Posted by Alpha on 09/27/05 04:32

"Jay G." <Jay@tmbg.rg> wrote in message
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> elrous0@pop.uky.edu wrote:
>>Jay G. wrote:
>>> With it incorporated into PS3, what's going to happen is that a lot of
>>> consumers are going to have a Blu-Ray player in the house almost
>>> by default, while getting a HD-DVD player would be a seperate
>>> decision. The PS2 was for a lot of people their first DVD player as
>>> well.
>>
>>Yep, this gives blu-ray a major advantage, particularly if the PS3
>>really takes off in sales and will play blu-ray movies right out of the
>>box (I'm not sure if they've confirmed that yet).
>>
>>MS, on the other hand, is taking a considerable risk by rushing the
>>Xbox 360 to market with just a standard DVD drive (and multiple
>>configurations, one without even a hard drive).
>
> Yeah, multiple X-box 360 configurations is going to be problematical.
> Consumers are use to being able to play any game for a system
> in their machine. With multiple configurations, gamers are going
> to have to check the "system requirements" of a game to see
> if it'll work on their 360. Of course, PS2 had something like this
> with the network connector and harddrive, but those were considered
> more optional then than they are now.
>
> With the possibillity of a revised 360 with HD-DVD later on,
> developers are going to face the issue of either making a
> game that doesn't work on the early adopter's machines,
> one that doesn't take advantage of the increased storage,
> or make two versions of the game, one for each drive type.
>
> -Jay

They are likely to make multiple versions of the game, with the HD-DVD
version the Super Deluxe Collector's Edition.

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