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Title: no HD-DVD plans for xbox 360
Post by: mm on December 15, 2005, 07:43:27 AM
consider the format dead.
microsoft  screwed the pooch with this one.  they really should have delayed the launch 6 months/year, and included the HD-DVD drive.  the launch games alone are hardly a leap in graphics evolution.

blu-ray (and PS3) will certainly crush any chance the 360 has.

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=13623

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Microsoft has cleared up speculation regarding possible HD-DVD functionality in future versions of the Xbox 360, saying that it currently has no plans to release an Xbox 360 equipped with a next-generation DVD player.
Title: no HD-DVD plans for xbox 360
Post by: Eiksirf on December 15, 2005, 08:46:13 AM
I say, let the format die and let me play my Xbox now. ;)

Blue Ray it is.

Or whatever.

-Dan
Title: no HD-DVD plans for xbox 360
Post by: videoholic on December 15, 2005, 09:17:14 AM
Well considering Microsofts play in the HD-DVD format, this doesn\'t surprise me at all.
Title: no HD-DVD plans for xbox 360
Post by: FatalXception on December 15, 2005, 09:27:22 AM
Yep.  They threw their support and considerable weight behind the HD-DVD format... oh, no wait.  They threw vocal support, and didn\'t back that up with any action behind the HD-DVD format.  

Sony on the other hand is throwing everything it has at the Blu-ray format.

Really is a no brainer who\'s going to come out on top with that one.
Title: no HD-DVD plans for xbox 360
Post by: videoholic on December 15, 2005, 09:50:28 AM
isn\'t windows media 10 pretty much hd-dvd?
Title: no HD-DVD plans for xbox 360
Post by: mm on December 15, 2005, 10:01:29 AM
being able to display 1080p output does not make it HD-DVD
Title: no HD-DVD plans for xbox 360
Post by: THX on December 15, 2005, 10:02:03 AM
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Originally posted by videoholic
isn\'t windows media 10 pretty much hd-dvd?

not really, HD-DVD is being designed by Toshiba/NEC.

Only thing MS has to do with the format is:

1) It\'s WMV-HD codec is one of three codecs available to studios

2) It\'s supporting HD-DVD simply because it\'s not blu-ray

If ms held off on the 360 maybe we\'d see an hd-dvd drive.  but i\'m kinda glad they were hasty in this case.  now BR is more likely to win out
Title: no HD-DVD plans for xbox 360
Post by: videoholic on December 15, 2005, 11:25:16 AM
ah....

do you think they\'ll ever have games for kids again?  Seems like as these game systems become more intense, the games are becoming more and more for adults.

I understand why, just wondering if there will ever be a game again for kids around 4 years old.
Title: no HD-DVD plans for xbox 360
Post by: Samwise on December 15, 2005, 11:26:35 AM
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Originally posted by videoholic
ah....

do you think they\'ll ever have games for kids again?  Seems like as these game systems become more intense, the games are becoming more and more for adults.

I understand why, just wondering if there will ever be a game again for kids around 4 years old.

Viva la Revolution!
Title: no HD-DVD plans for xbox 360
Post by: mm on December 15, 2005, 11:32:30 AM
a 4 year old will break a revolution controller in minutes
Title: no HD-DVD plans for xbox 360
Post by: Eiksirf on December 15, 2005, 12:47:12 PM
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Originally posted by mm
a 4 year old will break a revolution controller in minutes


Thanks for that.

-Dan

;]
Title: no HD-DVD plans for xbox 360
Post by: Unicron! on December 15, 2005, 01:09:13 PM
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Originally posted by mm
a 4 year old will break a revolution controller in minutes
If he tries smashing it until it  brakes probably yeah.
Title: no HD-DVD plans for xbox 360
Post by: mm on December 15, 2005, 01:15:53 PM
that\'s what 4 year olds do
Title: no HD-DVD plans for xbox 360
Post by: Unicron! on December 15, 2005, 01:36:39 PM
Not Nintendo\'s problem then ;)
Title: no HD-DVD plans for xbox 360
Post by: mm on December 15, 2005, 01:42:55 PM
it is when noone buys a game for thier 4 year old
Title: no HD-DVD plans for xbox 360
Post by: Unicron! on December 15, 2005, 01:50:42 PM
what about 8 year olds and above?
Title: no HD-DVD plans for xbox 360
Post by: Eiksirf on December 15, 2005, 04:00:22 PM
Get them Game Boy Micro.

Built tough and cool enough to grow in to. And you could always hook them on the Pokemon shit. ;]

-Dan
Title: no HD-DVD plans for xbox 360
Post by: Knotter8 on December 15, 2005, 04:28:02 PM
All i can say is that Rob Fahey dude from gamesindustry.biz has never written a positive article about Playstation :rolleyes:

A very biased editor he is...
Title: no HD-DVD plans for xbox 360
Post by: videoholic on December 15, 2005, 04:54:43 PM
4 year olds don\'t throw crap around.  At least mine doesn\'t.  But then again, Logan has never done that.  He\'s the fucking golden child with an extreme backhand thanks to the chizz.
Title: no HD-DVD plans for xbox 360
Post by: Avatarr on December 16, 2005, 04:19:15 AM
You know, all this crap about 4 year olds playing with the Revolution\'s controller is purdy damn close to pedophelia. That thing is a fully functional vibrator you know.
Title: no HD-DVD plans for xbox 360
Post by: mm on December 16, 2005, 04:36:27 AM
speaking from experience?
Title: no HD-DVD plans for xbox 360
Post by: Avatarr on December 16, 2005, 01:31:11 PM
yes, because I have a near-final, working prototype and I\'m the secret bastard child of Miyamoto Shigeru.
Title: no HD-DVD plans for xbox 360
Post by: square_marker on December 16, 2005, 01:56:14 PM
This pup is gunna crash and burn just like the Dreamcast once PS3 is released.  

Yay for waiting!
Title: no HD-DVD plans for xbox 360
Post by: Titan on December 16, 2005, 02:15:49 PM
Sony\'s confidence must seriously be raising right now.
Title: no HD-DVD plans for xbox 360
Post by: Living-In-Clip on December 16, 2005, 08:28:18 PM
It\'s a crying shame that Sony can get by this generation, due to MS being a complete dumbass and Nintendo not even really competing against them.
Title: no HD-DVD plans for xbox 360
Post by: square_marker on December 16, 2005, 08:44:51 PM
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Originally posted by Titan
Sony\'s confidence must seriously be raising right now.



Hopefully they don\'t let down and come out swinging like a drunken Irishman.

Give em\' hell Sony.