By 2009-2010 PS3 AAA Titles Will Be Too Massive For Dvd's

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they were after thier other media flopped just like bluray will.

Hewkii

I'm assuming you're talking about Betamax, and no, that was the generation before DVD.

nope im talking about the MultiMedia Compact Disc which was backed by sony and phillips.

nope im talking about the MultiMedia Compact Disc which was backed by sony and phillips.

supersaiyan039

that was more of a compromise then anything.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD#History

In the early 1990s two high-density optical storage standards were being developed; one was the MultiMedia Compact Disc, backed by Philips and Sony, and the other was the Super Density disc, supported by Toshiba, Time Warner, Matsushita Electric, Hitachi, Mitsubishi Electric, Pioneer, Thomson, and JVC. IBM's president, Lou Gerstner, acting as a matchmaker, led an effort to unite the two camps behind a single standard, anticipating a repeat of the costly videotape format war between VHS, Betamax and Video 2000 in the 1980s.

lol, microsoft is going to pull a WII next gen and try to start a fad, they dont care about trends, playstation is a trend, everyone thinks ooo sony is screwed over now lol ahaha ahhaha,.... ppl forget, by the time microsoft has their new equipment in sony will have a mUCH MUCH more advanced technology... while microsoft was wrking wiht DVD9 and core 2 pros. sony had Blu-ray and their exclusive CELL which is the most adv. pros. to date, microsoft dosnt stand a chanceJAMES_L_BROOKS

Even Sony knows that the future of all media is through direct download. As Cable Internet and Fiber Optics become widely available to the average person, everything will be direct download to HDD's. That is where the next generation of consoles will be. Why get up to go to the store to buy orrenta game when you can press a few button and get it from your couch? Rentals would work with a simple check of the internal clock on the system, and it would count until the rental time was up and lock that game. Large HDD(300-400GB) are not that expensive anymore and won't cost hardly anything by 2010-2011 when the next generation of consoles emerge.

[QUOTE="JAMES_L_BROOKS"]lol, microsoft is going to pull a WII next gen and try to start a fad, they dont care about trends, playstation is a trend, everyone thinks ooo sony is screwed over now lol ahaha ahhaha,.... ppl forget, by the time microsoft has their new equipment in sony will have a mUCH MUCH more advanced technology... while microsoft was wrking wiht DVD9 and core 2 pros. sony had Blu-ray and their exclusive CELL which is the most adv. pros. to date, microsoft dosnt stand a chanceneogeo419

not to mention the massive bottleneck that having only two possible threads at a time is. That is a pain in the arse to program for...

Even Sony knows that the future of all media is through direct download. As Cable Internet and Fiber Optics become widely available to the average person, everything will be direct download to HDD's. That is where the next generation of consoles will be. Why get up to go to the store to buy orrenta game when you can press a few button and get it from your couch? Rentals would work with a simple check of the internal clock on the system, and it would count until the rental time was up and lock that game. Large HDD(300-400GB) are not that expensive anymore and won't cost hardly anything by 2010-2011 when the next generation of consoles emerge.

horrowhip

this is true. however, it's looking doubtful that by 2010 download speeds will be fast enough for Direct download, and hence consoles would have to wait a few more years.

Sigh... who says that Microsoft can't simply use HD-DVD or something as another format for games... Remember, this is a gaming console, like the PS3 should be too.

They could use USB sticks for all you know next gen... I mean come on, who cares what media it is as long as the games are good.

this is true. however, it's looking doubtful that by 2010 download speeds will be fast enough for Direct download, and hence consoles would have to wait a few more years.Hewkii

I don't know... I do direct download all the time with Steam and it isn't that bad. Plus, Fiber Optics is INCREDIBLY fast and Cable is really fast too. I imagine they will only get faster as time goes on too. At the very least the next generation of console will have it as a viable option.

Yeah, HD-DVD movies probably wont be around in 2009, but why can't the format be used forgames even though it's not used to make movies? I don't know much about formats and owning rights, but I don't see why it can't happen for the next console. And all the people talking about Microsoft giving the 360 a short life cycle, just think of this Xbox came out in 2001 qand 360 came out 2005. 2009 would be right on time for a new console.

[QUOTE="Hewkii"][QUOTE="supersaiyan039"]

sony didnt make dvds

supersaiyan039

they made them like they made Blu-Ray: ie, they were part of the group that made it. DVD Forum.

they were after thier other media flopped just like bluray will.

Blu ray is winning....

You don't have to be fanboy about blu ray this is system was not format wARS

A BLU-RAY is a format of disc that is capable of storing 50GB of DATA( it will not make greater games, the next-gen tools that Developers are using will make it better cuz data will fit in).

at the moment MS don't need that amount of data as they claim, but from what Im seeing, they have to make a new console now because it can't fit in GTA4, you have to download the extra content, didn't hear of Co-op online in Halo3 yet and PGR4 having some problems fitting in the tracks, we are in next-gen time, every new console need a new format, a bigger one because new tech needs bigger space, just like going from CDs(750MB) to DVDs(9GB) to BLU-RAYs(50GB)in case of PS.So yes it makes a difference.

And for those who are saying MS will make new console in two years and they will buy Xbox's new console, are you bored/disappointed already with what you have?

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