I'd imagine that blue tooth is far more expensive to implement than IR or whatever else the hifi companies are using. And a lot of hifi guys aren't using their remotes. I've gotten far better results with universal remotes like Harmony remotes than the factory remotes when it comes to distance and angle usability.
I think the markup on a PS3 is very small for Sony. The money's in the software, not hardware. Its like the XBox 360 - Microsoft actually loses money on every XBox 360 they sell. They make that money back and then some with games and peripherals.
Big companies can take the risk with minimal profit or even losses on manufacturered goods, because the other stuff asscoiated with it makes it worth it. Relatively speaking, tiny companies like the hifi manufacturers need to make far more money per unit just to break even. Maybe the blue tooth remote will bring up prices too high and make the gear far less competitive against similarly priced non-blue tooth remote stuff?
Maybe I'm way off here, but that's my theory anyway.
I think the markup on a PS3 is very small for Sony. The money's in the software, not hardware. Its like the XBox 360 - Microsoft actually loses money on every XBox 360 they sell. They make that money back and then some with games and peripherals.
Big companies can take the risk with minimal profit or even losses on manufacturered goods, because the other stuff asscoiated with it makes it worth it. Relatively speaking, tiny companies like the hifi manufacturers need to make far more money per unit just to break even. Maybe the blue tooth remote will bring up prices too high and make the gear far less competitive against similarly priced non-blue tooth remote stuff?
Maybe I'm way off here, but that's my theory anyway.