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Xbox 2 to Adopt HD-DVD?
News for nerds writes "While Sony already announced its adoption of Blu-ray in PS3, IGN Xbox section reports that Xbox 2 may make use of the HD-DVD format if Japanese electronics giants and proponents for HD-DVD, Toshiba and NEC can make their way. Interestingly enough, Toshiba is actually working with Sony on the Cell processor, a key component of the PS3."
Because Microsoft just pushed the VC-1 compression system for its use in Blu-Ray.
I think they want to play a double game, not giving enough support to Blu-ray (while being a crucial player) and pushing a competitor.
People must also keep in mind that Blu-Ray will not be cheap around the expected release date of the Xbox2, so it may be not an evil move.
Microsoft has its own WMV-HD format that doesn't need any disk format.
But really do we need more space? I'm pretty sure most xbox games use mpeg2 for their cutscenes, which implies there no shortage of space. I can't think of any games that actually need more then one DVD. My bet is that this is just rumor pulp to keep xbox2 from apearing stale compared to ps3.
Well if the Xbox2 gets HD-DVD and the PS3 gets BluRay, I'm set. I'll end up owning both.
I'd rather have a program to play my xbox games on my pc with the controller. seems that even though my system specs are way higher than the box, i still can't make halo play as well.
I think the decision of the console makers about which format to use is irrelevant for the success of either Blu-ray or HD-DVD.
Thanks to huge numbers, console makers will get good prices at the drives anyway and games are so expensive that I've never heard that the disk type matters.
I mean, are Gamecube games more expensive because the disks are non-standard (at least I've heard they are)?
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