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Xbox 360 to have HD-DVD, Eventually
thebaboon writes "Bill Gates announced that the Xbox 360 will have an HD-DVD drive, just not for launch. From the article: "According
to the statements made by Bill Gates in Japan, Xbox 360, the new gaming console, will include HD-DVD drives. Considering that such a decision would postpone the launching date, Microsoft will equip the initial models with classic DVD drives, and only after the new HD-DVD are ready, the Xbox will incorporate them."
Anyone can say anything they want to, doesn't make it true. Care to back up your statement with an authoritative link? I don't know why you even bother saying this once, much less three times.
"You realize that means that PS2 games on Blu-Ray discs will blow Xbox360 games out of the water in terms of graphics and features, right? I'm sure Sony will make sure something really stunning is available at launch just to make Xbox owners cry.
Hilarious. MS is shooting themselves in the foot on features, Sony is shooting themselves in the foot on price, and Nintendo suddenly looks like the little engine that could, or the tortoise racing two hares."
You aren't making any sense at all. No modern game requires more than the 8GB of space that a dual-layer DVD can provide. Few console games even need more than the 1.5GB provided by Gamecube's discs.
"MS is shooting themselves in the foot on features, Sony is shooting themselves in the foot on price, and Nintendo suddenly looks like the little engine that could, or the tortoise racing two hares."
Microsoft has a console under production.
Sony has hype, rumor, and speculation. Nintendo doesn't even have a firm launch date.
Nintendo, quite frankly, is a non-contender for the next generation of home consoles. As of yet, they have shown *nothing*. We have a concept design and a few vague specifications.
You can't sell a product that doesn't exist yet.