Phil Harrison admits -- Blu-ray production was overreached
Remember when we talked about Ridge Racer 7 and putting the entire game onto your PS3 hard drive? Some people took the opportunity to flame about how having the option to do so for this one game rendered the Blu-ray initiative completely and utterly worthless (although if the option were for HD-DVD games (should any exist) or regular DVD, the outcome would be the same. Worthless? No. The more appropriate phrase would be "less effective") and, well, Phil Harrison is going to slightly agree. Not about the hard drive, but about Blu-ray production. It's not even news, really, since we're all going to experience the shortage of PS3's firsthand thanks to Blu-ray production difficulties. In any case, let's talk about what Dr. Phil had to say.
The production of the blue laser diodes was the main focus of Phil's non-denial "we have overreached in production of the Blu-Ray component - I can't deny that." Perhaps. He follows that up with the qualifier/excuse: "But that's the price you pay for adopting brand new, leading-edge technologies that will be future proof. We will resolve those issues - we are already catching up." By catching up, Harrison is still promising six million units by the end of March 2007. So, Blu-ray is having a tough time getting started and if all games do allow hard-drive transfer, it will seem less essential but as time goes by and games grow in size (presumably), then Blu-ray will have its chance. Every knight needs a dragon to slay -- sometimes they have to wait for the thing to fly through their kingdom. Or something.
