Blue Ray Player on the PlayStation 3?

[ethan]

Ok, I am new to the PlayStation. Now, is the Blue Ray player the thing that makes the games WORK/RUN on the system or is it just for the movies?
Ok, so it for sure is only for dvd movies? All I want to do is play video games on it. I'm also trying to make a purchase on craigslist that says the blue ray does not work anymore. But thats fine if its only for dvd movies.

 

[Jamie]

Basically if you buy blue ray dvds you can play them on the ps3 blueray are better qualitu

 

[Jacob]

Yes, the PS3 can play Blu-Ray movies. Here is a link about it- http://www.ign.com/articles/2010/03/05/why-the-ps3-is-the-best-blu-ray-player

 

[Chucky]

blu ray is a sony designed type of disc...basically holds much more data than a dvd...it doesnt matter what is on the bluray disc. its just good for holding things that use a lot of data to store.. its used for hd movies because full hd movies couldnt fit on a dvd disc... ps3 games are also on bluray discs... these can be large games that would normally take two discs on dvd discs... i think a lot of ps3 exclusive games would be sold on 2 discs if they were on xbox because the xbox uses dvd

 

[PopeJewish]

blu-ray is a disc format, like DVD, except that while DVDs only hold 4.4 gb of memory, blu-rays generally hold 25gb (or 50gb if they're dual layered). Some movies are printed on blu-ray. All ps3 games are printed on blu-ray. The blu-ray player is just the hardware that reads these discs.

eta: that could be either. it could mean that blu-ray movies no longer run, or that blu-rays can't be read at all which means it can't read game discs either. Either way that sounds like it's a dying console and you shouldn't buy it, as it won't last much longer.