ms to consider blu-ray if hd dvd fails

Why not The format war is not that important from a console perspective,and since MS dont own any part of either format it shoouldnt matter to them who wins.

Regardles as of wether Blu-ray was succesfull for movies, it would still be implemented on future sony consoles, as for games,its the best u can get.

As a PS3 and 360 owner

Blu-Ray >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> HD-DVD

Go for Blu

Its not unheard of. Sony made Beta-Max to compete against VHS. VHS became the format of choice so Sony went and started making VHS players. If Blu-Ray is the next format consumer electronics manufacturers will just roll with it. If MS makes a blu-ray player it wouldn't be too far-fetched. Ket87

yeah since the HD-DVD is external and only used for watching movies not playing games it would be something MS might do. But I think doing that going for a blu-ray player add on is a bad mistake and would make microsoft look like there making a mistake to what format they first wanted.

[QUOTE="Ket87"]Its not unheard of. Sony made Beta-Max to compete against VHS. VHS became the format of choice so Sony went and started making VHS players. If Blu-Ray is the next format consumer electronics manufacturers will just roll with it. If MS makes a blu-ray player it wouldn't be too far-fetched. canadiankidd91

yeah since the HD-DVD is external and only used for watching movies not playing games it would be something MS might do. But I think doing that going for a blu-ray player add on is a bad mistake and would make microsoft look like there making a mistake to what format they first wanted.

i think more people would like a blu-ray player and microsoft did say longago they might have one if blu ray wins.
i would rather have microsoft make the add on, instead of being stubborn and sticking with hd dvd.

they sould change to blue ray since they wanna make money for one reason

the people who dont take care of there stuff well leave there disc laying around

btw the blue ray disc are are not coded well like the dvd disc whitch means it will get more skreatchs = more money comeing out of stupid people pokets lol

I hate blu-ray because it's the reason GTA was delayedluvleafs

was the ps3 version the reason the reason from the delay? I thought that was a rumor. Did rockstar ever confirm what the delay was about? BTW since we're on this topic theres a trailer 4 comming soon for GTA IV.

Its a rumor, Rockstar never confirmed it and I'm pretty sure they denied it at some point. That also wouldn't explain the delay in the 360 version now would it.

The game was delayed cause it wasn't ready to be released. Go back and watch the first trailer, the Frame Rate was terrible and the game had very little polish. So why do you think it was really delayed?

Because Sony is evil!

Because fanboys are pathetic?


I don't know.

well what could this mean fo ms it may have to make a lot of back tracking cos we all know it will happen got the news from games pro.com check it out krakout31

Microsoft has nothing to do with HD-DVD and Blu-ray. They make the players as an expansion butit's an extra and it has nothing to do with the 360. I didnt understand why they didnt make a player that could play HD-DVD and Blu-ray at the same time from the start.

People who bought the HD-DVD player bought it because they believe HD-DVD was going to win not because they needed to buy it to play 360 games.

I have the hd dvd add on for the 360 and do not regret buying it. Some movies on both hd dvd and blu ray have better features on the hd dvd versions from my experience. No regions on hd dvd was a big plus to me. I live in Australia, so getting hd dvd movies from overseas that we do not get here was very easy.

I also recently purchased a pc that plays both blu ray and hd dvd discs. In the end hd dvd or blu ray, it really doesn't matter to me who 'wins'. That I have hd dvds and 'if' blu ray 'wins' then I can still play my hd dvd movies and just buy the blu ray ones from then on, whatever. Also I have found programs that allow me to 'open' my pc to any region of blu ray discs, so now that isn't a problem anymore.

I'm more interested in games, to me the 360 is more than enough and am looking forward to watching hd movies no matter what format it is on. Good on MS for keeping the blu ray option open, as they have said from the start. At least they give 'us' the choice, unlike others!

you know...first, sony has to let themFood_Nipple

Incorrect, If/when Blu-ray becomes standard media Sony cant legally stop anyone from using them plus sony own less then half of Blu-Ray (i think) meaning its not their choice, besides why would sony stop them? MS could stop allowing the Vista format on VAIO laptops

I don't thinks it's possible. Isn't blu ray a sony exclusive rights thing?BrianLittrell

No it part Developed

Sony owns the logo, but, like CD and SACD, it was developed with Philips.
Contributing to the development of the format were/are **** Pioneer, Thomson, LG Electronics, Hitachi, Sharp and Samsung.
The current Board of Directors is comprised of:

Apple
Dell
HP
Hitachi
LG
Mitsubishi Electric
Panasonic
Pioneer
Philips
Samsung
Sharp
Sony
Sun Microsystems
TDK
Thomson
Twentieth Century Fox
Walt Disney
Warner Bros.

Sony does not "own" Blu-ray.

Even MS have some part of it as one of the codecs used is MS developed

[QUOTE="Food_Nipple"]you know...first, sony has to let themukillwegrill

Incorrect, If/when Blu-ray becomes standard media Sony cant legally stop anyone from using them plus sony own less then half of Blu-Ray (i think) meaning its not their choice, besides why would sony stop them? MS could stop allowing the Vista format on VAIO laptops

and in the end its just about the games we all want and love to play aint it folks. oh happy days r shining bright for the ps3 me thinks lets wait and c what happens eh? but i know who my money is on8)krakout31

THough this entire discussion had nothing in the the least what so ever to do about games. Blu-Ray won the format war its obvious and if someone doesn't think so they are in some sort of obscene denial. PS3 is really going to get a boost in sales because of the BD playback now. But thats neither here nor there we are simply talking about a Blu-Ray player add on for 360. Because blu ray winning doesn't effect the 360 at all it only affect people who actually purchased the HD-DVD add on.

MS doesn't seem to care about either format. Pharaun69

Half the reason why I got the 360 for gaming. I honestly don't care which format is favored, as long as it doesn't affect the games being produced. Movies sales is good for profit, but it doesn't magically produce better game selection and functionality.
Speaking of which, why does so many think MS making a Blu-ray accessory is a bad call?! I was happy they didn't force feed HD on us and I'm even more stoked at the idea that Sony's major trump card is nothing more than a simple add on to the 360. Pay as you please, and realize regular DVD's are really not that bad ;)

I guess there is a little misinformation here, Microsoft themselves are NOT going to use blu-ray instead of HD-dvd, but they will let the blu-ray accessory be devolped and sold by a 3rd party. Microsoft themselves are apparently still so damn proud of their HD-DVD (maybe because of porn is allowed on it ;))DoomZaW

ANd where does your information come from because everyone here is just speculating about one there hasn't been any info on it?

[QUOTE="DoomZaW"]I guess there is a little misinformation here, Microsoft themselves are NOT going to use blu-ray instead of HD-dvd, but they will let the blu-ray accessory be devolped and sold by a 3rd party. Microsoft themselves are apparently still so damn proud of their HD-DVD (maybe because of porn is allowed on it ;))Ket87

ANd where does your information come from because everyone here is just speculating about one there hasn't been any info on it?

Actually it has been heavely hinted that MS will xconsider using blu-ray instead of HD-DVD (Y would they back the loser)