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Format wars? PS3 vs Xbox360, BD vs HD-DVD, SACD vs DVD-Audio
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Jens



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 4:37 pm    Post subject: Re: Format wars? PS3 vs Xbox360, BD vs HD-DVD, SACD vs DVD-A Reply with quote

The Seventh Taylor wrote:
given the position of Microsoft against Sony in the console arena, pitting Xbox360 against PlayStation3 and supporting HD-DVD against Blu-ray Disc, wouldn't the logical thing to do for Microsoft be adding DVD-Audio support to Xbox360 to compete with Super Audio CD on PS3?


If they had done so it would have given a different twist to the premise of this article

http://www.gameinformer.com/News/Story/200801/N08.0109.1252.20225.htm

namely that the BD vs HD-DVD format war is different from all previous ones (including SACD vs DVD-Audio) in the sense that the battle is not just about the boxes for the main application (e.g. video) but also a carrier for two powerful games consoles.

Anyway, it's a little late now to add it, and it would be difficult to defend PR-wise, just after the downfall of HD-DVD. DVD-Audio isn't exactly a winning format. Less so for sure than SACD.

Also in the way of the 'conspiracy theory' (letting two disc formats fail in order to let downloads flourish) it wouldn't be too useful because this isn't something Microsoft needs to stimulate.
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The Seventh Taylor



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 9:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The Digital Bits (http://www.thedigitalbits.com/mytwocentsa152.html#rd) has an interesting take on Microsoft's strategy with HD-DVD.

The article refers to this well-wrought article:

http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2008/02/21/lessons-from-the-death-of-hd-dvd/

I'm starting to give more credence to this 'conspiracy theory'.
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Jens



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 6:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

This quote from an interview with a Microsoft representative supports that very well:

“I would argue that we backed the right horse,” adding, “The horse that we’re fundamentally backing is the one that says the future of entertainment content is online digital distribution.”

See http://www.thatvideogameblog.com/2008/04/07/microsoft-reminds-us-again-that-digital-distribution-is-where-things-are-headed-eventually/
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FunkyMonkey



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 10:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Jens wrote:
This quote from an interview with a Microsoft representative supports that very well:

“I would argue that we backed the right horse,” adding, “The horse that we’re fundamentally backing is the one that says the future of entertainment content is online digital distribution.”

See http://www.thatvideogameblog.com/2008/04/07/microsoft-reminds-us-again-that-digital-distribution-is-where-things-are-headed-eventually/


Microsoft are being wayyyy too optmistic about movie downloads. THink about it - how many companies are actually incorporating this as a feature...compared to say pay monthly movie disk rentals, or compared to music downloads? I can't think of any apart from Microsoft on the Xbox. Not exactly a mass-market.

Add to this that the ISPs are asking the BBC to boost the ISPs' infrastructure because of the success of the VERY BLOCKY iPlayer, and what hope have ISP's of providing the systems that will allow even hundreds-of-thousands of HD movie downloads per week? Zilch for at least teh next 5 years.

In short, the X-Box will never be a movie machine, except for casual use, unless Microsoft add a Blu Ray player. Maybe the nexyt iteration will have one built-in. DOubt it though cos the present one is doing very well based on its recent price reducitons. So doubt that microsoft will change its strategy. They don't REALLY care about the 360 being a movie machine. It's an aside.
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Brandon B



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PostPosted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 1:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

FunkyMonkey wrote:
Microsoft are being wayyyy too optmistic about movie downloads. THink about it - how many companies are actually incorporating this as a feature


My Apple TV sheds a tear at your callous indifference to its existence.

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