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What disc drive do you think the next xbox will use?

DVD 11 4.64%
 
DVD 2.0 34 14.35%
 
Blu-ray 132 55.70%
 
HVD 24 10.13%
 
none dlc only 36 15.19%
 
Total:237
Playingwithfirex on 18 December 2009

but Blu-Ray is hardware that costs $99 per drive and that would also inflate the next gen's Xbox price tag



2010 Hardware Sales Predictions

Wii: 20m- Sales will drop, but not by much.

PS3: 13.5m- It sold 12m in 2009, its only common sense it will sell more this year.

Xbox 360: 11m- It sold 11m in 2008 and 2009, I think it will sell the same.

My Fanboy Speech...

Why do you have to make excuses to defend a product that you purchased, but that's the only connection you have to it, you don't make it, you don't lose or gain money on it. I don't see where all of the defensiveness comes in, there is no reason for you or anybody else to feel obligated to defend it. Now I would understand if one of you were a developer for the product and you slaved over said product only to hear somebody call it stupid or a piece of junk. But none of you developed it, none of you are mature enough to realize that. Choosing a product all comes down to preference, you chose said product because it is best for you. Simple as that!

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Playingwithfirex on 18 December 2009
coolbeans said:
Playingwithfirex said:
I don't know M$ would have to pay Sony straight out of their pockets for every Xbox sold, since Sony owns the rights to Blu-Ray

Actually MS has digital rights to Blue-Ray.

Where did you get that from, they don't. Simple as that, they can however use it but the have to pay patents to BDA



2010 Hardware Sales Predictions

Wii: 20m- Sales will drop, but not by much.

PS3: 13.5m- It sold 12m in 2009, its only common sense it will sell more this year.

Xbox 360: 11m- It sold 11m in 2008 and 2009, I think it will sell the same.

My Fanboy Speech...

Why do you have to make excuses to defend a product that you purchased, but that's the only connection you have to it, you don't make it, you don't lose or gain money on it. I don't see where all of the defensiveness comes in, there is no reason for you or anybody else to feel obligated to defend it. Now I would understand if one of you were a developer for the product and you slaved over said product only to hear somebody call it stupid or a piece of junk. But none of you developed it, none of you are mature enough to realize that. Choosing a product all comes down to preference, you chose said product because it is best for you. Simple as that!

ShadowSoldier on 18 December 2009

Blu Ray or their own take on HD-DVD



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Playingwithfirex on 18 December 2009
coolbeans said:
Playingwithfirex said:
coolbeans said:
Playingwithfirex said:
I don't know M$ would have to pay Sony straight out of their pockets for every Xbox sold, since Sony owns the rights to Blu-Ray

Actually MS has digital rights to Blue-Ray.

Where did you get that from, they don't. Simple as that, they can however use it but the have to pay patents to BDA

See for yourself..........http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu-ray_Disc

I see it there they share digital rights with alot of people but that doesn't exclude them from paying BDA for the patents they have on Blu-Ray, that just means that they have rights to distribute Blu-Ray content, doesn't give them rights to the Blu-Ray Drive, which Sony/Toshiba owns



2010 Hardware Sales Predictions

Wii: 20m- Sales will drop, but not by much.

PS3: 13.5m- It sold 12m in 2009, its only common sense it will sell more this year.

Xbox 360: 11m- It sold 11m in 2008 and 2009, I think it will sell the same.

My Fanboy Speech...

Why do you have to make excuses to defend a product that you purchased, but that's the only connection you have to it, you don't make it, you don't lose or gain money on it. I don't see where all of the defensiveness comes in, there is no reason for you or anybody else to feel obligated to defend it. Now I would understand if one of you were a developer for the product and you slaved over said product only to hear somebody call it stupid or a piece of junk. But none of you developed it, none of you are mature enough to realize that. Choosing a product all comes down to preference, you chose said product because it is best for you. Simple as that!

Aion on 18 December 2009

How about HD-DVD.



 

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Cypher1980 on 18 December 2009

Proprietry HD DVD

Technology exists
Cheap as DVD to burn a disk
DVD mass burner machines can be altered at near zero cost
Around half the cost to produce compared to BR
Given no mass media adoption therefore zero piracy

Its a no brainer



drakesfortune on 18 December 2009

It'll be BluRay. They'd be REALLY stupid to make a machine that can't play the dominant movie format, and they are not stupid. The format war will be unimportant and meaningless by that time.



kunaixhaku on 18 December 2009

no disc goin digital baby xbox live!



rckrz6 on 18 December 2009

dvd 2.0



Playingwithfirex on 18 December 2009

Sony and Microsoft have to pay each other back in forth because of patents. I believe it will be Blu-Ray but I also believe Microsoft will either sell at a loss or have a larger price tag, The PS3 is selling at $299 but is selling at a loss of about $49 I think, so 360 right now is using a DVD Drive if they use a Blu-Ray Drive like PS3 for the NextBox they will Either sell at a loss or sell at around $499



2010 Hardware Sales Predictions

Wii: 20m- Sales will drop, but not by much.

PS3: 13.5m- It sold 12m in 2009, its only common sense it will sell more this year.

Xbox 360: 11m- It sold 11m in 2008 and 2009, I think it will sell the same.

My Fanboy Speech...

Why do you have to make excuses to defend a product that you purchased, but that's the only connection you have to it, you don't make it, you don't lose or gain money on it. I don't see where all of the defensiveness comes in, there is no reason for you or anybody else to feel obligated to defend it. Now I would understand if one of you were a developer for the product and you slaved over said product only to hear somebody call it stupid or a piece of junk. But none of you developed it, none of you are mature enough to realize that. Choosing a product all comes down to preference, you chose said product because it is best for you. Simple as that!