RUMOR: Bill Gates to Announce DVR 360 at CES!

[QUOTE="micky4889"][QUOTE="farrell2k"]

[QUOTE="ZeroPunctuation"]why would they want a HD-DVD drive? HD-DVD sales are abyssmal compared to blu-ray each month.farrell2k

Umm. what? The 360 routinely outsdells the PS3 by 2 or 3 to 1 in the largest market in the world, the U.S. Adding an HDDVD drive to the 360 would strenghten the HD-DVD position considerably. It's quite obvious as to why they'd want one in the 360...

You paint quite a rosy picture for a console in last place, but the fact remains, despite what you try to spin: The 360 routinely outsells the PS3 by 2 or 3 to 1 in the largest, most important market in the world - The U.S.A. This is why Toshiba would LOVE an HD-DVD drive in the 360. The PS3 is a dead horse in America.

not even near 2.1

as long as they don't use hd dvd for games i'm all for it.shoeman12

Just curious, but why wouldn't you approve of games being delivered on HD-DVD's?

[QUOTE="shoeman12"]as long as they don't use hd dvd for games i'm all for it.67gt500

Just curious, but why wouldn't you approve of games being delivered on HD-DVD's?

[QUOTE="micky4889"][QUOTE="farrell2k"]

[QUOTE="ZeroPunctuation"]why would they want a HD-DVD drive? HD-DVD sales are abyssmal compared to blu-ray each month.farrell2k

Most important to who? Japanese game makes care more about Japan and if i am not wrong many of the lagest game developers are in europe.

Umm. what? The 360 routinely outsdells the PS3 by 2 or 3 to 1 in the largest market in the world, the U.S. Adding an HDDVD drive to the 360 would strenghten the HD-DVD position considerably. It's quite obvious as to why they'd want one in the 360...

You paint quite a rosy picture for a console in last place, but the fact remains, despite what you try to spin: The 360 routinely outsells the PS3 by 2 or 3 to 1 in the largest, most important market in the world - The U.S.A. This is why Toshiba would LOVE an HD-DVD drive in the 360. The PS3 is a dead horse in America.

All I have to say is I'm glad I own a PS3 now. I can see M$ releasing another console very soon to be able to compete with the PS3.jimm895

[QUOTE="jimm895"]All I have to say is I'm glad I own a PS3 now. I can see M$ releasing another console very soon to be able to compete with the PS3.lettuceman44

It's also sold 16 million, hit its peak and is now heading downward.

[QUOTE="lettuceman44"][QUOTE="jimm895"]All I have to say is I'm glad I own a PS3 now. I can see M$ releasing another console very soon to be able to compete with the PS3.comstrikeiscool

It's also sold 16 million, hit its peak and is now heading downward.

Crazy cows and their crystal balls.

[QUOTE="comstrikeiscool"]

[QUOTE="lettuceman44"][QUOTE="jimm895"]All I have to say is I'm glad I own a PS3 now. I can see M$ releasing another console very soon to be able to compete with the PS3.Pajamasalad

It's also sold 16 million, hit its peak and is now heading downward.

Crazy cows and their crystal balls.

Right, cows. Sorry, but I don't own a 360 or ps3 and don't plan to buy one. Sorry to break your heart.

XBox 360 - 2.0

• 500 Gig hd
• HD-DVD
• DVR ready
• Wifi

Nike_Air

Another way of saying Xbox360 isn't going to live for 6 six years.

XBox 360 - 2.0

• 500 Gig hd
• HD-DVD
• DVR ready
• Wifi

Nike_Air

http://kotaku.com/339293/gates-to-announce-dvr-360-at-ces

Bill Gates might be making an Xbox 360 2.0 announcement at his CES keynote swan song, the Seattle Times' Brier Dudley predicts in a column today.

"In particular, Microsoft could work with Toshiba to develop a digital video recorder with a hard-drive, high-definition HD-DVD drive and Xbox gaming capabilities. They're already allied against Sony and other backers of the Blu-ray DVD format, and Toshiba could help Xbox finally penetrate the Japanese market. Microsoft could also make a splash by announcing plans to give the Xbox 360 an internal HD-DVD drive, putting it on par with Sony's PlayStation 3 that has a built-in Blu-ray drive."

gmastersexay

poor, poor microsoft they always say things aren't important or its not needed ( cough hdmi isn't needed cough ) and then when someone else does it and makes money of it here they come a day late and a dollar short.if they do make a new system hopefully it wont scratch discs or have rrod.

IF this is true and a new SKU is release this gen, then it is an admission that high-def is necessary.gamenux

M$ needs to give up on hd-dvd. Its already lost the war.jbz7890

[QUOTE="ZeroPunctuation"]why would they want a HD-DVD drive? HD-DVD sales are abyssmal compared to blu-ray each month.marklarmer

lemmings are too busy trolling the internet to watch movies.

[QUOTE="marklarmer"]

[QUOTE="ZeroPunctuation"]why would they want a HD-DVD drive? HD-DVD sales are abyssmal compared to blu-ray each month.skektek

lemmings are too busy trolling the internet to watch movies.

PCs are meant for using the internet though... unless you're saying that PS3s are for movies as opposed to games (which game sales an Blu-Ray movie sales would suggest).

not gonna happen but still if it happens microsoft will put themself in big trouble with blu-ray holding 80% of the market...

hd-dvd is pretty much dead

[QUOTE="robotech31"]lmao, if this is true MS is freaking stupid to add HD DVD drive when its about to die this year. and yes you can quote me, HD DVD is going to die this year (2008 )Dreams-Visions

No, it's not. :lol: And why would anyone care to quote you, Mr. 72 posts? You won't even be here this time next year.

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[QUOTE="Agamespotingboy"]now they build in hd-dvd when its too late, sad just sad munu9

EXACTLY! this is why i think Sony made the right choice in the first place. They support their new technology and the future.

while MS in the other hand. wants money now.

cough, cough, ps3 release price. MS couldnt predict the future, think when the 360 was being developed and how common HDTVs were.

Seriously, if they charged any less for the ps3 they would have gone bankrupt :\

Ughh no? Sony sells other things beside ps3s so they won't go bankrupt. So does MS. Both consoles are riding on revenue from other aspects of the companies business. Nintendo on the other hand, can't afford to mess up.

If they really wanted to get money, they'd work on lowering the cost of the HD-DVD add-on. That thing is a 2 in 1 because it also works as a HD-DVD drive for your computer... which is a major plus for tech heads or people who backed up their DVDs and are now looking to backup their HD collection. Combine H.264 encoding (if you have a CD burning program, it likely comes with some encoding software- Nero does) with 360 media streaming (H.264 is supported) and you're in the game.

HD-DVD sales would sky-rocket if you could get the 360 add-on for like $99-129. The PS3 is whats driving Blu-Ray. HD-DVD wins in terms of standalone player sales, but it Blu-Ray blows it out the water once you include the PS3. MS could easily help the HD-DVD camp (whom they invested in) by working on a price drop for the add-on.

If they do (which i very much doubt) then it won't have any impact on game development, i guarantee it. You think they are just going to drop DVD9 support and switch to high def discs in the middle of a cycle? It would be corporate suicide if they did that, and Microsoft are far too smart to do something like that. Plus they would have to reinburse previous 360 owners with a HD-DVD drive which would cost tons of money to do otherwise they would have their customer severed and would have to start all over again with much much less people to buy their games. Plus Microsoft doesn't care about the format wars, all they really care about is developing as a market leader in digital downloads.

Look at how the Wii and PS3 are faring.... Wii= Owning... PS3= Failing. Microsoft is not one to copy a failing strategy when it is simply not required this generation.

Not happening

EVER.

Im sick of the upgrades in the system. I wont be buying anymore MS products as they are going about consoles all wrong with their annual new models. Early adopters are getting screwed. If I wanted to upgrade every year Id play on a PC.rockydog1111