kowenicki said:
Millennium said:
kowenicki said:
Millennium said:
I'm actually going to guess DVD again. The reason for this is that I'm absolutely certain of one thing: whatever comes on most new PCs at the time of the console's release, that's what the 360's successor will use. I doubt that Blu-Ray will be standard on most new PCs by then (if it ever becomes the standard, and I have some doubts about that). |
My last two laptops have had a blu-ray drive in them.
OT. There is no way they will use standard DVD in the next xbox.
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Let me guess: you got heavily customized versions of the super-high-end models. I'm well aware that Blu-Ray can be built into high-end PCs as an option nowadays. I was talking about coming standard on most PCs, which Blu-Ray currently does not.
Or, to put it another way, look around you: what PC games come on Blu-Ray? None yet, to my knowledge, which is strong evidence that the PC game makers are not confident in Blu-Ray's market penetration. Until that changes, Microsoft will not put Blu-Ray into its consoles, because that would create a significant difference between XBox and PC gaming. The whole point of the XBox platform is to win converts from the console to the PC, and Microsoft believes this cannot be done unless the experiences are as similar as possible.
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laptops... a HP one and now a Dell. nothing ridiculously high end actually...
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Yeah you don't have to spend too much to add a Blu-Ray drive to your laptop. I had the option of taking a slot-load Blu-Ray (read only) drive/DVD RW writer drive (more expensive) instead of a slot-load DL DVD RW drive for $150 more at Dell but since I have no interest in renting or buying Blu-Ray movies (I rarely rent/buy movies to begin with anyway), I passed on the option.
From what I've seen though, Blu-Ray is still not the standard though. You have to pay a bit extra ($150) for the Blu-Ray option since most of the time it's not included already like DL DVD RW's are now. But like I said, it's only a little bit. By the time the next gen hits, Blu-Ray burners on laptop will be standard. Let alone Blu-Ray read-only drives. So for sure the NextBox will use Blu-Ray.
