hd dvd is dead.so now all will go to blu ray next gen or is there another way?

we know that hd dvd is dead already.nintendo achieved to get past this war because they did not have a hd format.i believe it was a right move.microsoft supported hd dvd but it was not a part of their console so they managed to get rid of it.sony as we all know had blu ray from the start.without thinking as a fanboy what do you believe that nintendo and microsoft will do in the next gen with their dvds;is there another way except blu ray or will they both follow it?what is your opinion?

im willing to bet my life that nintendo will not put bluray on the wii.. they didnt even put a dvd player for petes sake.. plus what good is a 480p bluray??

but i wouldnt be suprised if MS did it

im willing to bet my life that nintendo will not put bluray on the wii.. they didnt even put a dvd player for petes sake.. plus what good is a 480p bluray??

but i wouldnt be suprised if MS did it

VendettaRed07

hes talking about the next generation meaning the wii2 ps4 xbox 720

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im willing to bet my life that nintendo will not put bluray on the wii.. they didnt even put a dvd player for petes sake.. plus what good is a 480p bluray??

but i wouldnt be suprised if MS did it

EmperorZeruel

hes talking about the next generation meaning the wii2 ps4 xbox 720

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ok, well stil my answers pretty much the same, i doubt nintendo will do it, but net gen. ms will have to include one.

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im willing to bet my life that nintendo will not put bluray on the wii.. they didnt even put a dvd player for petes sake.. plus what good is a 480p bluray??

but i wouldnt be suprised if MS did it

EmperorZeruel

hes talking about the next generation meaning the wii2 ps4 xbox 720

[QUOTE="EmperorZeruel"][QUOTE="VendettaRed07"]

im willing to bet my life that nintendo will not put bluray on the wii.. they didnt even put a dvd player for petes sake.. plus what good is a 480p bluray??

but i wouldnt be suprised if MS did it

heretrix

hes talking about the next generation meaning the wii2 ps4 xbox 720

nintendo did say that their next generation console will have graphics like the others and be HD. Fither more nintendo has had the most powerful console before. The SNES was more powerful then turbo graphics and sega. the n64 was more powerful then ps1 and saturn.

I just bought the 360 hd-dvd drive for $50 and it came with 6 movies. I also picked up the Matrix trilogy, Serenity, Training Day and a few others for next to nothing.

HD-DVD failing was a pretty good deal for me so far, I get cheap movies and the ability to keep hours off my 360 and PS3's disc drives when watching regular dvd movies.

My guess is the next Xbox will have Blu-Ray since we are not quite ready for a dl only game system.

Owning movies is such a huge waste of money that I can't believe I'm going to get suckered into doing this crap all over again and watch another movie collection go obsolete in another 10 years but oh well, you want what you want I guess.

Microsoft wants to push digital distribution badly.TheSystemLord1

You really think their next system will only have downlodable games ???

That would mean they loose 99% of their customers, very few have the nerve to download a 20GB game, even more redownload it each time your HDD is filled up

That is crazy, maybe in xbox 15 or so, when everyone on the planet will have access to 80Mbps for free, and perfect lines that never fail, or disconnect, and kids get a credit card from their 10 years old, maybe

Even then, i am sure a disk would be needed, or half the customers would not care or buy

[QUOTE="EmperorZeruel"][QUOTE="VendettaRed07"]

im willing to bet my life that nintendo will not put bluray on the wii.. they didnt even put a dvd player for petes sake.. plus what good is a 480p bluray??

but i wouldnt be suprised if MS did it

heretrix

hes talking about the next generation meaning the wii2 ps4 xbox 720

Nintnedo said they would do HD next gen when it's actually spread to more the .01% of the worlds gamers...

what does bluray have to do with games? :|

Microsoft might go Blu-ray, or might create a brand new exclusive propiety storage device called Almost-Blu-ray. The difference is in the name.thrones

Thats something Nintendo would do. MS will probably offer the option of Blu-Ray of digital distrobution.

the logical step is that both will go blu ray.but i believe that nintendo will find a way to make a new format like what they did at the gamecube era.microsoft will most probably try to promote hd downloadable content even more and they will be forced by the times to follow blu ray.

the logical step is that both will go blu ray.but i believe that nintendo will find a way to make a new format like what they did at the gamecube era.microsoft will most probably try to promote hd downloadable content even more and they will be forced by the times to follow blu ray.

heroofwinds1

Nintendo still has it's own format. Look at a Wii game. It doesn't say DVD.

[QUOTE="TheSystemLord1"]Microsoft wants to push digital distribution badly.saolin323

You really think their next system will only have downlodable games ???

That would mean they loose 99% of their customers, very few have the nerve to download a 20GB game, even more redownload it each time your HDD is filled up

That is crazy, maybe in xbox 15 or so, when everyone on the planet will have access to 80Mbps for free, and perfect lines that never fail, or disconnect, and kids get a credit card from their 10 years old, maybe

Even then, i am sure a disk would be needed, or half the customers would not care or buy

wii games are normal dvds.it is not a nintendo's only format.we recently also heard that brawl is a dual layer dvd so wii supports dual layer dvds as well.heroofwinds1

Really? I thought all DVDs had the little DVD stamp on them. I know PS2 games do. Do 360 games have it? My 360 is at my appartment but I am at my parents house for spring break so I cant look.

Microsoft might go Blu-ray, or might create a brand new exclusive propiety storage device called Almost-Blu-ray. The difference is in the name.thrones

No, nintendo will make an almost-blu-ray, they've done that with the GC and the Wii

Microsoft wants to push digital distribution badly.TheSystemLord1

Based on their file limitations with the 360 and lack of a standard HDD, they obviously don't want to enough.

im willing to bet my life that nintendo will not put bluray on the wii.. they didnt even put a dvd player for petes sake.. plus what good is a 480p bluray??

but i wouldnt be suprised if MS did it

VendettaRed07

I think he means next gen, not another SKU of this gen

[QUOTE="EmperorZeruel"][QUOTE="VendettaRed07"]

im willing to bet my life that nintendo will not put bluray on the wii.. they didnt even put a dvd player for petes sake.. plus what good is a 480p bluray??

but i wouldnt be suprised if MS did it

heretrix

hes talking about the next generation meaning the wii2 ps4 xbox 720

Nintendo already said their next system will be up to date with GFX. therefore HD ! and because of the wii, they will be able to afford it for sure.

shouldnt we enjoy this generation of consoles rather than discussing what format all 3 manufacturers will adopt for their next consoles ????

anyway unless another major format is introduced in the HD market, i guess MS will go Blu-ray... Nintendo mmm i dont know what they'll do !!

[QUOTE="TheSystemLord1"]Microsoft wants to push digital distribution badly.saolin323

You really think their next system will only have downlodable games ???

That would mean they loose 99% of their customers, very few have the nerve to download a 20GB game, even more redownload it each time your HDD is filled up

That is crazy, maybe in xbox 15 or so, when everyone on the planet will have access to 80Mbps for free, and perfect lines that never fail, or disconnect, and kids get a credit card from their 10 years old, maybe

Even then, i am sure a disk would be needed, or half the customers would not care or buy

lol the problems of consoles and their hdds form 2002 why no 205gb hdd when many notebooks have 250 or 320gb. if you have a half decent broadband you can easily download a game overnight. anyway games downloaded off steam are much smaller than the retail version since it only downloads what you don't already have, so say you already have the unreal 3 engine for a game it doesn't have to download it.

I'm not saying there wont be disks next gen but dd is going to be part of next gen if ms and sony can get their act together with large hdds, don't be suprise if sony's new trend of installing continutes so every game require insilation

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[QUOTE="TheSystemLord1"]Microsoft wants to push digital distribution badly.C_BozkurT_C

You really think their next system will only have downlodable games ???

That would mean they loose 99% of their customers, very few have the nerve to download a 20GB game, even more redownload it each time your HDD is filled up

That is crazy, maybe in xbox 15 or so, when everyone on the planet will have access to 80Mbps for free, and perfect lines that never fail, or disconnect, and kids get a credit card from their 10 years old, maybe

Even then, i am sure a disk would be needed, or half the customers would not care or buy

I was surprised as well :lol:

I for one would still prefer to buy a hard copy of a game - something about having a hard copy collection of it makes it a more worth while purchase... I'd also hate to have to increase my internet speed and data usage!

Imagine Microsoft going Digital Dristribution-only... oh no mandatory downloads and installs! lol

I for one would still prefer to buy a hard copy of a game - something about having a hard copy collection of it makes it a more worth while purchase... I'd also hate to have to increase my internet speed and data usage!

typevuspecII

it's not your fault, but you have the mentality of wanting to stick to something familiar. it's not necesarily bad, it just can hinder progress very easily.

Just because HD DVD is dead, you cant claim blu ray has won anything. I just can't imagine blu ray will never replace DVD.

So lemme take out my crystal ball:

Sony will still use blu ray.

Nintendo will use a proprietary Optical disc that uses blu ray technology, it will not play blu ray movies.

Microsoft will not release a traditional console, the crystal ball is fuzzy here, it may just be a pc add on or something.

HVD is not feasible, for anyone suggesting it.Hewkii

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I for one would still prefer to buy a hard copy of a game - something about having a hard copy collection of it makes it a more worth while purchase... I'd also hate to have to increase my internet speed and data usage!

Hewkii

it's not your fault, but you have the mentality of wanting to stick to something familiar. it's not necesarily bad, it just can hinder progress very easily.

It's the mentality of many and now that they are seeing they can't easily trade the downloaded games on PSN this mentality will grow. DL content will never tuely replace a hard copy of anything because people do like to trade or sell things and then there is always collectors of old media that will always want there media on a hard-copy. I for one have never bought anything that has to be DL and my internet service is fairly fast, but it's the principal of only having a single place to buy the media and this can create a monopoly on the media market that in the end could cost a lot more than the hard-copies do now.