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Originally Posted by Miss Mango
At the end of the day, format wars can be seen as stupid and a waste of time and resources, but sometimes they do push technology forward and/or reveal interesting, useful data about the market and consumers. I can\'t say that this format war has been particularly healthy for anyone though. One thing they always do is create confusion amongst the general public (generalising the general public as mass consumers who have little specific knowledge about the products) and that\'s not beneficial to anyone.
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It's correct that format wars (and labor strikes on loosely similar thread) are huge and likely unnecessary drain on resourses for the companies involved. The consumer isn't totally screwed by a format war though. Competing camps were forced to slash their hardware prices as well as offer gobs of incentives such as five free movies in order to get an edge in the war.
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Originally Posted by Daemon1313
Now the players just need to come down in price and I'll consider getting one.
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The $399 PS3 now offers a free remote (valued at $30) and I was tempted to buy it. I decided to hold off for the next drop; then it's as good as in my living room.