http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/10/19/360-to-get-built-in-hd-dvd-drive-in-late-2008/ Engadget HD Comments for http://www.engadgethd.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadgethd.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/10/19/360-to-get-built-in-hd-dvd-drive-in-late-2008/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/10/19/360-to-get-built-in-hd-dvd-drive-in-late-2008/Oct 19th 2007 4:03PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/10/19/360-to-get-built-in-hd-dvd-drive-in-late-2008/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/10/19/360-to-get-built-in-hd-dvd-drive-in-late-2008/
I'd say a Blu-ray add on is more likely than a built in Hd DVD drive]]>Oct 19th 2007 4:09PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/10/19/360-to-get-built-in-hd-dvd-drive-in-late-2008/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/10/19/360-to-get-built-in-hd-dvd-drive-in-late-2008/Oct 19th 2007 5:01PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/10/19/360-to-get-built-in-hd-dvd-drive-in-late-2008/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/10/19/360-to-get-built-in-hd-dvd-drive-in-late-2008/
The truth is Microsoft really concerns itself with costs. Strategies are flexible, not robust. And many unexpected events have occured in the industry with Microsoft alone, i.e..

1) RROD admission &
2) Warranty extension to 3 yrs
3) CORE receives HDMI output
4) Black console w/the Elite
5) And the possibility that maybe, just maybe, Halo 3 won't win Game of the Year.

I purported on another blog that MS could adopt the HD VMD drive, same capabilities as HD DVD just a lower cost and readily available tech. So....don't be so quick to count it out. These days, you never know.
]]>Oct 19th 2007 5:17PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/10/19/360-to-get-built-in-hd-dvd-drive-in-late-2008/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/10/19/360-to-get-built-in-hd-dvd-drive-in-late-2008/Oct 19th 2007 5:33PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/10/19/360-to-get-built-in-hd-dvd-drive-in-late-2008/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/10/19/360-to-get-built-in-hd-dvd-drive-in-late-2008/Oct 19th 2007 11:14PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/10/19/360-to-get-built-in-hd-dvd-drive-in-late-2008/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/10/19/360-to-get-built-in-hd-dvd-drive-in-late-2008/Oct 19th 2007 5:26PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/10/19/360-to-get-built-in-hd-dvd-drive-in-late-2008/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/10/19/360-to-get-built-in-hd-dvd-drive-in-late-2008/Oct 19th 2007 5:33PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/10/19/360-to-get-built-in-hd-dvd-drive-in-late-2008/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/10/19/360-to-get-built-in-hd-dvd-drive-in-late-2008/You're kidding, right? The space on the disk has nothing to do with how "short" you think the game "feels" to you. Name a game on the PS3 that's better than either Halo3 or GoW, even with it's large space. Keep in mind also that Mass Effect has areas that the developers have never even been to yet because it's so expansive -- on a DVD.

If MS wants to release a 360 with an HD DVD player now, it actually kinda makes sense. Two years ago, no way - too expensive. Even a year ago, too expensive (as the PS3 proved). But at the end of 2008? Drive will be cheap, so why not? The tricky part is will any games need it? That opens up another can of worms if it's used for anything other than movies.]]>Oct 19th 2007 7:36PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/10/19/360-to-get-built-in-hd-dvd-drive-in-late-2008/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/10/19/360-to-get-built-in-hd-dvd-drive-in-late-2008/Oct 19th 2007 7:50PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/10/19/360-to-get-built-in-hd-dvd-drive-in-late-2008/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/10/19/360-to-get-built-in-hd-dvd-drive-in-late-2008/Oct 19th 2007 5:44PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/10/19/360-to-get-built-in-hd-dvd-drive-in-late-2008/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/10/19/360-to-get-built-in-hd-dvd-drive-in-late-2008/Oct 19th 2007 5:45PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/10/19/360-to-get-built-in-hd-dvd-drive-in-late-2008/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/10/19/360-to-get-built-in-hd-dvd-drive-in-late-2008/Oct 19th 2007 5:52PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/10/19/360-to-get-built-in-hd-dvd-drive-in-late-2008/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/10/19/360-to-get-built-in-hd-dvd-drive-in-late-2008/Oct 19th 2007 5:56PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/10/19/360-to-get-built-in-hd-dvd-drive-in-late-2008/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/10/19/360-to-get-built-in-hd-dvd-drive-in-late-2008/You couldn't help your self could you, yet another negative assault from team blu's "Embarrassment Promotions Officer", that's EPO for short.....................all though I must be honest, i did have a chuckle at this one :)]]>Oct 20th 2007 8:12AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/10/19/360-to-get-built-in-hd-dvd-drive-in-late-2008/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/10/19/360-to-get-built-in-hd-dvd-drive-in-late-2008/If you are being compensated in any way, shape, or form, from any of the companies backing Blu-Ray technologies, then more power to you!
...If not, then you're just being a childish d-bag that needs to focus your energies on something more meaningful in life.
]]>Oct 20th 2007 5:21PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/10/19/360-to-get-built-in-hd-dvd-drive-in-late-2008/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/10/19/360-to-get-built-in-hd-dvd-drive-in-late-2008/
If that makes any sense...]]>Oct 19th 2007 6:40PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/10/19/360-to-get-built-in-hd-dvd-drive-in-late-2008/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/10/19/360-to-get-built-in-hd-dvd-drive-in-late-2008/Oct 19th 2007 6:49PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/10/19/360-to-get-built-in-hd-dvd-drive-in-late-2008/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/10/19/360-to-get-built-in-hd-dvd-drive-in-late-2008/Oct 19th 2007 8:36PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/10/19/360-to-get-built-in-hd-dvd-drive-in-late-2008/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/10/19/360-to-get-built-in-hd-dvd-drive-in-late-2008/A developers view, XBOX 360 V PS3

http://www.hardcoreware.net/reviews/review-348-1.htm
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Actually Xbox 360 is the Genesis and PlayStation 3 is like the Super NES]]>Oct 19th 2007 10:31PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/10/19/360-to-get-built-in-hd-dvd-drive-in-late-2008/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/10/19/360-to-get-built-in-hd-dvd-drive-in-late-2008/Oct 19th 2007 11:25PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/10/19/360-to-get-built-in-hd-dvd-drive-in-late-2008/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/10/19/360-to-get-built-in-hd-dvd-drive-in-late-2008/Oct 20th 2007 1:42PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/10/19/360-to-get-built-in-hd-dvd-drive-in-late-2008/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/10/19/360-to-get-built-in-hd-dvd-drive-in-late-2008/Oct 20th 2007 4:02AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/10/19/360-to-get-built-in-hd-dvd-drive-in-late-2008/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/10/19/360-to-get-built-in-hd-dvd-drive-in-late-2008/Oct 20th 2007 6:30AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/10/19/360-to-get-built-in-hd-dvd-drive-in-late-2008/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/10/19/360-to-get-built-in-hd-dvd-drive-in-late-2008/Oct 20th 2007 11:28AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/10/19/360-to-get-built-in-hd-dvd-drive-in-late-2008/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/10/19/360-to-get-built-in-hd-dvd-drive-in-late-2008/
1. Complexity in programming is a LIMITATION. The PS3 artitecture is unlike any other...sorry but if you make a system, you HAVE to take into account the development community. Sony's arrogance finally caught to them. Developers aren't lazy, they need to concentrate on making games...not figuring out to get basic things done. Why do you think so many PS3 games are delayed?

2. The Graphics chip in the 360 is MORE POWERFUL than the PS3. This is a known fact.

3. HALO 3 is a great game, but no one every said it was revoluntionary.

3. Bungie DID NOT cut ties with MS because the want to do games "Without hardware limitations". Where did you brew this up? Show me a link. My guess is they want to make other games besides Halo, and they want to cash in their own success...its that simple.

4. By time developers can harnest the power of the PS3,guees what? The next generation will be upon us.

5. Name the last time in video game history that the more powerful system that came out a year later had inferior games?


I've owned a PS1 and PS2, but the PS3 is so far a joke. I'm tired of Sony overpromising and under delivering.]]>Oct 20th 2007 2:01PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/10/19/360-to-get-built-in-hd-dvd-drive-in-late-2008/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/10/19/360-to-get-built-in-hd-dvd-drive-in-late-2008/
I wouldn't say that for sure, people also said that of the PS2 because the Emotion Engine.

"5. Name the last time in video game history that the more powerful system that came out a year later had inferior games?"

If I listen to the Dreamcast fans, that would be the PS2, though I think they'd argue that the PS2 was inferior.

Anyways, I really didn't consider the 360+drive combination as a viable HD player system. If they were combined, I might consider them, because I wanted both a console and HD system. If I'm going to buy a separate component, it might as well be a good one, like a Toshiba player.]]>Oct 20th 2007 5:25PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/10/19/360-to-get-built-in-hd-dvd-drive-in-late-2008/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/10/19/360-to-get-built-in-hd-dvd-drive-in-late-2008/
"If I listen to the Dreamcast fans, that would be the PS2, though I think they'd argue that the PS2 was inferior."

PS2 was definetly more powerful than Dreamcast...its not to say the Dreamcast wasn't a great system, but the games on the PS2 definetly looked better. Was the PS2 MUCH MORE powerful...no.

I agree about the HD player...I'd rather have a stand alone player any day. Stand alone players play video much better than consoles.

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Well I just bought a Xbox 360 this weekend and didn't even consider the HD-DVD extension. It doesn't have much relevance in the mind of the consumer at this point. But, in about 9 months when the "HD war" becomes more lopsided, I'm positive it will gain market awareness....just like HDTV has. ]]>Oct 22nd 2007 9:33AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/10/19/360-to-get-built-in-hd-dvd-drive-in-late-2008/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/10/19/360-to-get-built-in-hd-dvd-drive-in-late-2008/Oct 21st 2007 9:13PM