Rumor: Microsoft to Release Blu-Ray Player for 360 by May

gaming devices are media devices this generation.

wii - picture viewer, internet browser, mp3 player?

360 - mp3 player, dvd, movie downloads, hd-dvd add on

ps3 - picture viewer, internet browser, mp3 player, dvd, blu ray, movie downloads....

remember when consoles were used to only play games like when cell phones were only used to make phone calls? =p

oh...you know whats ironic? some of these sony/ps3 haters hate on the ps3 for its price, but they go out and buy a $500 iphone, rofl.

 

I think i've done an ok job of staying out of the fanboy fire but I can't help but correct things that are factually incorrect. As RC pointed out, the issues with the PS2 are nowhere near what they are with the 360. The failure rate of xboxs was at one time 33% and Microsoft was forced to offer a really rare 3 year manufactures warranty.

I find it really dumb that sequels should be discredited because they are sequels. It's better for good games just to stop? Odd also because the xbox is getting some really good sequels this year with Gears of War 2 and....I'm blanking but I'm pretty sure there is at least one more big one.


Look, there are obvious advantages that each system has over an other. To say one is better than an other in every regard is just blind fanboyism. I though the board moved on from that after tinman/myself/and...i forget the other kept doing it last year.

And yes, there are at least 3 xbox 360 fanboys on this board whether they want to admit it or not. And T,man. I also have microsoft products and an original xboxs. It does not mean that my posts last year were not fanboyism

 

Sam and Wink... can ya read this, please? It's what I've been saying over and over and over and over.

Liking one system over another is fine. But if you can't admit that each has SOME advantages over the other, that's a pretty big hint that you're a blind fanboy.

 

I did admit the PS3 has some advantages like a Blu-Ray player but shortly that advantage will be taken away by the add on Blu-Ray of the 360.

Explain to me which advantages the PS3 has over the Xbox please since its only real advantage is gone. Id love to see what you think is an advantage. Could it be the innovative controller? The great graphics the PS3 can produce over the 360? Id love to know. What about 1080p? Oops Xbox has it. HDMI? Xbox has it.

The xbox has the advantage currently. With a much larger library of VARIOUS games not just FPS like most Sony fanboys use. Built in rumble for controllers. Adaptive add ons. Centralized Internet Services. In-game guide. Streaming IN GAME ipod connectivity. Friends list. Custom Soundtracks. Anti-Aliasing (Less Jaggies)+ HDR at the same time. Faster streaming from CD to System so no pre-loading on to the hard drive. DivX playback. Streaming media from the PC to the Xbox. Thats all i got, feel free to add on to the list of advantages.

 

Why don't you go read my last 2 responses to that same question, since the answer is still the same? I could post the exact same thing a third time, but that's getting a little old.

I also like how you list rumble in controllers and DivX playback as 360 advantages, as if the PS3 doesn't have those.

 

I am aware that DivX is avail on PS3 but from what ive seen it works a tad better on Xbox, and unless you live in Japan or imported your DS3s I doubt you are playing them yet. After all rumble is a "last gen" product.

 

from what I've seen PS3s don't have a 33% failure rate.

 

Why is this such a big freaking deal?!

If you enjoy what you have, THEN WHO THE %$*& CARES???

You only need to justify your purchase to yourself. Nobody wants to hear your pointless arguing

 

*read.

READ your pointless arguing. It is pointless but so is teaching r****ded kids how to read.

 

I did import my DS3s; $60 apiece off eBay. Been using them for a week.




...but more importantly:

Hmmm... okay, so you say Blu-Ray playback is now irrelevant as a differentiating feature, simply because MS will come out with a Blu-Ray add-on in 4 months. That nullifies the PS3's BR advantage, you say.

...then you list rumble as a 360 advantage. Then, when I point out that the PS3 has that as well...

...like magic, the importance of rumble is downplayed! NOW you point out that it's "last gen" anyway! Funny about that!


Apparently, the PS3 getting rumble controllers in a month or two DOES NOT nullify the 360's rumble advantage, yet, the 360 getting a Blu-ray add-on in 4 months DOES nullify the PS3's BR playback advantage. It all makes sense now!

But you're not a fanboy, really. I believe in you!

 

Yanno when I called it a "last gen" feature i was MAKING FUN OF THE PS3.

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3157501

Please, read there where it says this straight from the HORSES MOUTH himself Phil Harrison on RUMBLE in the SIXAXIS: "I believe that the Sixaxis controller offers game designers and developers far more opportunity for future innovation than rumble ever did. Now, rumble I think was the last generation feature; it's not the next-generation feature. I think motion sensitivity is. And we don't see the need to do that. Having said that, there will be specific game function controllers, potentially like steering wheels that do include vibration or feedback function -- not from us but from third parties."

 

I suppose you're going to go into the GARM now and tell everyone to stop bickering over the merits of Bobby Jackson?

 

I don't care.

Why don't I post this again, to make sure you're getting it?


"Apparently, the PS3 getting rumble controllers in a month or two DOES NOT nullify the 360's rumble advantage, yet, the 360 getting a Blu-ray add-on in 4 months DOES nullify the PS3's BR playback advantage. It all makes sense now!

But you're not a fanboy, really. I believe in you!"

 

No. You said it was the ONLY advantage and I don't think you are correct in saying it loses this advantage with a HD-DVD ad-on.

360 games will still never be released on Blu-ray dics because a large percentage of the user base will not have the ad-on. PS3 developers have that extra storage option which means they can make a "bigger" game. In a similar regard, all PS3s come with a hard-drive standard and the 360 does not. This means that game developers can not compensate for the DVD restriction by using internal drives. Yea, developers can release 4 DVDs for a particular game but that only works with games that are linear like RPGs. You could not do that for say a fighter.

We are still talking about another ad-on which I to some extent is more annoying than an all in one. This also effects the pricing advantage the 360 enjoys. I'm guessing the blu-ray drive will debut at around 199$

Having said that, there are some big advantages that the 360 has that the PS3 cannot overcome. Many developers have complained about the smaller RAM on the PS3 which restricts the level of graphic detail they can do as compared on the 360.

If you would like me to name out more advantages I can but I feel that would just cause me to be labeled a "fanboy"

As someone said, Just enjoy playing whatever is you play and let others do the same.

 

No

I'm just saying trying to argue with people who have made the purchase already is a waste of time and board space. What are you going to accomplish? You think they're going to buy PS3s now because you're arguing? Are you going to buy the 360 after they have argued their points? Obviously not

Basketball opinions are different. If you own a product and you are happy with it, why waste the time arguing with people who bought the other version of the product?

 

How about this for a reason: I have an allergic reaction to people who ignore facts and make blatantly ignorant/contradictory statements?

And how are basketball opinions so different? Does the decision of this board have any relevance to what actually ends up happening?

 

Its a CURRENT advantage and as I said prior the PS3 CURRENTLY has the advantage in the BLU RAY area. Learn to interpret meaning.

PS3 has blu ray adv until Xbox comes out.

Xbox has the rumble advantage until DS3 comes out (in America, unless you live in japan or are the 1% who imported it.)

Lets end this argument its going no where. YOU UNJUSTLY love your PS3, I UNJUSTLY love my Xbox and HATE my PS3. Lets just wallow in the fact that probably both of us have more than 95% of this planet. Neither of us have budged because we are both right.

PS3=Xbox360 > Wii (in terms of power)
Wii> Xbox> PS3 (terms of sales)
Wii> Xbox> PS3 in terms of US Sales.
Xbox=PS3 in terms of user enjoyment how about that?

TRY to be civil, so MLK didnt die in vain.

 

You've ignored my last 2 replies to your various posts. I'll repeat myself.


No. You said it was the ONLY advantage and I don't think you are correct in saying it loses this advantage with a HD-DVD ad-on.

360 games will still never be released on Blu-ray dics because a large percentage of the user base will not have the ad-on. PS3 developers have that extra storage option which means they can make a "bigger" game. In a similar regard, all PS3s come with a hard-drive standard and the 360 does not. This means that game developers can not compensate for the DVD restriction by using internal drives. Yea, developers can release 4 DVDs for a particular game but that only works with games that are linear like RPGs. You could not do that for say a fighter.

We are still talking about another ad-on which I to some extent is more annoying than an all in one. This also effects the pricing advantage the 360 enjoys. I'm guessing the blu-ray drive will debut at around 199$

Having said that, there are some big advantages that the 360 has that the PS3 cannot overcome. Many developers have complained about the smaller RAM on the PS3 which restricts the level of graphic detail they can do as compared on the 360.

If you would like me to name out more advantages I can but I feel that would just cause me to be labeled a "fanboy"

As someone said, Just enjoy playing whatever is you play and let others do the same.

 

What exactly was there to reply with? Ive said all that before. The BLU-Ray will NEVER be used for games, granted the extra space would be nice but im not so lazy to change disks. It doesnt bother me or anyone else unless you are christopher reeve and his GOPHER lost power. Blu Rays should be used for MOVIES, since the DVD drive works fine for GAMES.

 

Yeah well that's a complete BS reason because it's impossible

And basketball opinions are different. None of us have any control over the team. Sure we can argue about who is the better player or if T-Mac sucks or not, but guess what, it's an opinion and some can be right or wrong. It has nothing to do with us.

BUT, if your PS3 makes YOU happy, then who the hell cares if someone has some ignorant belief about it? Just enjoy YOUR system because it is for YOU. There is no need to justify what makes you happy to someone else with something else that makes them happy. Why? Because they are already satisfied. Now if someone is asking what are the benefits and cons to each system, then yes list what you believe those are and let the person decide. You make purchases for your needs.