So what physical medium will Microsoft be using for their next gen console?

[Sardauk]

Pristine20 said:

twesterm said:

Sardauk said:

sguy78 said:

Sardauk said:

Digital distribution, with prepaid cards available at retailers.

Physical medium.

Paper then

Now that I'm thinking of it, it makes even more sens to have alonger lifecycle for the current gen... otherwise they would be forced to take the Blu-Ray.

Why do people think MS using BluRay is such an inconceivable thing?  Just because the PS3 using it doesn't mean it's a Sony only thing or some admission of supreme defeat using it.

If it's the next format, it's the next format.  If HDDVD had won, Sony would probably use that in their next console assuming it was still around when their next console was released.

I still can't understand why so many people think along those lines.

It is not about using BR or not. It is about selling direclty to the customer via DD.

Nowadays, only videos and cutscenes justify the BR and MS already showed that they can stream that kind of content via silverlight.

I'm less sure about the necessity of physical media for VG.