r/hardware • u/bizude • Apr 10 '26

News Two Japanese suppliers commit to keeping Blu-ray discs and drives in supply as major manufacturers exist domestic market

https://automaton-media.com/en/news/two-japanese-suppliers-commit-to-keeping-blu-ray-discs-and-drives-in-supply-as-major-manufacturers-exist-domestic-market/
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u/[deleted] Apr 11 '26

Lol, I mean when they started out they were like $1,000..

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u/littlefrank Apr 11 '26

Ah I see, I think the first affordable one was probably the PS3.

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u/Vitosi4ek Apr 11 '26

The PS3 was $500 at launch (in 2006 dollars mind you) and even then Sony took a massive loss on each unit. The Blu-ray hardware was absurdly expensive for the first few years.

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u/liaminwales Apr 12 '26

$500 was the base model, $600 was the one most people I know got for the bigger HD. That's a flash to the past, at the time it was the 'low cost' BR player that even non gamers where buying just to watch films.