Xbox 360 Press Event News

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• How, it would have costed too much at launch. : tension
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  ...not sure. Does a game that has 12-15 hours of gameplay really require 500 GB of storage? Unclear... : BulletPro
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    I'm not saying this for the games, but for the HD movies : ErneX
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      I'd rather have Blu-Ray over HD-DVD, so that doesn't bother me @ all. : aethyr
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        For film that is. : aethyr
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          yes, blu-ray indeed's better, my point was in noticing the lack of a next-gen reader, Sony coming out lat... : ErneX
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            Who knows who will win the format war though? Far too early to gamble on one and possibly lose : tbreffni
            • exactly. Sony's going to have to rush the PS3 out the door. I'm betting they'd like to release in Holiday... : edgewise
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  no it won't. HD-DVD doesn't mean shit to 99% of the people who are still eagerly buying up standard DVD's... : edgewise
  • I agree completely. lack of a HD-DVD won't hurt Xbox 360. If anything, they can upgrade it with new ha... : dmiller
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    Agreed. HD-DVD is going to be the Laserdisc of this generation for movies. High enthusiast support, low... : Carnivac
    • I'd say for a true mass-audience, something like HVD will finally replace it. (holographic video disc) : dmiller
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    HOWEVER if the spec is finalised before Sony release the PS3 and it has it.................. : abrasion
    • then? edgewise is right, people don't want to buy their DVDs over again this soon. bluray will be the ... : dmiller
    • it still wont matter... well, I should say in a practical sense. They'll hype the shit out of it and some... : edgewise
  • I think this depends on how much the movie industry will be pushing HD-DVD. If they go all out and convin... : dodob
  • Agreed. Lack of HD-DVD hurts the format more than it does the console. HD-DVD just doesn't offer the amaz... : sgtsanity
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    correct! 12x dvd is pretty quick and 8.5 gigs of space should be enough for even some of the larger ga... : Jayx77
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      I believe someone mentioned that it does in fact do progressive scan, Allard or one of the MS dudes. : freshview
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        good because at this point, not including that would let all the air out of their all-HD ad blitz... : Jayx77
        • that would be sort of hilarious actually. : freshview
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    MS is pushing up this whole High Definition idea for games but it doesn't push it for its video playback. I think there's some sort of double standard going on here. The same audience that they're aiming for in the HDTV market with their HD games is the same type of people that would be interested in HD DVDs (whether they are the HD-DVD or Blu-ray standards). Those that will be buying the consoles in the first year or two will be early adopters who will be probably the same type of first adopters for HD DVDs.
    
    I think MS is missing a huge opportunity for themselves. They're willing to take losses on their consoles for hard drives, free xbox live, etc., but not on a disc drive that will probably cost no more than a DVD drive does today in a few years? They just don't want to be picky and actually choose a standard. I imagine that MS will release an updated version of the Xbox after a HD DVD standard emerges as the victor.
    
    Also I think that HD DVDs will take off fairly easily. Once HD DVD players are actually available in your local electronics store, the switch isn't as dramatic as most people will make it out to be. The people that have HDTV will be the first ones to very quickly adopt the discs. They're used to HDTV and looking at a HDTV version of CSI versus the DVD version is like night and day. As long as price and availability are right, then I don't think people will give it a second look.
    
    Furthermore, people aren't waiting to buy new versions of their old movies, they're buying new movies. People didn't wait for Star Wars or any of the classics or Disney movies even. They moved on and found the newest releases, their TV shows, etc. I'm not saying that having those old shows didn't cement the foothold of DVDs but people aren't just going back and buying only them over and over again.
    

    May 17, 2005 1:04am PDT
    MS is pushing up this whole High Definition idea for games but it doesn't push it for its video playback.... : bluk