Oh absolutely. The Xbox360 is turning into a modern day Sega Genesis with all the major hardware upgrades.

Because of the installation base of close to 11M consoles that don't have the HD-DVD standard, MS can't just start putting games on that format.

Release a Halo3 HD-DVD version, and you'll ignite riots.

 

oh, he's saying currently, there's no HD-DVD.


now they'll have consoles that are HD-DVD enabled ... consoles without.

Just like the Genesis ... some had the SegaCD ... some had the 32X ... etc. Sega ended up developing 3 types of games for 1 console, completely tearing apart their own customer base.

 

hd-dvd add-on $200, win

can that thing play games though?

 

ahhhhh.... reading ownz me h:



good point..very good point.

 

No it doesn't which is why I don't get why their price is increasing. All they're doing is adding a 120gb hard drive + hdmi out and possibly a new chip. This doesn't warrant such an increase in the pricing IMO. 100 Dollars over the current premium for HDMI out + 120GB hard drive blah.

They were trying to be competitive with the price because we all know if HD-DVD was standard then their price would be the same as the PS3. Problem is now HD-DVD is not winning the format war which they could have been if the 360 had it from the beginning. Since they aren't winning the format war I wouldn't expect anyone to be purchasing any HD-DVD's and them phasing it out like they did BETA.

 

HD DVD movie data is passed though the 360. I don't see why game data couldn't do the same thing. Since it's USB2, you can theoretically hit a 480Mb stream of data.

With a system software upgrade, I'm guessing sure ... why not?

The only stopping point would be the small HDD (20gbs). If you'd need a huge chunk of that allocated for load buffering.




But, MS said they wouldn't make an HD-DVD game.

 

how about we discuss once Microsoft releases an official announcement? h:

 

Well think about it, 360 Premium is at 400 bucks + Tax. HD-DVD drive is $200 + tax. That puts it at 600 Integrated = Cost of PS3. Additionally if you were to add 120 GB hard drive + HDMI out the price will still be at 600 integrated if they were going to take a larger loss.

 

so with that being said, sony will suppy their competition with blue-ray drives? :chuckles: that would be way too funny

 

well yeah it comes out to $600, but people won't think of it like that. People have had their 360's for a long time now and have forgotten how much they paid, so $200 for the hd-dvd add-on is nothing because it is only $200. Get what I mean?