Xbox360 gets external HD-DVD drive in \'06

personal preferences aside, i\'m accurate

[Titan]

I wouldnt\' want to buy the add-on drive that MS is offereing. They are probably gonna over price it to make money.

Probably?

-Dan

who wants a big fucken box next to thier 360 except for the !!!!!!!!\'s

the whole concept is lame
microsoft needs to grow a pair, start making 360\'s with built in hddvd drives instead, and scrap the "addon" idea

Yeah screw it. Let\'s support Blu-Ray.


xXx here we come!

-Dan

Originally posted by mm
DC was rushed to market to beat PS2, tons of issues at launch, no real A+ launch titles or even after 6 months, eclipsed by sony less than a year later, etc...

they gave the DC away FOR FREE
how is that screwing up the marketing

a 200$ console for free, and noone bit

yeah I call bullshit on this. DC had a great launch. It actually had more than 2 games you could enjoy.

Ps2 launched sucked ass. But for some reason you think it was the goat.

Add-ons are stupid and have sucked for every console. Just look at the ps2 hdd.

Second ppl are not going to go buy there entire collection of dvds on blueray. I got tons of dvds and there is no way I would go buy all those over again on blueray.

9 times out of 10 the average person has never even heard of blueray. And majority of people are still watching TV with an analog set.

DC had a great launch. It actually had more than 2 games you could enjoy.

like i said, personal opinion.   i was a huge DC supporter, but noone cared about launch titles BECAUSE IT LAUNCHED 6 MONTHS EARLY to beat the PS2 to stores.


analog sets will be dead in a few years, they should  have been years ago if the FCC werent pussys

Originally posted by Knotter8
Did Sega doom DC by making a DVD addon drive for it ?

No. It flopped because they (sega)  screwed up totally in marketing the machine well, especially in the PAL region. That wasn\'t a smart move after the 16bit add on debacles.

I would have to say that\'s true. A lot of people here haven\'t even heard of DC. I mean, they actually havent heard of it!

What are they thinking?Trying to split their market?Force the consumer buy an add on?No way that would work.

If developers start developing games for HD-DVD forcing people to buy the add on to play them, it will sure create many pissed consumers.

On the other hand if they dont support it at all it will be a waste of investment.

By offering the drive as an Xbox add-on, Microsoft is hoping to win over consumers with a cheaper option than buying an all-new device to play next-generation Blu-Ray or HD DVD discs.

or people will pay for a PS3.I dont see people buying an add on and an X360 just to play HD movies.

A stand alone movie player always > console movie playback.Especially when the format is new I expect many bugs and issues with it

millions of people will buy a PS3 solely because it plays blu-ray movies

those same people will laugh at the 360 with its add on external drive

of an inferior media

Originally posted by mm

those same people will laugh at the 360 with its add on external drive

Imagine a living room...a 360 under a TV.....a power brick on the floor.....an external hard drive on the left....and an external HD-DVD drive on the right that will be hardly used.
Yep.Paid extra to reduce space in the living room.

:rofl:  

jesus, what the fuck is wrong with current DVD anyway?

they need more money