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I'm just going to stop buying this shit until the end of the life cycle. These hardware revisions are getting ridiculous.
GhaleonEB said:for the love of god - I hope this is bogus. If MS mentions it at X06 I'm going to barf.
GhaleonEB said:for the love of god - I hope this is bogus. If MS mentions it at X06 I'm going to barf.
notice how MSFT has two different bases covered to Sony's one?mrklaw said:Sony: "we have a bluray player in our PS3. It plays HD movies. Its the future!"
MS: "screw that. We're much cheaper. you don't need that for games".
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MS: "We have a HD-DVD player in our 360. It plays HD movies. Its the future!"
JoJo13 said:WOW!! If this is true, M$ will be seen as pretty damn pathetic and the X360 as another Dreamcast. :lol
only to land on a trampoline and bounce all the way back up; currently we are on the cusp of going back down again.PepsimanVsJoe said:Wow indeed. This thread isn't going down a hill, it's jumping off a cliff into a horse's anus and hitting jagged rocks along the way.
that i$ $urely a po$$ibility. but I don't think $o to be hone$t.JoJo13 said:WOW!! If this is true, M$ will be seen as pretty damn pathetic and the X360 as another Dreamcast. :lol
:lolhadareud said:that i$ $urely a po$$ibility. but I don't think $o to be hone$t.
go back to the ballpit please.Luckyman said:Seems like it will.
DCharlie said:Mac... why don't you ever make statements? you only pose questions!
BE ASSERTIVE!
This DOES make MS LOOK WORSE ! just make the statement!
your posting history is just a LONG list of questions - projection is not good! Take a hold man, shoot the gun, don't question it!
Mark Gonzales said:Yep..and most people think Sony steals ideas. This is a pathetic attempt by MS to use HD-DVD as a bullet point for the console.
JoJo13 said:WOW!! If this is true, M$ will be seen as pretty damn pathetic and the X360 as another Dreamcast. :lol
Bud said:wtf happened to mark gonzales? He went from posting a shitload of news to trolling.
WHY
mckmas8808 said:I ask questions because I was never a Xbox owner. I don't know what it's like to own a 360.
Mark Gonzales said:Yeah. Trolling is saying this is a horrible idea :lol Get a clue.
Are you thinkking about the Dreamcast's DVD add-on idea or Dreamcast failing or both, because I'm just talking about the add-on idea?hadareud said:that i$ $urely a po$$ibility. but I don't think $o to be hone$t.
*sigh* Maybe someone needs to finally say it, but the two systems are gonna be using completely different formats, so they'll never be bit-identical, no matter what. So despite having a larger OS, there's no telling what the rest of the game code requires, what kind of compression each system employs or what the ratios of various types of data are gonna be. IOW, it's a complete crapshoot claiming that there's less texture data, and this is ignoring that we're talking about a rumor.hadareud said:yep. But rumours are that 96MB of PS3's 512 are used by the OS, compared to 32MB by 360's OS.
Nobody confirmed yet if this is the case in the final retail units though - it could be just for the Dev Kits.
qcf x2 said:You're missing out =)
Braindead AKA Dead Alive (in the US).mckmas8808 said:Okay that's not nice.
And **** this is an ugly bastard. What is it from?
If you could use a singly hybrid disc, then you wouldn't even need the HD-DVD layer. The game would have to be small enough to fit on a single DVD in the first place, otherwise it would be a multi-disc game and written accordingly. The comparison to 32X and SegaCD come to mind, but only if MS makes the mistake of putting games on the format. Otherwise, it's just another accessory, and not a big deal. The new SKU is more a marketing mess than anything. PEACE.chinch said:games on HD-DVD would be STUPID...
but keep in mind the possibility of "combo discs" where something like new Halo could play on any 360 (using the DVD layer of the disc) and have HD-DVD layer readable by the 360media versions.
too many unkowns to reasonably speculate.
we just have alot of people hoping and wishing for another sega-cd (to which this is an absurd comparison)
Lortnoc Egamad said:"Black Xbox 360
250 GB HDD
Developed by Directv and Microsoft
HDMI built in
Integrated Wireless Support
Built in HD-DVD Player
Priced within $100 of the $599 PS3"
So tell me if I got it right, same M$ that sells wi-fi adapter and 20 GB HDD for 99$, and HD-DVD drive for around 200$, will now offer this much for such low price? I sure feel screwed with my X360 premium purchase if that's true, and I would feel screwed by SONY if I'd buy PS3 already.
Yes, which means that it would be the most valuable option available.Effulgence said:I would take "Priced within $100 of the $599 PS3" to mean it costs $699.
(neutral) Stinkles
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Halo 3 Blu-Ray?Stinkles said:Anyway, here's your morning shot of facts:
* MS is not making HD DVD a requirement for games.
* Halo 3 will not require a freaking HD DVD drive.
* The end.
yeah, price of videogame electronics drop with time, **** you M$ !Lortnoc Egamad said:"Black Xbox 360
250 GB HDD
Developed by Directv and Microsoft
HDMI built in
Integrated Wireless Support
Built in HD-DVD Player
Priced within $100 of the $599 PS3"
So tell me if I got it right, same M$ that sells wi-fi adapter and 20 GB HDD for 99$, and HD-DVD drive for around 200$, will now offer this much for such low price? I sure feel screwed with my X360 premium purchase if that's true, and I would feel screwed by SONY if I'd buy PS3 already.
thirty said:MS will release a 250 gig hard drive for $99 and open up the floodgates for HD downloading/digital downloading of games before they release games on HD DVD. the writing is on the wall for the future of media already. I laugh at all the fools getting all riled up about BR and HD DVD options. If both options fail to capture the masses, which they are looking to be doing as of now, who's in the better position to deal with it? MICROSOFT. they havent shoved an unproven costly format in their box and they arent forcing it inside of a machine whos main purpose is to play GAMES.
Stinkles said:* Halo 3 will not require a freaking HD DVD drive.
Woah sarcasm FTW.PipBoy said:yeah, price of videogame electronics drop with time, **** you M$ !
More like, please don't do anything that ****s up the potential success of the system, because I would like the 360 to be successful. Dual-SKU is a difficult proposition, IMO. Triple-SKU? Toss in the holiday bundle and you're quad-SKU. Talk about messing up you marketing message. Barfalona indeed.sangreal said:yes, I agree. Please Microsoft do not do anything to improve the 360 package because I chose to buy my 360 a year ago
sol_bad said:I've never understood why Microsoft even bothered with HD-DVD. Honestly they had no reason what so ever to jump onto the HD movie band wagon.
RaijinFY said:Why should I believe you? [/QUOTE
Stinkles = Frankie from Bungies weekly updates.
Stinkles said:Oh wow, 4 pages of FUD about an unconfirmed rumor. What a surprise. This is like yesterday when a single piece of software having a squished font turned into a hardware bash-fest/HDTV panic party.
Anyway, here's your morning shot of facts:
* MS is not making HD DVD a requirement for games.
* Halo 3 will not require a freaking HD DVD drive.
* The end.