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« 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.
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« Reply #1 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.

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« Reply #2 on: December 15, 2005, 09:17:14 AM »
Well considering Microsofts play in the HD-DVD format, this doesn\'t surprise me at all.
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« Reply #3 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.
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« Reply #4 on: December 15, 2005, 09:50:28 AM »
isn\'t windows media 10 pretty much hd-dvd?
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« Reply #5 on: December 15, 2005, 10:01:29 AM »
being able to display 1080p output does not make it HD-DVD
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« Reply #6 on: December 15, 2005, 10:02:03 AM »
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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
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« Reply #7 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.
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« Reply #8 on: December 15, 2005, 11:26:35 AM »
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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.

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« Reply #9 on: December 15, 2005, 11:32:30 AM »
a 4 year old will break a revolution controller in minutes
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« Reply #10 on: December 15, 2005, 12:47:12 PM »
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a 4 year old will break a revolution controller in minutes


Thanks for that.

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« Reply #11 on: December 15, 2005, 01:09:13 PM »
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a 4 year old will break a revolution controller in minutes
If he tries smashing it until it  brakes probably yeah.
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« Reply #12 on: December 15, 2005, 01:15:53 PM »
that\'s what 4 year olds do
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« Reply #13 on: December 15, 2005, 01:36:39 PM »
Not Nintendo\'s problem then ;)
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« Reply #14 on: December 15, 2005, 01:42:55 PM »
it is when noone buys a game for thier 4 year old
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