Comments for: Microsoft: No Blu-ray talks are going on

#24. Posted at 04:10 AM on Mar 14th 2008

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Corrado

All the people that say that the Wii is the 'winner' are kidding themselves. Most people with a Wii that I know no longer touch it. The novelty wore off, and the fact that I STILL can't goto the store and buy one over 2 years in is a testament to how little Nintendo cares. If you can't ramp up production in TWO YEARS you're either really stupid, or doing it on purpose and I don't think the big N is stupid.

The winner so far this gen with people that actually spend money on games is MS and the 360. Theres a reason the game attach rate on the 360 is nearly double that of the other 2 systems. There are no 'gamer' games out on Wii. Its all casual mini-game BS. I feel like Nintendo has alienated me to the point I no longer WANT their system. Smash Brothers, Metroid, Mario and Zelda. Big surprise that these are the only actually good games huh?

#24, Gotta say, I agree with this take on things. I ask my gamer ... : Magnus (#26) «

#24, Wii is the winner because it is the one making a profit. PS3... : Xenolith (#27) «

#27, The 360 is no longer being sold at a loss. If you count t... : Pettytheft (#28) «

#27, According to Wiki, Sony pretty much breaks even on the 40... : Vrock (#33) «

#24, We may be kidding ourselves by proclaiming Wii the winner. B... : BKA (#29) «

#29, I can't fathom WHY Nintendo would purposely cause a short... : Corrado (#34) «

#34, Car analogy fails. PS3 and 360 are not exotic, prototy... : Krogoth (#35) «

#34, Well, I don't work for Nintendo or have insight into t... : BKA (#36) «

#24, when a system is cheap, popular, and easy to develop for, yo... : willyolio (#30) «

#24, You could said the same thing for the PS1 at its heyday. Yet... : Krogoth (#31) «

#31, for all those saying Nintendo isn't trying you have to un... : clone (#37) «

#37, with only the sales sector and a meager amount of reve... : BKA (#39) «

#24, I agree. In terms of actual gaming and usage the Wii is the ... : Unckmania (#38) «

#18. Posted at 06:41 PM on Mar 13th 2008

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ssidbroadcast

*shrug* Maybe Microsoft will adopt a proprietary optical disc format for its next system. It wouldn't be unprecedented. Both the Dreamcast and the Gamecube had their own special formats (they weren't DVDs).

#18, The Dreamcast's system was more a proprietary laser that fit... : StashTheVampede (#20) «

#20, Huh. I'm not sure I follow what you're saying. IIRC the D... : ssidbroadcast (#22) «

#22, According to Wiki: GD-ROM which was just like a high d... : DrDillyBar (#23) «

#23, We burned an emulator onto a CD and played Doom on ... : grantmeaname (#25) «

#18, Actually the DC had two LEDs one for its proprietary GD-ROMs... : Krogoth (#32) «

#1. Posted at 04:37 PM on Mar 13th 2008

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ish718

Bluray should only be implemented in the next xbox, not the 360.
Having to buy a bluray add on drive will suck balls

#1, Honestly, how could the "next" Xbox NOT have some form of ea... : StashTheVampede (#2) «

#2, and jeebus, the load times would be way better on a SSD g... : cygnus1 (#4) «

#4, Adopt SSDs and they'll get even cheaper! Hell, Nintend... : StashTheVampede (#5) «

#5, I can see it now, Cartridge gives a blank screen>pu... : BKA (#6) «

#6, There was a Game Genie that worked equally well ... : StashTheVampede (#7) «

#5, exactly. and they wouldn't need to use the same fla... : cygnus1 (#11) «

#2, After downloading The Orange Box from Steam the day befor... : ew (#8) «

#8, That's a perfect example of a game that people have be... : StashTheVampede (#10) «

#10, Your right. It is still faster to get in your car a... : ew (#12) «

#2, Do we all honestly believe 100% digital distribution will... : ew (#9) «

#9, Lol, don't forget the 4xAA being saved onto the disc. ... : Heiwashin (#14) «

#14, Surely you're not serious. : Anomymous Gerbil (#21) «

#9, Yes, game engines aren't large -- it's the assets that... : StashTheVampede (#15) «

#15, The designer will stop doing that if consumers star... : ew (#16) «

#16, That could happen too, sure. What that *may* end... : StashTheVampede (#17) «

#19. Posted at 08:09 PM on Mar 13th 2008, Edited at 08:15 PM on Mar 13th 2008

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clone

Microsoft is in quite a debacle and to be honest I don't believe Blu Ray will change anything.

what MS has to do is drop the Xbox's price again to reflect it's lack of blu Ray, the less spendy cpu they equipped it with and the one time expense graphics they paid ATI to design for the Xbox in the beginning......and then do an add campaign with some serious bragging about the 3 year warranty and then show off some of the better known games.

PS3 isn't the winner Nintendo's WII is with a solid win on 2 fronts very playable and "fun" games along with being very affordable, if MS is really interested in winning which they certainly can just by soaking up all the Xbox live revenue to offset the hardware problems they are having then they'd best become alot more aggressive and knock that price down much closer if not less than Nintendo's Wii than it is to PS3.

#13. Posted at 05:13 PM on Mar 13th 2008

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Vrock

The longer MS delays, the less sense a Blu-ray add-on will make. *Quality* players will hit $300 by the end of this year.

#3. Posted at 04:50 PM on Mar 13th 2008, Edited at 04:50 PM on Mar 13th 2008

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cygnus1

meant to reply to #2