 definitely contributed to Blu-ray. Both formats offered promising results, but only one was given away with every PS3.
I specifically bought a second-hand PS3 to use as a Blu-Ray player. And to play Journey, which was PS3-only at the time. Other PS3 games didn't really appeal to me, I already had everything I wanted on PC. But for Blu-Rays the PS3 was indeed an excellent player.
And for some brain dead reason the PS5 doesn’t have a dedicated media remote you can actually buy.
Xbox does.
The PS5 does have a media remote. It is available for sale at most retailers that stock PS5 controllers.
Seems to be available everywhere in the US - even on the official Sony site, but in the EU it’s only in the less reputable stores.
That is a bit odd. Maybe it doesn't sell that well in the EU. Here in the UK pretty much all the major retailers sell them, plus the PlayStation Direct store.
The German direct store has it too, but they don’t ship outside of Germany 🤷🏻♂️
Sony is weird with localised stuff
That's weird. When I bought my PS2 (not PS5, this was when the PS2 was new... ish...) I bought a media remote for it. The PS2 was replacing our first-gen DVD player, which was struggling with dual layer discs. So I had to get one that my mother could use. And she was perfectly fine using a game system as a DVD player, as long as it made sense and had a remote (she would not use a controller). And the remote was cool, it had the same colours and styling of the PS2.
Weird that the PS5 doesn't have one.
Microsoft didn't really bet on the HD-DVD. It was a separate add on supplied at cost because that was the best deal they got from either consortium.
In contrast, Sony was absolutely shipping the PS3 as a loss leader to get drives out there, similar to how Sony used the PS2 to make DVD's standard.
Well, Sony was on the Blu-ray board or whatever it was. So that may have helped.