According to the latest Manufactured Product Indices from PriceSCAN, Blu-ray players are dropping in price. Thank goodness.

The price index for Blu-ray players fell just 12 percent over all of Q3 2008, according to the company. The PriceSCAN Blu-ray player index is a price-weighted index comprised of the average retail price of Blu-ray players.

Hopefully, with Christmas right around the corner, we will see some even bigger drops in price. If Blu-ray is too break-free of the niche market, the player prices will need to drop even more or the format will live a Laserdisc-ish life.

via CEPro

When the word “Laserdisc” comes to mind, I think of three things: Dragon’s Lair, Space Ace, and failed technology. Luckily, nostalgic fans of the animated Dragon’s Lair will be excited to know that it will be coming back in the form of a Blu-ray disc. Come April 9th, you’ll be able to leap over pits, fight dragons, and walk through dark corridors in HD with 5.1 surround sound. A company called Digital Leisure will be releasing the game totally redone and retouched on Blu-ray, targeting PS3 owners for sure.

And just as you expected, Space Ace and Dragon’s Lair II: Time Warp will be released on Blu-ray in the future as well. Why kill off a few dying titles when you can just re-release them whenever a new movie format comes out? Ahh, genius.

Dragon’s Lair revamped for Blu-ray play [Reg Hardware]