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Xbox 360 doesn't need Blu-ray, says MicrosoftDVDBack23 @ Mar 13, 2010 05:33 | 57 comments
Says McGill: "We have no plans to adopt [a] Blu-Ray drive for the Xbox 360. In fact, the future of home entertainment started last autumn when Xbox 360 became the first and only console to offer instant-on 1080p streaming HD movies."
Microsoft has seen some pressure of late over the low capacity of DVD discs in comparison to Blu-ray, especially after Capcom said it had to cut content from the upcoming Lost Planet 2 on the 360, because of the lack of space.
The developers of God of War III recently said the game could most likely not be made for the 360, as it used a good amount of the 50GB multi-layer BD. |
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Comment by: ZippyDSM (Mar 19, 2010 00:37) Originally posted by llongtheD: Oh sorry I skimmed to much that time....(OOHHH SHINY!!!) :P
Until lobbying is a hanging offense I choose anarchy!
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Comment by: llongtheD (Mar 19, 2010 01:05) Originally posted by ZippyDSM: No problem zippy, thinking about putting a player in my htpc soon. The price of the blank media is still a little too high for me to splurge on a burner though.
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Comment by: ZippyDSM (Mar 19, 2010 01:32) Originally posted by llongtheD: My buner was 148$ and I can get 15 25GB discs for roughly 40-50$ I was paying as much for 50 DL DVDs last year so its good enough right now to slowly transition to it over the next year, still using more blank dvds.
Until lobbying is a hanging offense I choose anarchy!
Ah modern gaming its like modern film only the watering down of fiction and characters is replaced with shallow and watered down mechanics, gimmicks and shiny-er "people". http://zippydsmlee.wordpress.com/ |
Comment by: alexeemo (Mar 19, 2010 16:50) I read almost every post. I love the ones that get people really talking. IMO I love buying great used games at Gamestop. I don't sell too many of my games though. I keep them and a year later play them again. I just finished 100% percent trophies in crushing mode for Uncharted: Drake's Fortune. BD is essential right now. people still want, and might even always want, a hard copy. There's now way I could store 15 PS3 titles on my original 60g PS3. Not to mention the headache of DRM and no more used copies to buy. If MS actually believes there's no loss to the 360 for not having BD, then their days are numbered because they are idiots.
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Comment by: Jemborg (Mar 19, 2010 20:38) Originally posted by ZippyDSM: Gee, that's not like you to jump the gun for a bit of onboard biffo Zip?... :P
Its a lot easier being righteous than right.
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Comment by: xboxd00d (Mar 20, 2010 11:07) Micro$haft suck, instead of being tight fisted why didnt they just build a hd-dvd drive into the 3-Fix-Me to start with, might av give the hd-dvd format a fighting chance.
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Comment by: Xboxhack (Apr 19, 2010 16:21) A most interesting discussion I must say, in my opinion I BR will be pretty redundant soon. Microsoft will probably streamline its pc/xbox games for the next console, possibly with a backward compatibility for the full range of PC titles available installed to SSD drives/ plug-in 1TB modules, etc. Networked Home Server based Xbox system for full household integration with PC's, X10 apps etc.
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Comment by: alexmojo2 (Apr 21, 2010 00:07) Originally posted by Oner: I agree. It's kinda ridiculous. Microsoft actually puts out some badass games, but when I open the case and there's 30 freaking disks, it gets extremely discouraging.
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Comment by: Jemborg (Apr 22, 2010 04:43) Originally posted by alexmojo2: Regardless of the fact you can copy the contents to the hard drive? then you only have to have one of them inserted.
Its a lot easier being righteous than right.
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Comment by: DigiOsmo (Apr 22, 2010 08:04) While Streaming media is definetly the way of the future it is many, many, many years from being a viable option the world over... Just as an example places like Australia (where im from) streaming HD media over the internet just isnt a possibility unless your paying absurd amounts on your internet bill as most ISP's plans range from having a download cap of 1-160 gig a month (160 being fairly expensive) with some ISP's just capping the user to around 64-128 kbps and others charging per MB used over (40gig being about the avg. The DL limit will increase if the planned upgrades to Aus's internet goes ahead but we have been waiting for a better internet service to become available for a long while now and I personally dont have high expectations of it being anytime soon... especially with how long it took just to get ADSL2+). Now thats just the download cap which would limit the amount of movies we are able to view or have us paying incredibly ludacris net bill every month.
Originally posted by Jemborg: Most games still require you to swap disks (guess its so 1 person cant buy a copy of a 4 disk game install it on 4 consoles then you technically have 4 copies of the game), it only saves the laser reading constantly(burning out), load speeds and less sound with no disk spinning.
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Comment by: Jemborg (Apr 22, 2010 14:44) I'm in Adelaide, DigiOsmo, there are more Aussies on this site than you might think. I'm lucky, my connection maxes out at just over 1.1MBs. But that's not great compared to some OS speeds I've seen.
Its a lot easier being righteous than right.
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Comment by: alexmojo2 (Apr 22, 2010 21:04) It wouldn't really matter either way if the Xbox 360 got an external blu-ray. The games still wouldn't be able to be on it, because not everyone would have one. It would only be used for movies. Unless they want to sell 2 versions of the game "blu-ray" and "DVD", then this discussion is rather worthless. The next generation of the Xbox may have blu-ray if Sony gives them the right. |
Comment by: Pop_Smith (Apr 22, 2010 21:43) Originally posted by alexmojo2: Except Sony doesn't own the patents for Blu-Ray tech. They are only a member of the BDA, and a promoter of Blu-Ray, but I believe that Pioneer is the biggest "owner" of Blu-Ray patents. This means Sony doesn't have much of a say in who gets "permission" to create Blu-Ray compatible devices and who doesn't.
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Comment by: ffocus06 (May 14, 2010 03:07) Originally posted by xboxd00d: I definitely agree with this lmao! I would have rather seen a HD DVD drive that came standard with the 360 instead just because. Everyone knew the PS3 was gonna have the built in Blu ray so why not try to do something to compete. They were both practically the same price at start anyways! As for the built in wi-fi thats a major issue that needs to be fixed, why not come out with an Elite console that comes with built in wi-fi instead of LEGO Batman and some other crap came I can't remember.
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Comment by: ZippyDSM (May 14, 2010 15:24) AS I said befor it would be easy t put a BR player into new units and allow publishers to make HD/SD game releases,compilations and such. They can do this and make live free while making a better subscription level for 8$ a month.
Until lobbying is a hanging offense I choose anarchy!
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Comment by: ffocus06 (May 14, 2010 18:22) Originally posted by ZippyDSM: That's something I would like to see but why make Live free/$8 a month when there's millions of users already paying the $60 a year? Of course I wouldn't mind it being only free/$8. A BR inside now that would be best, the only reason I bought a PS3 was to play BR movies. I only have three games for it, but about 65 movies. If they wanna keep customers happy and bring in new customers I say it's time to put a BR player in the 360. I would definitely buy another one then, I already have two and I paid for one when it first came out and got another after the arcade dropped to around $300. And if they do that they might as well but wi-fi in it.
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Comment by: Paula_X (May 14, 2010 18:44) c'mon people.. of course the toaster oven doesn't need a blu drive or capability.,. going on previous behaviour it's only going to be about another year or two before it's replaced with the "next cash cow ripoff the existing customers" console.. and all 360 games in development will be scrapped. We have been here before....
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Comment by: ffocus06 (May 14, 2010 21:02) Originally posted by Paula_X: Toaster oven! lmao - seriously funny
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Comment by: ZippyDSM (May 15, 2010 01:11) Originally posted by ffocus06: Well mainly because you'd get more people buying crap on live if you did not steal 5$ a month for them just to MP.
Until lobbying is a hanging offense I choose anarchy!
Ah modern gaming its like modern film only the watering down of fiction and characters is replaced with shallow and watered down mechanics, gimmicks and shiny-er "people". http://zippydsmlee.wordpress.com/ |
Comment by: Anonymous User (May 15, 2010 08:28) Originally posted by alexmojo2: Does anybody remember the Nintendo 64 expansion slot you had to upgrade with to play the more powerful games? |
Comment by: ffocus06 (May 15, 2010 16:03) Originally posted by Dreamstate83: Oh ya lol I remember! Pain in the ass! I mean easy to install, but what a rip off. I had the PS1 but I remember one of my friends that had the N64. I later bought that N64 from him with 15 games for like $50 bucks lol I still go it actually, along with all the older consoles!
Originally posted by ZippyDSM: Ya I see what you mean.
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Comment by: zain007 (Jun 23, 2010 21:26) forget everything !!
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Comment by: Pop_Smith (Jun 23, 2010 22:42) Originally posted by Dreamstate83: There is a difference between upgrading an optical drive and a expansion card. The 64 upgrade was easy and required almost no tools. They also included the expansion card with Donkey Kong 64, the first game that required it. Majora's Mask also required it but that was it.
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Comment by: SEACRESTSLAYER (Jul 08, 2010 20:34) Originally posted by KillerBug: your a edited for content idiot blu-ray is gorgeous and the ps3 slim is super sexy the 360 is only good for one thing and that's it's beautiful exclusives but the ps3 is a multi media power house and the world thanks sony for making it |
Comment by: Oner (Jul 09, 2010 01:16) Please refrain from insulting other members here on aD. Topic closed.
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