The biggest news at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last January was not the birth of a new product but the death of one.
A decision by Warner Brothers to withdraw support for the HD DVD video disc format sent shock waves through the electronics industry and appeared to hand the future of home entertainment to Blu-ray, a rival format.
The move set the stage for this year's Consumer Electronics Show, which starts Wednesday under the dark cloud of a recession and a sharp downturn in consumer spending. Nearly two million square feet of convention hall will be stocked with the latest mobile phones, portable music players, digital cameras and expensive flat-screen televisions.
But many eyes will be on Blu-ray, which for the first time has the floor largely to itself as the heir apparent to the DVD.
Square Enix launches Final Fantasy X 25th anniversary site, revealing new Nomura art, books, music releases, and merchandise.
Look I know VIII has its issues and all that but how on earth can the do big anniversary events with new artwork and merchandise for VII, IX and X yet VIII got sweet f*** all.
They could have given it something during its 25th anniversary yet all it got was a single Happy Anniversary post on their social media.
they should know that we are OG fans of VIII as it sold truckload as well. not as much as VII or X. I personally didn't like IX but X and VI are my personal fav.
Shadow Hearts 2 covenant is another game I love. I hope one day someone can make remake, I would be delighted
Final Fantasy VIII is great and you are always the first to defend it in the comments
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A brutal reset, a smarter story, and a return to what made it great—Mortal Kombat (2011) revived the series.
Underrated comment. I used to hate that game so much that any time my siblings asked me to play it, I just picked Hom and shut myself down mid-match.
15 years went by so fast. I remember playing through the story mode at launch.
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bu bu the blu ray is kicking dvd ass in a short term than the dvd that is not sarcasmn
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Another story who's writer doesn't know the facts.
DD is not a threat now, and won't be for several years.
The HD movies on Apple’s iTunes Store or Vudu just barely make the cut as being able to call them "HD", they are far below the 1080p resolutions that BD delivers.
The future is only fuzzy for the un-informed.
With digital conversion February 17, 2009 and falling HDTV/Blu-ray/Blu-ray player prices, the average consumers (as they did with DVD) will soon know more than enough about Blu-ray.
DD will not happen for a long, long time. Til the internet 'globally' is upto a standard that can accept movies being downloaded or streamed in a quality to match blu-ray, then maybe, but given the issues surrounding how i own something i've downloaded compared to buying a physical product, i imagine many will stick to a disc based media, with DD supported that by a small percentage
Digital downloads are stuck in the "rental" queue for now. For purchasing, Blu-ray is the hands-down preferred HD avenue. I just don't think the internet connections are ready. And also, this guy's crazy if he thinks discs will be completely gone in the next few years. Few years, meaning 10-15 years, maybe. But I don't know, when I buy a game off PSN I feel like I'm screwing myself over because if I don't like the game I can't sell it. I'm stuck with it. Also, I can't shop around for sales, or buy used downloads from eBay. I'm just uncomfortable with the whole thing.
Downloadable HD also takes up a ton of space. And if they decide to just store everything server-side, that means you're downloading gigs and gigs of data every time you watch a movie. With download caps it can limit your enjoyment. Also, if you have a very fast cable connection you can probably stream in realtime, but everyone else is buffering. Also, the bitrates that are low enough for realtime streaming render a video that is noticeably blocky. During the average scene with zero action going on, the bitrate might be about 3mbps and the grain just looks like faint splotches. Whereas on Blu-ray, that same scene would be 25-30mbps, with grain looking like grain.
ANOTHER disadvantage of downloads is that you don't get extras.
ANOTHER is that there are so many different services out there, it can be confusing for most consumers just like HD DVD vs Blu-ray.
I think the average consumer is just not ready for this kind of change.
Also, Blu-ray is selling at the same pace as DVD, which was hailed as being the most-quickly-adopted format (by a landslide) compared to VHS, CD, color TV, etc etc. And that's pretty good considering the first 18 months was held back by a nasty format war, and the economy has been on a downward trend, AND the only way to enjoy Blu-ray is if you have an HDTV (compared to DVD, which was a leap in quality and playback convenience over VHS regardless of your TV).