Are other Blu-ray HW makers pressuring Sony against PS3 price cuts?

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Are other Blu-Ray HW makers pressuring Sony against PS3 price cuts?
It must be difficult selling blu-ray players at a profit when the PS3 is still sold at a loss.

A $199 PS3 might sound great to you, but to every manufacturer not named Sony it could be a reason to bail out on the format. Samsung is already clearly not happy with blu-ray, predicting it's demise in five years. I bet a big part of this negatism is they can't make any money off of blu-ray when the PS3 is sold at a loss.

So, could the other HW makers just bail on the format because they aren't making money off of it, and can it survive against DVDs with just Sony backing it with hardware. I'm sure to the movie studios, they don't care if you choose blu-ray or DVD, as long as you still buy one of them.