lower Blu-Ray royalty fees for Microsoft in exchange for Gears of War 2 for Ps3.

lmao!

The entire BD directors board has a say on hardware deals not just Sony and no they wont trade games :roll:

Its not a playground its business, Money.

i thought cows hate geow? :lol:

i thought cows hate geow? :lol:

100Gamer

No, the entire Blu-Ray consortion doesn't want a videogame, they want money.lantus

Sony computer entertainment could make a lot of money from Gears. It would be a guaranteed multi million unit seller.

Couldn't Microsoft just go to Toshiba for Blu-Ray? Either way, why would M$ give up one of their best exclusives of 2008, so the minority can watch Blu-Ray movies? It seems pretty dumb to me, especially since Microsoft forbids the use of Blu-ray discs for games.spark_212

no they can't cause Blu ray isn't liscense by toshiba after the HD-DVD drama Microsoft and Toshiba not good friends any more. Toshiba run to sony after Defintion war was over and bought 835 million dollars worth of cell processors from Sony look like Sony got another allie against microsoft.

[QUOTE="lantus"]No, the entire Blu-Ray consortion doesn't want a videogame, they want money.ChiefFreeman

Sony computer entertainment could make a lot of money from Gears. It would be a guaranteed multi million unit seller.

And the rest of the people who own Blu Ray get what now?

[QUOTE="ChiefFreeman"]

[QUOTE="lantus"]No, the entire Blu-Ray consortion doesn't want a videogame, they want money.jeffwulf

Sony computer entertainment could make a lot of money from Gears. It would be a guaranteed multi million unit seller.

And the rest of the people who own Blu Ray get what now?

A nice pat on the back.

When will they learn? :(

Gears of War 2 is worth WAY more then the BR royalty fees.

[QUOTE="spark_212"]Couldn't Microsoft just go to Toshiba for Blu-Ray? Either way, why would M$ give up one of their best exclusives of 2008, so the minority can watch Blu-Ray movies? It seems pretty dumb to me, especially since Microsoft forbids the use of Blu-ray discs for games.Lord_Pro

no they can't cause Blu ray isn't liscense by toshiba after the HD-DVD drama Microsoft and Toshiba not good friends any more. Toshiba run to sony after Defintion war was over and bought 835 million dollars worth of cell processors from Sony look like Sony got another allie against microsoft.

Thanks for the info. Sony and Microsoft are in competition, but don't want to exterminate one another. They make many products deals a year. I'm sure if Microsoft wanted to incorporate Blu-Ray into the next Xbox, the owners of Blu-Ray would allow them. Microsoft even made a video codec used in the current Blu-Ray disc.

Microsoft does actually recieve royalties everytime you buy a Blu-ray movie because they helped develop AACS encryption and VC-1 codec.

blu ray > gears of war

Gears of war 2 will get boring after awhile. Blu Ray will be awesome the entire life of the console.

Plus, we would all be losing ammunition for SW.

What would you think of that idea? As a multi console owner, I think they can both benefit. Nothing wrong with giving up a few exclusives in exchange for a great new Blu-ray equipped 360. And yes, a Blu-Ray 360 WILL happen, no matter what the deniers in here think. Those are the same people that kept saying Mass Effect or Gears wouldn't come to the Pc, and 'bam' , they were wrong.ChiefFreeman

i thought cows hate geow? :lol:

100Gamer

only idiotic fanboys hates it...

Bluray isn't solely owned by Sony...SSCyborg

I don't think people understand that yet so lets keep it quiet for now :P

Sony doesn't own all of blu-ray. They only own a small peice of it.laughingman42

74% is small right. :roll:

will the 360 BR drive have a sony sticker on it?

because that would be great

[QUOTE="laughingman42"]Sony doesn't own all of blu-ray. They only own a small peice of it.Suliman-Uchia

74% is small right. :roll:

Is it that much? someone posted a number alot smaller a few days ago. Do you have a link. (not saying that you're lieing, I just want to see it)

What would you think of that idea? As a multi console owner, I think they can both benefit. Nothing wrong with giving up a few exclusives in exchange for a great new Blu-ray equipped 360. And yes, a Blu-Ray 360 WILL happen, no matter what the deniers in here think. Those are the same people that kept saying Mass Effect or Gears wouldn't come to the Pc, and 'bam' , they were wrong.ChiefFreeman

not gonna happen buddy... comparing geow from 360 to pc is somthing totally different than sony giving blu-ray to 360

and if it does good for sony because then the 360 price will go higher, many people already have a 360 so they wont bother buying another one for blu-ray, microsoft starts loosing money, sony gets paid for every 360 and ps3's that get sold.

which means 360 will be even more rubbish. period.

i thought cows hate geow? :lol:

100Gamer

last time I check. Not all ps3 owners were cows.

microsoft can't just tell epic to port gears 2 to the ps3.shoeman12

LOL...if Epic says no...then on what system they will develop their games then? PC? :)

by saying what they did about PC's....microsoft is their only hope now.

[QUOTE="spark_212"]Couldn't Microsoft just go to Toshiba for Blu-Ray? Either way, why would M$ give up one of their best exclusives of 2008, so the minority can watch Blu-Ray movies? It seems pretty dumb to me, especially since Microsoft forbids the use of Blu-ray discs for games.Lord_Pro

no they can't cause Blu ray isn't liscense by toshiba after the HD-DVD drama Microsoft and Toshiba not good friends any more. Toshiba run to sony after Defintion war was over and bought 835 million dollars worth of cell processors from Sony look like Sony got another allie against microsoft.

i thought cows hate geow? :lol:

100Gamer

I'm a cow and I love Gears of War. What are you talking about?

What would you think of that idea? As a multi console owner, I think they can both benefit. Nothing wrong with giving up a few exclusives in exchange for a great new Blu-ray equipped 360. And yes, a Blu-Ray 360 WILL happen, no matter what the deniers in here think. Those are the same people that kept saying Mass Effect or Gears wouldn't come to the Pc, and 'bam' , they were wrong.ChiefFreeman

Why would MS do that?

[QUOTE="spark_212"]Couldn't Microsoft just go to Toshiba for Blu-Ray? Either way, why would M$ give up one of their best exclusives of 2008, so the minority can watch Blu-Ray movies? It seems pretty dumb to me, especially since Microsoft forbids the use of Blu-ray discs for games.Lord_Pro

no they can't cause Blu ray isn't liscense by toshiba after the HD-DVD drama Microsoft and Toshiba not good friends any more. Toshiba run to sony after Defintion war was over and bought 835 million dollars worth of cell processors from Sony look like Sony got another allie against microsoft.

MS could get a Blu-Ray add on any time they want, and Sony wouldn't say boo... or they can kiss bye-bye to Windows for their Vaio laptops.

people do realize blue-ray does use microsoft codec. Sony doesn't own blue ray. Microsoft can put blue ray player all they want.

People responsable for making Blue-ray

Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA), a group of the world's leading consumer electronics, personal computer and media manufacturers (including Apple, Dell, Hitachi, HP, JVC, LG, Mitsubishi, Panasonic, Pioneer, Philips, Samsung, Sharp, Sony, TDK and Thomson

people do realize blue-ray does use microsoft codec. Sony doesn't own blue ray. Microsoft can put blue ray player all they want.

People responsable for making Blue-ray

Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA), a group of the world's leading consumer electronics, personal computer and media manufacturers (including Apple, Dell, Hitachi, HP, JVC, LG, Mitsubishi, Panasonic, Pioneer, Philips, Samsung, Sharp, Sony, TDK and Thomson

gamer4life85

Yeah, people really don't seem to get this. Blu-ray is only partially Sony's; just because the PS3 has the player built in doesn't mean Sony owns the rights to the entire thing. Will MS bring a blu-ray add-on to the 360? Definitely; probably sooner rather than later (to kill any momentum Sony's getting from the fall of HD-DVD). Will it be built-in to the 360? Probably not; less people will be able to buy it (not everyone would be willing to re-buy their 360 for this), and it would kill the "customer has choices" motto that MS has been preaching.