According to reports Sony will pay about $50 more than say a DVD +RW drive to outfit the Sony Playstation 3 with Blu-ray drives. Since Blu-ray was developed for high-definition video and high-capacity software applications, Sony is will to make the $100 plunge. A single-layer Blu-ray Disc will hold up to 25 gigabytes of data and a dual-layer Blu-ray Disc will hold up to 50 gigabytes of data.

The Inquirer writes 'this a very expensive step that Sony is willing to take as it will increase cost of Playstation 3 unit dramatically. Sony said Playstation 3 is going the be expensive and this is one of the reasons why."

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