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Jessman on 25 March 2008

Blu-ray will serve as the next format, but only for a short time.... i think internet will have a major breakthrough soon enough.



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dallas on 26 March 2008

I dunno.... I think that people like having collections visible, it's the acquisitive get more money get more stuff thing. You can't have a cool collection of HD movies on a zip disk, even if they are in HD. You'll still be only to put a handful of movies on your 360 or 720 b/c HD will eat up space like no tomorow. So, only being able to put a maximum of 5 or 6 HD movies on one machine is gonna limit the sales that the 720 and even MS's upcoming HD-download service.



akuma587 on 26 March 2008

The PS3 will be able to use Netflix, but only if you get a $3 disc from Netflix. Sony should have their own movie service up soon, maybe even as early as the update which overhauls the PS Store.



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dallas on 26 March 2008

so....when will I be able to use my mastery of the mishima style karate to beat you in tekken 6?



hotrodx on 26 March 2008

How about Blue-Ray for non-movie content (like the PS3). Will the next XBOX have blue ray drive for storage? The PC?

Or do you guys think that the next gen of consoles will be focusing more on DLC and less on retail-based distribution?



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dallas on 26 March 2008

Well, it has recently been reported that MS's negotiations with Sony about putting a BD drive on as the 360-addon or otherwise are now dead in the water. So.... probably not.



Lone_Canis_Lupus on 26 March 2008

There are a few problems with the whole "download is the future" claims.

1. Bandwidth...not every ISP allows you unlimited bandwidth...probably very few actually. HD videos will waste a huge chunk of bandwidth for people.

2. Speed. I doubt very many people buy the highest package their ISP offers...most probably get the basic 768k highspeed if they can get it in their area. At 768k, it will take forever and a day just to download one HD movie.

3. Space. Hard Drives aren't infinite you know, they run out of space. With physical discs, you aren't limited to how many movies you can have. You can have as many movies as there are discs.

Not only those...but we haven't really reached a time where the average person is tech-savvy for that kind of thing. Hell, I doubt the average person is very tech-savvy to understand they need an HDMI cable for HD without being told by someone else when buying and HDTV. Ok...maybe that's underestimating people a little...but I live in an area where most parents need their kids help to set up a DVD player.



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cwbys21 on 26 March 2008
kingofwale said:
cwbys21 said:
I don't understand why people keep saying that downloads are the future. I do not live in a big town, most of the worlds population doesn't, and to get speeds that you would need to not only download one real high def movie but multiple is expensive. Also, not everyone is tech savvy enough to stream movies (if that technology even exists) at a high enough speed to the TV for high def let alone burn the movie onto a disc to play in a player. But with HDTVs being pretty much the only thing you can buy now a days and TVs not lasting forever, more and more people will get HDTVs.

Well, I live in a big town, top 10 biggest city in the world and I'm getting 6Kp/s via Itune right now, (donwloading my IGN podcast). and I'm paying 40 bucks a month for cable internet with 25 GB quota. I'm having problem loading this page right now.

 

Now, are you going to tell me download is the future? Prove it to me.


 Is that question directed at me or is it a question directed at someone who thinks downloads are the future of movies?



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Delusional on 26 March 2008
kingofwale said:
 

Well, I live in a big town, top 10 biggest city in the world and I'm getting 6Kp/s via Itune right now, (donwloading my IGN podcast). and I'm paying 40 bucks a month for cable internet with 25 GB quota. I'm having problem loading this page right now.

 

Now, are you going to tell me download is the future? Prove it to me.


 Holy crap? 6kps for 40bucks a month? I pay 19 bucks a month AFTER tax and sometimes I get as much as 181kps. :P



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HappySqurriel on 26 March 2008

In 2005 there were approximately 350 Million broadband internet subscribers worldwide (including business subscriptions) ... If you make the assumption that 20% of those are for home use and fast enough for movie downloads that means that there are more people today who could take advantage of a movie download service then will have bought into Blu-Ray by 2010.