OMG! Microsoft Comfirms going with Blu Ray!

[SavageWaffle]

http://xbox360temp.blogspot.com/2008/03/mi...support-of.html

Source:
http://www.techtree.com/India/News/Microso...-87585-581.html

Microsoft+Sony, the 2 rivals.... But Microsoft CONFIRMS going with a Blu Ray add on(probably. And the next gen console, after this gen, pretty much all consoles will have Blu Ray Internal)

 

[arctic_flame]

HD-DVD got their marketing wrong. Nothing wrong with going with blu-ray.

 

[Mangofett]

wut about Tera-Disc that is coming out in a few years, as it has 1TB and uses a standard red laser(like normal DVD players)

 

[juicy_mokro]

1 TERABYTE

WATHEFUCK DO YOU NEED WITH THAT MUCH SPACE

 

[SavageWaffle]

No idea. I just found this source. But not perfectly sure. Because they just "confirmed" it.

 

[Awdofgum]

I agree with Linkiboy

 

[SavageWaffle]

Well im not sure. Im not microsoft =P

 

[Little]

they blatantly stole the idea from the podcast =o

 

[Awdofgum]

they blatantly stole the idea from the podcast =o

Do you think they listen to Tempcast?

 

[Little]

of course they do =p Xbox 360 developers are our biggest fans for sure

 

[SavageWaffle]

Lol. Maybe Wii might have a Internal/External DVD Drive. I mean really. I want a external dvd drive for the Wii. Only capability's the Wii has is the Wii sensor+some what awesome games.

 

[The Teej]

Lol. Maybe Wii might have a Internal/External DVD Drive. I mean really. I want a external dvd drive for the Wii. Only capability's the Wii has is the Wii sensor+some what awesome games.

You don't need one. You only need DVD playing software to play DVDs on the Wii.

 

[Harsky]

Out of curiosity, does Sony get a percentage of the money from people who use Blu-Ray?

 

[Veho]

Out of curiosity, does Sony get a percentage of the money from people who use Blu-Ray?

Yes.

 

[fischju]

And the day after it comes out, Sony will lower the price of the PS3 $50 and update the Blu-Ray standard so the 360 player can't use all of the features.

 

[Shabadage]

They said they'd do this months ago if HD-DVD lost the war. Yeah, Sony gets some money from the Blu-Ray, but they're just part of the board that controls blu-ray, not the lone investor/manufacturer/etc. I wouldn't think the next Xbox will be BluRay though; but then again, I think Bill still owns a good portion of SOA

 

[Psyfira]

And the day after it comes out, Sony will lower the price of the PS3 $50 and update the Blu-Ray standard so the 360 player can't use all of the features.

That's just daft, if they did they'd be outdating all the Blu-Ray players currently on the market as well. Remember Sony doesn't only make consoles so Microsoft is not the only company they'll be dealing with.

 

[fischju]

And the day after it comes out, Sony will lower the price of the PS3 $50 and update the Blu-Ray standard so the 360 player can't use all of the features.That's just daft, if they did they'd be outdating all the Blu-Ray players currently on the market as well. Remember Sony doesn't only make consoles so Microsoft is not the only company they'll be dealing with.


Actually, Sony does that pretty often so that only the PS3 can use new stuff.

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With the exception of the PlayStation 3, Profile 1.0 players cannot be upgraded to be Bonus View compliant.[55] On December 17, 2007, the PlayStation 3 became Bonus View 1.1 compliant through PlayStation 3 System Software version 2.10.[56]

When software authored with interactive features dependent on Bonus View hardware capabilities are played on profile 1.0 players, some features may not be available or may offer limited capability. Profile 1.0 players will still be able to play the main feature of the disc, however.[57]

The first BD Live titles (War and Saw IV) were released by Lionsgate in January 2008, despite the fact that no players existed to play the web-enhanced content.[58] The PlayStation 3 will become Blu-ray Profile 2.0 compliant as early as May or June, taking full advantage of the PlayStation 3 Ethernet and WiFi connectivity and hard drive storage space.[59]

Over time, titles are likely to be re-released with advanced profile 1.1/2.0 features and updates such as PiP, H.264/MPEG-4 AVC or VC-1 efficient codecs over MPEG 2, HD bonus content as opposed to 480i/480p, advanced gaming options, cleaner HD transfers, web-enhanced content and advanced menu systems. The first title to be re-released will be the 20th Century Fox film Alien vs. Predator due for release alongside sequel Alien vs. Predator: Requiem.[60]

 

[ZeWarrior]

And the day after it comes out, Sony will lower the price of the PS3 $50 and update the Blu-Ray standard so the 360 player can't use all of the features.

That's just daft, if they did they'd be outdating all the Blu-Ray players currently on the market as well. Remember Sony doesn't only make consoles so Microsoft is not the only company they'll be dealing with.

Actually, Sony does that pretty often so that only the PS3 can use new stuff.

Actually, that is incorrect. A common mis-assumption for many people. Sony helps make the updates, they don't do it to make their other players useless either, that would be stupid. Did you forget Sony makes more than just the PS3 as a (partial) BD Player?

 

[Shabadage]

Yeah, it's really adopter syndrome; buy in early and you'll be kinda screwed. Same thing happened with old DVD players when the dual layer discs came out. I remember having to buy a new DVD player because of it.