http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005-2007 by the authors Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:38:04 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/01/11/073821.php#comment-689822 What justification do you have on your comment that it is "obvious" that Nintendo will incorporate Blu-Ray into their next console? Nintendo have said on numerous occassion's that their consoles are for gaming not watching movies, hence why the GC and Wii don't have DVD playback. It doesn't need it, and I think to say that Nintendo's new console will have Blu-Ray and/or DVD is unsubstantial especially based on its last two consoles. 689822@blogcritics.org Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:38:04 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/01/11/073821.php#comment-689457 Download the movies in HD? We have a Microsoft fan! Not everyone wants to download movies. I am one of many who will always want a hard copy that I own. What you prefer, is not always what the entire public wishes for. 689457@blogcritics.org Mon, 21 Jan 2008 22:48:49 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/01/11/073821.php#comment-687374 Why would anyone want these players? They are just clutter, and a waste of space. Download the movie in HD. As cheap as hard drives are anymore, you can easily store HD movies in any format you like on a hard drive and keep your shelves open for more important things. As for all the video game units, there's a little thing called gameplay that they seemed to have forgotten about. Aside from the quick novelty of the Wii games, the games really haven't been that good on any of the systems. Pretty much rehashed the same old things from the old systems with slightly better graphics. Nothing worth spending over $150 for a system, or over $30 for the game... 687374@blogcritics.org Sun, 13 Jan 2008 00:38:51 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/01/11/073821.php#comment-687183 You guys are forgetting one more point. The PS3 has not done well, primarily, because of its price. Sony will be able, because of the large licensing fees, to float that revenue over to the PS3 and help shave off a signficant amount of cost. If the hd war dies soon, Sony will be able to produce a cheaper PS3 by artifically deflating the price. In the near future, there is a definite possibility that a PS3 could be sold for under $250. We shouldn't forget that Sony got rid of their insurance division in order to build up their coffers to deflect the pain that occured when they decreased the cost of the PS3. It is my belief that Sony executives actually planned this. The PS3 was used as a Trojan Horse for the purpose of capturing the hd disc market. This will give them access to the huge licensing fees. These fees would then be pumped into the PS3 so that it could recover the market share the PS2 gave up to the WII. What do you guys think? 687183@blogcritics.org Sat, 12 Jan 2008 01:52:14 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/01/11/073821.php#comment-687118 Strum - you where doing so well until the last two sentences. Then you convinced me you don't know what you talk about and are a MS fanboy. First - Blu-ray is not a proprietary format - you can buy a burner yourself, and there are lots of replication facilities all over the world for single layer BD - many are not coming online for dual layer. One right in Washington near me. Second - Anyone that supports BR is just a Sony fanboy? That's just plain wrong. BR has many advantages over the other format which is dead now. I have a large TV and I want Hi-Def media. BR has the best video and audio capability - and the data read is much faster than HD DVD. You seem to be the Anti-Sony fanboy... am I right? 687118@blogcritics.org Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:45:13 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/01/11/073821.php#comment-687079 This might come across as MS or Nintendo fanboy but it's not. I'm more of a business fanboy. First the article doesn't match the title. Second, I'm not sure how this impacts MS or Nintendo in any way. MS and Nintendo can still use the current format. MS is using DVD and WII is doing their thing. Going forward, the next gen of MS consoles and use live to download games if needed. They can also stick with DVDs. MS uses live to download movies and TV shows and the games all fit on a DVD. So what's the big reason to get a BR? I don't see why MS or Nintendo will be forced to use BR. It's a proprietary format and media. There are no 3rd party services that will burn BR media except one someplace in Asia. (Yeah like any vendor will trust them to keep their IP safe). Anyone that supports BR is just a PS3/Sony Fanboy. If you actually look at all the reasons to not support BR, from a consumer point of view, everyone would be buying HD. 687079@blogcritics.org Fri, 11 Jan 2008 17:26:24 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/01/11/073821.php#comment-687053 This article still doesn't tell me how BLU-RAY or HD/DVD will affect gamers.. all that it tells me is what the three companies might do in the future for DVD movies NOT gaming. Thanks 687053@blogcritics.org Fri, 11 Jan 2008 15:59:02 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/01/11/073821.php#comment-687013 Your analysis is right on. Sony has put themselves in a good position for the future, that is if cable TV, satellite TV and online gaming don't go 1080P in the next few years. 687013@blogcritics.org Fri, 11 Jan 2008 13:28:44 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/01/11/073821.php#comment-686960 I agree 100% 686960@blogcritics.org Fri, 11 Jan 2008 09:23:36 EST