Ming Cheung wrote: > That's not quite true. MS will not release a HD-DVD you can "Swap" in > because it would void your warrenty to do so. Instead, they said that they > might possible release an external unit...maybe.
Right... consoles are successful because of user-friendliness, and standardization is key. So even without the warranty issue, swap-out won't work as that remove a standrd component for SOME users. Add-on makes sense. > They have stated that no > games for 360 will ever us a HD-DVD because they cannot guarentee everyone > will have one. Oh I am sure they are just saying that now to get prospective consumers to spend NOW (I mean xmas 2005) instead of waiting for the next-gen hardware. A number of games depend on non-standard accessories, e.g. Eye-toy. So I can imagine some producer in the future will find economic reasons to break that "rule". Probably someone will make both regular and HD versions of the same game. > Given that the DVD player in the 360 sucks, don't hold out hope of it being > a capable HD-DVD player. Really? Do you mean the control sucks? Or there's issue with A/V quality? Doesn''t MS advertise it as the media hub for the home? Playing DVD should be a basic requirement right? Can it get any worse than PS2 as a DVD player? (actually the absolute worst DVD player I've ever used is my DVD recorder, it works great as a poor man's TiVo and DVD recorder, but as a player it's worse than the PS2) > In the end, I think Sony's plan to bundle BlueRay with PS3 will give a > substancial boost to BlueRay. That, plus the fact that it has the backing > of the majority of the movie studios. I highly doubt any games will take > advantage of the 50GB it offers though. Ahhh... a great man once say (something like) "what would people ever do with a Whole megabyte of RAM?" Sooner or later, some producer will decide to go all out on HD cutscenes. 8.5 GB (double layer DVD) just won't give you a lot of minutes of pre-rendered HD contents. > Given the Gundam FPS is being developed in Japan, I will be very surprised > if the game is not ported to the PS3. Hmm... I suspect MS would have fought hard to prevent that from ever happening. If this one really turn out to be a good Gundam game, it may just killl PS3 dead right there. Reynolds, Jason M. wrote: > Sony, on the other hand, is trying to force acceptance of Blu-Ray by making > it the standard for the PS3. If that ends up not becoming the standard, > than the PS3 ends up going the way of the Betamax VCR. A strategy that may work very well. Barring any user-hostile protection scheme, Blu-Ray is really better than HD-DVD. The only downside is late-to-market and high cost. But the HD player market must be penetrated from the top, so the target consumers will buy one of each, no matter how expensive they are. (likewise most current 360 owner will also get PS3 and Nintendo Revolution, no matter the cost) So it be a battle fought on technical ground and more importantly, who controls what content (e.g. MS: Halo/ Sony: Gundam/ Nintendo: Mario Bros) You see I can't justify spending $300-500 on gaming hardware, since I don't play enough hours of games. (I would have put the money on 0079 GKs, like the sweet sweet Doros) But I can justify $500 on a Blu-Ray DVD player, even if the remote control may suck (like the PS2 as a player). And if it plays some next gen games too, well that's OK. > I think the Xbox 360 is a fine unit. As far as the PS3 I will reserve > judgment until it becomes something more than vaporware. Well I am a Blu-ray fan, but I am getting nervous with Sony's track record and strategy. Especially not a big fan of Sony's CEO. -- Dr. Core -------------------------------------------------- The Gundam Mailing List MK-II [email protected] Archives: http://www.gundam.com/gml Help: Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with this in the BODY: help list
