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Sony plan PS3 Blu-ray movie/game combos

by Steven Williamson on 12 February 2009, 12:40

Tags: Sony Computers Entertainment Europe (NYSE:SNE), PS3

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Sony has confirmed that it plans to release a number of Blu-ray game/movie combos this year to take advantage of space left over on game discs, as well as to drive sales of its software.

In an interview with Video Business, SCEA hardware marketing manager, John Koller, said “We are actively pushing, and the way that we see the future is that the movie and the game are placed on the same disc. There are a lot of developers who say, we have this game based on a movie, wouldn’t it be great to marry these concepts? We will definitely see this stuff this year.”

The only surprise here is why Sony didn't think of including movies on its game discs from the outset. Most PS3 games have an extra 10GB of space leftover on the disc.


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Posted by SammEl - Thu 12 Feb 2009 13:04
Well if they don't charge a stupid extra amount for the movie on the disc (I.e. Ironman game + DVD only £5 extra) then I think it would be a great thing. Your paying for the disc mainly with BR arn't you anyway?
Posted by s_kinton - Thu 12 Feb 2009 13:26
SammEl
Well if they don't charge a stupid extra amount for the movie on the disc (I.e. Ironman game + DVD only £5 extra) then I think it would be a great thing. Your paying for the disc mainly with BR arn't you anyway?

Therein will lie the problem. It wouldn't be a surprise to see these going for a silly amount more, just because they're a magical combo disc!
Posted by davidcrofter - Thu 12 Feb 2009 13:49
Not sure how this will work as the release of the games are usually tied in to the release of the movie in the cinema. So who is going to wait 6 months to get the combo of game + blu ray disc?? By that time the actual game will be in the bargain bins anyway …
Posted by davidfreer - Mon 16 Feb 2009 15:11
I've been downloading content from the US PSN Store and I'm wondering why I can't seem to download any of their FULL HD movies?

I'm using US PSN cards from gaminglue.com , and the cards work well for games and other dlc, but is the card faulty because I can't get movies?
Posted by Petem95 - Sat 21 Feb 2009 11:57
Sounds like an excuse to up the price. Fill up the rest of the disc and sell as “movie and game” - when to Sony the production costs are really no greater, but the cost to the consumer will be - especially when you only want the game in the first place.