add-on stuff for consoles.... people always buy them.... and they are always fairly priced.....
but people will buy them
just like people will buy PS3s
no reason therefore to not have 2 formats
did the fact that sega & nintento exist stop sony from bringing out a Play station or microsoft from bringing out an X-box - erm no!
People will still buy the things we arent in the 1980s where having more than 2 TVs or 2 Cars meant you were rich - it isnt a case of either or - plenty of people have both playstations and x-boxes & there is no real reason why movie distributors cant release films in both HD DVD and blue ray format - in fact it is far easier for them to do this than it is for a games manufacturer to release titles on both PS & Xbox
I live and breathe consoles, have done since i was little, and i know how little add-ons and such sell in comparison to overall sales of the console. I also know how much companies, especially microsoft, charge for anything added on to a console, the memory card for the xbox is a prime example.
If they release the addon it wont sell all that well, that is if you can find a place that has stock of them as with any high end add-on like mech controller from the xbox
I know it will be easy to produce for both but they wont, especially as sony has their own film company that wont be releasing on hd-dvd.
Automatically bringing the blu-ray format into the household via a non-direct player (the ps3) they are gaining a foothold in what is a very expensive situation of the new media format.
People wont have multiple players, not because they cant afford to, though i am sure there are people that cant, mostly because of the hassle, of having so many players, especially if they still have vhs or dvd/5.1 combos
Only 1 format can survive, the other may hang around in the background but only 1 can be the main format. Shops dont have the space to hold a multitude of formats and they too will also favouritise the format they want to.