A Blu-ray enabled Xbox 360? A Blu-ray peripheral? |
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Next Generation informs that in a BBC report, Xbox UK boss, Neil Thompson noted "Whatever format wins it is highly likely we will offer a solution."
WoW. Apparently, Microsoft isn't anti-Sony enough that it wouldn't offer a Blu-ray solution for their Xbox 360 if the format happens to beat HD-DVD. Well, consumer choice has been Microsoft's marketing game-plan in the last few months, so it only makes sense. It can be noted that Microsoft's enjoyed downplaying Sony's Blu-ray movie playback, and they've emphasized that unlike Sony they're not forcing gamers to pay for a feature they might not want.
Of course, if Blu-ray is ultimately what folks wants, it seems that Microsoft is willing to adapt.
The benefits of having high-definition movie playback optional for your console? You can come up with a peripheral for the format that wins.
Via Next Generation
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So what are they going to do with HD-DVD Addon and Player?
atleast there going after what the consumers want .... *****GSSSSGGSS! !!!
They probably build a HD-DVD/Blu-Ray player that supports both formats if Blu-Ray wins.
HD DVD OR BLUE RAY????WHO CARES UNLESS IT WILL BE USED FOR GAME DEVELOPERS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT ...IF IT WONT BE USED FOR GAMES THAN I DONT CARE.... XBOX360 NEEDS MORE THAN 9 GIG DVD'S TO WORK WITH !!!
>>The benefits of having high-definition movie playback optional for your console? You can come up with a peripheral for the format that wins.
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The downside of having high-definition movie playback optional for your console? You cannot use the higher capacity-disks for games.
360 isn't the one having problems with sales. The 360 isn't the one losing exclusives. I think MS made the right choice.
dude. I don't like 2x read speed. I'll stick with multi-disk games, if it means faster load times.
You might want to check out the Oblivion game comparison. Doesnt look like 2x is having much of a problem...
blu ray won of course you dummies. didn't you know has more data space than xbox disc, in which xbox games don't support hd dvd games. hd dvd takes up more space than a dvd because hd quality. bluray was built inside for the best. ps3 can also upcale a lot better soon. oh halo sucks especially halo2 workers fr
oh halo sucks especially halo2 because employ thought it was bad too released early, not yet ready. its true its not accurate shooting. there was video posted last year about. staff members and creators of halo2 hated it. next time make it built into hd dvd xbox. xbox live is expensive including one 20gb hard drive $100 andXbox 360 HD-DVD Player $200 no way bye suckers
Wow what a junk thread this is going to become. Not sure why this was posted in the PS3 section. Are they any 360 owners out there that are interest in a next generation movie format? Maybe 5% of people. Moving on, Blu-Ray/HD-DVD are both lame, ***** Hollywood. I prefer sharing DVDs with my friends and fam.
Yeah Oblivion has a 5GB HDD install.
you dont think that the 5% will stay the same in 3 years time...do you ??
soon all free-to-air broadcasting will switch to Digital signals,and eventauly people will switch to higher Def TVs which are getting cheaper with every passing month
people who say Blu-ray is not important are the same who said that DVDs are not important and that CDs are enough
the need of bigger media format isnt simply about the Movie industry,this will be needed for games eventualy
we already have Lair with 4GB for a single Map,i wonder how big games will be within comiong 3 years
Evolution never stops,if evryone thought in this way...then we Would still be using CDs for games and movies
Heck....we may even be still using the VHS
Amen
Good for Microsoft. MS never produced HD-DVD stuff, they are just using their influence to back it. I'm glad they can step around their ego and say that if HD-DVD isn't the choice the world wants, they are willing to offer the Blu-Ray as well.
I'm gonna watch the matrix on it! booya! ;)
its not like sony never lost exclusives before ..they lost resident evil zero the remake of resident evil 1 metal gear solid 2 was on xbox and most other games were multi platform but it didnt hurt sony and loosing exclusive games wont hurt them now and it never wont..
ohh and if ps3 had problems making sales it wouldnt have ben breakin ps2's records !! ahh and if they keep going at that rate ps2 has more than 100.000.000 systems sold
yea its 2x which equivalent to a dvd 8x in its reading and writing data get your facts straight which is also equal to the 360's dvd reading speed
Neil Thompson noted "Whatever format wins it is highly likely we will offer a solution."...well most of the Xbox360 owners that really cared about High Definition movies already bought the HD-DVD addon...so how many is left to buy a Blu-ray add-on....LOLZ.
http://kotaku.com/gaming/ps3-launch/australian-ps3-launch-shindig-246437.php
http://ps3.ign.com/articles/775/775302p1.html?RSSwhen2007-03-22_203600+RSSid+775302
http://digg.com/gaming_news/Australian_PS3_Launch_Embarrassment
upscaled dvds rival both formats. besides with divx hd encoding you can fit several hours of hd on a standard dvd disc. the only reason to get hd-dvd or blu-ray is if you are a hollywood ***** sucking retard because the only benefits from these formats are increased drm and continued limitation of consumer rights.
your totally missing the point of an add on, I spent 150Euros buying my HD DVD (which I still dont believe is losing any war) as I wanted to watch the first wave of HD, it is very easy for my to spend another 150Euros getting a Blu-Ray adaptor if HD DVD ever goes under (although it'll be years before either format is really gone), what will you do if Blu-Ray dies, buy a HD DVD adaptor for your PS3, give me a break.
It wont really matter to me though as I might pick up a PS3 if more games come out to complete my WiiPs60 :)
Wrong, CD was NOT enough as it could not hold a full movie without compression loss, a DVD can and a DVD9 can do it very easy and with all the extras.
No one outside PS3 owners care about Blu Ray or HD-DVD go look at the sales of independent hardware(any site you want even bias ones cant hide it) they have FLOPPED and DVD9 is still and will be for years the chosen format.
Well most of the PS3 owners that really cared about rumble but were told there wouldnt be One already bought the six-axis non rumble pad...so how many is left to buy a six-axis rumble pads....LOLZ.
six-axis
so basically, they're admitting that hd-dvd isnt what people want...
but this isnt gonna happen.
Correct, NO ONE cares about HD Movie players go look in the stores nobody buys either of them. The DVD is the perfect all round system it is just destroying any chance they have of taking off.
Is that possible. Arrogant microsoft to say a such thing. I don't believe.
they are rich enough but is micro willing to spend?of coarce!!!!!!!!! !!!!!
You guys still don't get it? HD-DVD only have a couple exclusive movie companies supporting them...mainly Universal Studios. Now how many is in Blu-ray's band wagon...uuuh like the rest. More is better, right? If you still believe that HD-DVD will win this war, just remember that when Blu-ray wins, Raiden_DX called you a DUMB ASS!!!
Xbox360 System 399 USD
HD-DVD 199 USD
Blu-ray 199?USD
Are you kidding me? that's more than the PS3 for a DVD only game system. That's for all you people that already own a HD-DVD addon.
oh, I only have one ps3 controller Sherlock. Yup, the controller that came with the system.
From what I hear they would be very hard and expensive to make. I would definately pay $200 more for that though.
microsoft your so stupid? you keep ripping on everything bad about sony and now your copying everything they do, from games so hardwere, mirosoft be original and maby you wouldent be in last place in game console of the year (made ppossibal by IGN)
Those of us who've grown up, moved out of our parents homes, have good jobs and put together nice HD entertainment systems would absolutely disagree with you.
There is a definite lacking in HD media available for those of use who own big screen Plasma, LCD and DLP etc TV's, and HD-DVD/Bluray is just the thing to take advantage of our new systems.
Plus, in just a couple years once the analog SD broadcasts cease to exist, HD will be in even bigger demand, too bad you will still be an idiot.
Get it right,
1. Outside the PS3, Blu Ray standalone players are selling far LESS than the HD-DVD players.
2. There is NO war the DVD9 which is in almost every household in almost the whole world(and the 360) has replied and killed any HD-DVD/Blu Ray wannabes. Go look at the sales for DVD hardware,softwa re,Movies and Hire.
BLU RAY AND HD-DVD are going NOWHERE...
You all need to wait for at least another 2 years. Remember the pr0n industry already chose hd-dvd and whenever they choose a format that one always wins. Sad but true.
His right No one cares about Blu Ray or HD-DVD only a few film buffs(NERDS) with money to throw around.
Your comparing a forty dollar product to a two hundred dollar(us) product you know. Big difference. Rumble is way over rated anyway.
Thats because people are buying the ps3 instead because its the cheapest HD movie player on the market. Duh. The ps3 plays dvd too in case you didn't know.
Correct me if am wrong but Sony owns blu-ray(among others), so if blu ray wins and Microsoft wants to adopt the winner they will have to get permission by sony (not to mention how much they will have to pay!!), I think Sony will either tell them give them all 360 exclusives or (the most probable thing) to go F-u-c-k themselfs and keep the hd-dvd...
1. What makes you think that i'm gonna believe you? Where is the link that backs it up?
2. I don't give a crap about my old ass dvd's mine is collecting dust right now, and you forget to include the PS3 as a DVD player. The Xbox360 playing DVD's isn't worth bragging about. If you don't care about quality and eat crap all the time, then you won't mind that the Xbox360 is a crappy DVD player. That's is ONE of the reason why I return my Xbox360 for my money back.
1. What makes you think that i'm gonna believe you? Where is the link that backs it up?
2. I don't give a crap about my old ass dvd's mine is collecting dust right now, and you forget to include the PS3 as a DVD player. The Xbox360 playing DVD's isn't worth bragging about. If you don't care about quality and eat crap all the time, then you won't mind that the Xbox360 is a crappy DVD player. That's is ONE of the reason why I return my Xbox360 for my money back.
Whenever one format wins and is clearly dominant, then that drive will be widely available for your PC, nuff said....
But that won't happen until games actually need the capacity of an HD medium, and that will probably not be for at least 2 years, if not more, as even the newest PC games still fit on a dual-layer DVD.
Will have to see how big Crisis is, that will be the next big benchmark...
If MS keeps on upgrading there system then PS should switch the Ram to 1 gig for the newer models.Also XBOX 360 and PS3 graphics both suck, you would think that in 6 years they would have something amazing but they dont. THe graphics are alright they seriously look better than PS2 but that a ***** load like it should.If I where to buy a system I would buy the PS3.
I don't think sony would care for Xbox's exclusives all that much.
I agree with the part about rumble being overrated btw. I actually find it disturbing while playing games.
qj shouldnt hav posted this because look at the fight its busted into. also it would be good for both sony and microsoft because if sony owns blu-ray tthey would get more money for how many copies of a movie were sold and microsoft would make money for how many blu-ray players were sold. the life revolvse money and microsoft and sony wouldent do something that would loose some they would do more things to make money
The Pr0n industry chose HD-DVD, like they chose DVD and VHS. But the deal is, Smallville season 5 is on HD-DVD only. That tells you a lot.
Looks like Microsoft knows something we don't, and is desperately trying to tell the public. XD
bluray. wat you think we'll be using dvds for a decade?? phsst, bluray is the future, dvds will become outdated when bluray players go down in cost.
It does? Like what? That Smallville is a really gay and *****ty show?
supporting HD-DVD and then about to quit on it just because its not selling. money, money, money, all that matters anymore.
Btw.. why are they making a better version of xbox 360 with an upgraded hdd, and other crap? its only been like 2 years?
The whole porn industry did not select HD-DVD. There is porn on BD-ROM too. For a time Sony would not let it's licenced distributors put porn on Blu-Ray or hey would loose their licences to make and distribute Blu-Ray. Bottom line Porn is on Blu-Ray.
you should treat yourself to an english class. the thing is, you could have revealed to the world a cure for cancer and no matter how right you are, you are immediately treated as a joke for how much of an idiot you make yourself sound like.
they arent quitting, who said that? theyre just easing their consumers minds by letting them know if something happens, well be there for you. i dont see sony making any promises if their UMD flopped (er, DID flop). and what if blu-ray happens to fail? what will you do then. i havent bought a player yet, as im waiting to see who will win. so as of right now, im 200 dollars richer than you. and if blu-ray wins, i wont have to go get a PS3 to enjoy BR, ill just go pick up my add-on (if i want, that is
you guys are crazy saying saying the PS3 is a cheaper HD player...
lot's of people already have a 360, which they bought to play games, now they only have to pay 200USD to watch HD-DVDs.
People aren't gonna buy an Xbox plus the adaptor just to watch movies when they could buy a cheap HD DVD player for 300-400USD. People buy consoles for games, not for HD movies.
And as far as exclusives go, we'll see at the end of May when Matrix drops on HD-DVD, it'll be months till PS3 fanboys can get it
Yeah, like you want to run windows upscaled from 640x480 rather than natively running in 1280x1024 don't you? Reality check buddy.
Again, most rubbish. How long are you cluless n00bs going to keep attempting to play the pr0n card? pr0n IS on blu-ray also. And regardless, the INTERNET is where most people get their pr0n now. The physical media is highly irrelevant in this day and age.
Plus, Smallville being on HD-DVD actually HELPS blu-ray as heterosexuals will steer clear of it!
honestly... why argue about this?.. how about go outside and talk to friends in person or go do something, who cares wat format wins and who makes mistakes. if ur gonna bash ms tho u gotta consider that they are owning the ps3 on the most important front .
games
bye
MICROSOFT DID HAVE PROBLEMS SELLING HD-DVDs THATS WHY THEY HAD TO SWITCH TO OUR BLU-RAY. WE FEEL BAD FOR THOSE 360 OWNERS. PROBABLY WII AND 360 HAVE SOLD MORE SYSTEMS BUT THE ONLY THING LIMITING US IS THE MANUFACTURING CAPACITY BUT SINCE THAT HAS BEEN RESOLVED BETTER HOLD ON TO YOUR SEATS.