Re: New rumor puts Blu-ray drive into a XBOX 360

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It is good, but when you look at the dynamics of what the Xbox 360 can do and has done,

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What makes the XBOX better? I see your words but there nothing to back up what you're saying. Give me something that would make me say ok you're right. What has the 360 done but fail 33% of the time, failed at supporting any HD codecs, fail at not including Wifi, failed at poor attemps at backward compatability. The only reason the 360 is ahead in sales is because it was released first.

[Post edited by tony1569 on May 5, 2008]

Hey everyone... just what if Nintendo decides to add a Blu-ray drive to a future generation of the Wii game system...? It's a possibility, right? Then what would Microsoft do to counter - ALSO add a Blu drive too??

Think about it. If (and when ) Blu-ray becomes a popular success in the marketplace (players, recorders etc), even maybe one day as popular as DVD(?), it will put pressure for competitors to add it's HD quality to their own systems (now that HD-DVD is dead), and by then I would think it would be a no-brainer to adopt Blu-ray tech into the body of the various game systems (or the add-on option).

Remember, we are now in the (growing) first stage of HIGH-DEFINITION (TV, disc, etc), and Blu-ray can only get more popular in use.


Above image - Mitsubishi and Pioneer has announced that they have been working on the development of a new Blu-Ray disc (cheaper to produce) using a new technique similar to the one used for DVD-R and CD-R. Well, we can expect to have more affordable Blu-ray disc in the near future.




~ One day perhaps...?


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The only reason the 360 is ahead in sales is because it was released first.

Then why has the 360 outsold the PS3 in the US since its inception?
Because a consumer does not care what has been out longer, only what is the better gaming option. It is still the 360.

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failed at poor attemps at backward compatability

Interesting because I can play a lot more xbox games on my 360 than PS2 games on my PS3, which sony has just given up on BC.

[Post edited by richiro33 on May 5, 2008]

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Spreading such false rumor deters consumers from buying Xbox 360 in anticipation of a new model.

Wow, I didn`t think you thought Blu-ray playback was that important to console gamers. Well if that`s true, Microsoft better come out with an XBox Blu-ray addon ASAP!

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What makes the XBOX better?

It is a much much better console to write games for and makes developers happy.

Happy developers make better games.

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Wow, I didn`t think you thought Blu-ray playback was that important to console gamers.

Blu-ray is very important to console gamers. How else can you explain why an inferior console such as the PS3 gets any sales?

You're right. But easy isn't better. It's easier to port over a 360 game because the system is not as powerful as the PS3. You could never port over a PS3 to 360. Case in point GTA IV. Two slightly different versions of the game had to be developed that's whay the PS3 version has been reviewed as being better than the 360 version.

http://gamer.blorge.com/2008/04/27/the-reviews-are-in-grand-theft-auto-4-just-looks-sexier-on-ps3-than-xbox-360/

or

http://www.n4g.com/News-140505.aspx

[Post edited by tony1569 on May 5, 2008]

I don't think anybody is arguing with the PS3s graphics capabilities. The PS3 is better in that regard however GTA 4 would have been PS3 exclusive for 6 months had the development not been as difficult as it was.

BTW
Best graphics 1. PS3 2. 360 3. Wii
NA Sales 1. Wii 2. 360 3. PS3
sucks when numbers get in the way huh?

NO it does'nt suck because I know which one gets play in my home. I don't care about what others have because I don't pay their mortgage.

You will be paying for other peoples mortgages one way or another when the Dems get done "solving" this mortgage crisis.