Microsoft Plans Blu-ray for Xbox 360

they think adding crap onto failure would help sell? they need to focus on next gen with extensive testing to make sure theres no RROD. but i guess they want to strangle the cat until its finally dead.

nah, it's more like an alternative to those who already have an 360, but want to watch blue-ray. But I'll be laughing at microsoft's ass when they price it over 150 dollars, cause might as well buy a ps3 at that price, and also with just low end blue-ray players going at 100 dollars these days, they are most likely bound to fail. again.

No reason for ps3 anymore. (Puts ps3 in trash can)

No reason for you anymore. (Puts Anon :01 in trash can)

the reason i dun but ps3 cuz there's no fake game available yet... so this is not a good idea...

that must be really small sh!t, 1 nanometer?

an example of people who sleep in class. doesn't know differences of micrometer and nanometer. i guess he doesn't even know picometer too

Owned.

VC-1 was the whore's ass in codecs that has only redeemed itself on the Blu-ray by companies willing to dump tons more data into the discs to equal the beauty of AVC.

Warners played both sides during the "war" and released all of its films thru VC-1 and I still think they've been fucking up every one they still release to this day now. The stand alone 'The Matrix' was nice to an extent.. but still.

Same shit with the battle between dolby digital and DTS of which dolby had to cook up another format called "dolby digital" to finally equal the basic DTS. I love DTS and some of the games I've played do also like Uncharted 1 & 2 and Ninja Gaiden (PS3).

hello children :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_high_definition_optical_disc_formats

Actually, a lot of early blu-ray discs used MPEG-2, so it's no wonder they looked like shit. I don't know how much VC-1 is used, but i hope it isn't, to be honest.

In my estimation the BlueRay vs. HD-DVD format war was very insignificant. With Technology like High Speed internet connections and large amounts of digital Storage Space both widely available and cheap. The only reason Online Distribution hasn't taken off is because these companies want to sell me a Stupid piece of plastic that takes up space in my living room.

Yeah, Digital Distribution FTW. Then Piracy is gonna take off thanks to it.

with digital distribution, there are fewer overheads to consider eg: where to store thousands of discs post manufacture as compared to storage of a single file on a computer.

add to the equation the cost of producing said discs and the cost of employing all the people involved in their production compared to just the creator/s of the original file and you see that the latter doesn't have quite as high a production and storage cost, meaning the marketing of such material can be much cheaper, maybe as low as a third or possibly a quarter of what it costs for a film today.

with the cost of films being that low, the end consummer really has to look at the cost of pirating such material, what would be the point, if everyone could afford to download it in the first place...

Forget the past in this debate. As they both stand currently, Blu Ray is vastly superior. This kind of thing is part of Sony's 10-year life cycle.

Think about it. Sony got a few years of the Blu Ray fan base(however small it is) ahead of time while Microsoft was Jizzing itself over Halo releases. Now, Microsoft is going to advertise Blu Ray like total hypocrites.

Nope.

Like the "lesser Microsoft flack" said, they'll continue to mainly advertise streaming video services.

HD-DVD had 30 GB (dual layer)while sony had Blu-Ray Disk had 50 GB (dual-layer)

An additional drive won't make that much of a difference. M$ has to release a new xBox with internal BluRay that can do FullHD.

If it's compatible with the old one that thing sure would sell. The PS3 would have serious problems with such a competitor...

Sony owns the bluray format so if Microsoft uses it they will have too pay royaltys to sony for it.

The Blue-ray Association owns the Blu-ray standard and not only is Microsoft a member of this group they are Directors of the group (along with 19 other companies including sony)

Board of Directors
The Blu-ray Disc Association website describes the role of the Board of Directors as follows:
Companies participating in the Board of Directors are active participants of the format creation and key BDA activities. They are selected from the Contributors by election. The board sets an overall strategy and approves key issues. A board member can participate in all activities and attend all meetings. The Blu-ray Disc Founder companies will make up the initial Board of Directors. Annual fee: $ 50,000

Please for that Annual fee you too can join the board. The board is they just to be on the "IN" tech. Like MP3's. None of the Music companies own the rights to it but they use it anyway as a online format. It's the "IN" tech.

Sony still gonna get paid from MS.

Pwned... hard...
xD

my earz fell down wfrom your horriple speakings....

troll? still dont get why they dont include ratchet and clank mgs4 and god of war3. and you why i only said 3 games cuz they are all different genres of games. ahem one game for the 360 halo. all are the same shooters