I guess I'm gonna have to get a HDDVD player after all ;)

I didn't realise japan already had some titles released, but in the states they are racing for the first hi def title release.

Plus MS didn't even put support for either HDDVD or Blu-ray in the box with vista, you might want to recheck. Also the 32 bit version of Vista will NEVER support HD. So how could they put Vista on a format they don't fully support? I'm just asking here, not really trying to start anything....BTW, why are we talking about this in this thread anyways? Oh well I love talking about all the techie stuff. I can get more articles on this, just search "vista hd dvd" and you'll hear it all.

http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/vista-will-not-support-blu-ray-or-hd-dvd-playback-out-of-the-box-or-on-most-PCs/

Vista will not support Blu-ray or HD DVD playback out-of-the-box or on most PCs

Posted Aug 24th 2006 9:21AM by Thomas Ricker
Filed under: Home Entertainment, Media PCs

For all the noise Microsoft made about Vista supporting HD DVD you'd think we'd be able to play those studio-released, HD DVD titles right out of the box right? Not so childrens, at least not in Australia according to c|net. See, Mark O'Shea, a Microsoft OEM systems engineer (not exactly an executive level position, mind you) sez that version 11 of the Windows Media Player shipping with Vista will not support playback for commercial Blu-ray or HD DVD films. By this, we assume he means that WMP11 won't include the ability to decrypt AACS encoded titles. For that you'll have to use third party software like PowerDVD from Cyberlink or Intervideo's WinDVD BD, neither of which is currently available for retail but may (or may not) ship with your BD or HD DVD drive. Then it'll all work, right? Maybe, but if your media rig is pumping video over DVI or HDMI then you'd better be sure your graphics card, driver, and display all support HDCP (not just HDCP ready) if you expect to decrypt that High Definition digital signal. All assuming your CPU or GPU has the muscle to decode the HD compression codecs to begin with. Heads' spinning yet? Sure, so go ahead, lie down for a bit, we'll understand why you put off your next-gen optical PC drive purchase while the DRM gets a bit, say, more consumer friendly.

Update: Oh my. Microsoft just announced that they won't support high definition playback on 32-bit versions of Vista, at all! In other words, unless you've recently upgraded to a Core 2 Duo or similar 64-bit processor, you won't be using that new Blu-ray or HD DVD drive to playback studio films when you upgrade to Vista. If that's your gig then you'd best get saving for a whole new rig, son, cause your old digs won't cut it.

Gee, and here I though High Definition wasn't that big a deal, I guess I was wrong though and its obviously the most important aspect of anything ever since oxygen was introduced to our atmosphere. Damn anything that isn't HD!!! Can it even be called technology if it isn't HD? Why don't they just put an abacus in the box instead of Windows Vista.

Here's an article that I consider to be logically sound on the MGS4 discussion:

http://www.destructoid.com/blogs/BuckF1tches/oh-konami-tell-me-those-three-words-i-long-to-hear--31955.phtml

To summarize: no, Konami still hasn't openly said that MGS4 will be coming to the 360. Yes, it's quite likely it will do so, at some point, but almost certainly not as a simultaneous launch with the PS3 version.

Can we all agree this is logical and just let it die until Konami says differently?  

Pic from kotaku blog: Priceless.

Dolla Dolla said: Pic from kotaku blog: Priceless.

 MS should just buy Konami and get this franchise only on the 360 and proceed to ruin it after...

wow still going. If it ever make sit to 360, the official word wont come untill after its released on PS3. Which pretty much will make it meaningless.

"This insane amount of commenting would never have happend if PS3 early adopters were not scared as fuck that they bought the wrong system." This is from another forum, but applicable here

Excuse some people for using their brain OMG whats the world coming to?