uknightbreed
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just been reading a few articles about the future of consoles.
apparantly xbox are refusing to install blu ray on there current and future projects(next xbox = minimum 2/3years away).
now this is not only becouse they dont want to pay there rivals (sony) but also becouse they reckon the blu ray format or 'in the hand ' media is dead/dying and has no future.
now i like the ps3 but its accused of being nothing more than a glorified over priced blu ray player , xbox is cheaper and has better online content (but doesnt play bluray or have a web browser), it outsells the ps3 approx 2-1, the wii isnt hi def and doesnt play blu ray or even dvd , but it is outselling the xbox and ps3 combined approx 2-1.
one article i read says that when hd dvd fell through , the sale of bluray disks and players should have increased but if anything the sales rates havent increased anywhere nere the expected levels for a so called dominant technology.
(85% of all blu ray players in homes are ps3's).
wii , ipod and iphone sales figures are proof that consumers are still spending on the 'right' product but in this case are still content with using a plain old dvd for a cheaper price.
another interesting point is that games developers are not taking too kindly to the blu ray game format.(apparently blu ray is pretty much still a beta format and often has teething problems)
now microsoft reckon the future is actually in downloading games straight to a hard drive over your internet connection and there will be no need for a 'disk drive' as such.
a lot of people are saying this wont work due to harddrive sizes and bandwidth caps , aswell as the fact not everyone uses the internet and many would still want to buy a product from a shop which you can hold in your hand (ie a dvd or blu ray game/film).
but i can see what microsoft are getting at.
with 50 mb uncapped internet connections being rolled out this year (virginmedia started yesterday) , i cant see downloading games/films/music being a problem as long as the next xbox/ps has atleast a terabyte + hard drive .
also , instead of buying the disk i cant see any reason why you cant have a few gig memory stick which you take to a shop , buy the game , which is then ported onto your memory stick , the stick is then placed into your console and ports the game to your harddrive.
this will save on the costs of manufacturing the disks and the packaging which would reduce the cost to the consumer.(no more stacks of dvd cases and no more scratched disks problems aswell)
with the game running from the hardrive it would result in bigger games with faster load times.
so my question ? is dvd , hd dvd (dead already )and bluray a technology thats worth investing in ?
or are memory sticks , hard drives and downloads the future of purchasing and playing media ?
apparantly xbox are refusing to install blu ray on there current and future projects(next xbox = minimum 2/3years away).
now this is not only becouse they dont want to pay there rivals (sony) but also becouse they reckon the blu ray format or 'in the hand ' media is dead/dying and has no future.
now i like the ps3 but its accused of being nothing more than a glorified over priced blu ray player , xbox is cheaper and has better online content (but doesnt play bluray or have a web browser), it outsells the ps3 approx 2-1, the wii isnt hi def and doesnt play blu ray or even dvd , but it is outselling the xbox and ps3 combined approx 2-1.
one article i read says that when hd dvd fell through , the sale of bluray disks and players should have increased but if anything the sales rates havent increased anywhere nere the expected levels for a so called dominant technology.
(85% of all blu ray players in homes are ps3's).
wii , ipod and iphone sales figures are proof that consumers are still spending on the 'right' product but in this case are still content with using a plain old dvd for a cheaper price.
another interesting point is that games developers are not taking too kindly to the blu ray game format.(apparently blu ray is pretty much still a beta format and often has teething problems)
now microsoft reckon the future is actually in downloading games straight to a hard drive over your internet connection and there will be no need for a 'disk drive' as such.
a lot of people are saying this wont work due to harddrive sizes and bandwidth caps , aswell as the fact not everyone uses the internet and many would still want to buy a product from a shop which you can hold in your hand (ie a dvd or blu ray game/film).
but i can see what microsoft are getting at.
with 50 mb uncapped internet connections being rolled out this year (virginmedia started yesterday) , i cant see downloading games/films/music being a problem as long as the next xbox/ps has atleast a terabyte + hard drive .
also , instead of buying the disk i cant see any reason why you cant have a few gig memory stick which you take to a shop , buy the game , which is then ported onto your memory stick , the stick is then placed into your console and ports the game to your harddrive.
this will save on the costs of manufacturing the disks and the packaging which would reduce the cost to the consumer.(no more stacks of dvd cases and no more scratched disks problems aswell)
with the game running from the hardrive it would result in bigger games with faster load times.
so my question ? is dvd , hd dvd (dead already )and bluray a technology thats worth investing in ?
or are memory sticks , hard drives and downloads the future of purchasing and playing media ?
