There are six big movie studios. They are collectively known as 'The Big Six'. Columbia Tristar and MGM were purchased by Sony.
Sony exclusively supports Blu-Ray.
Univeral exclusively supports Hd-Dvd.
Warner & Paramount support both formats.
Fox & Buena Vista (Disney) are providing 'non-exclusive' support of Blu-Ray (meaning they could choose to also support Hd-Dvd at any time). Beuna Vista (Disney) has already made publ...
texture compression is a reality for all video games from pc to console to handheld for 2 major reasons.
1. RAM - GPUs are severly limited by volatile storage space. The ps3 has 256MB dedicated video memory. Do you really think they are going to be using 30MB uncompressed textures because compression is lossy?
2. Bandwidth - a typical level design uses dozens of textures. If those textures exceed the available video ram then you are going to run into bandwidth issues faster...
There are six big movie studios. They are collectively known as 'The Big Six'. Columbia Tristar and MGM were purchased by Sony.
Sooo, it's little wonder that Sony exclusively supports Blu-Ray.
Univeral exclusively supports Hd-Dvd.
Warner & Paramount support both formats.
Fox & Buena Vista are providing 'non-exclusive' support of Blu-Ray (meaning they could choose to also support Hd-Dvd at any time).
PS3 Package - $719.97
includes the premium console and the following games:
Resistance: Fall of Man
Untold Legends
Xbox 360 Package - $711.57
includes the premium console and the following games:
NHL 2K6
NBA Live 06
College Hoops 2K6
Madden NFL 06
Ridge Racer 6
NBA 2K6
Kameo
Dynasty Warriors 5: Empires
Perfect Dark Zer...
I think the free week of live has more to do with getting owners of 360s to subscribe to live than it has to do with stealing marketshare.
You already get a free month of gold when you buy a 360... this posting is just poking the bee's nest... Hey moderators, are you guys trying to test out your new comments system? :)
The one Major thing the article forgot to point out in that timeline is the month that the launch was delayed from spring to winter 2006. pretty good summation otherwise.
Sometimes, I think Sony's own PR does more 'trust' damage than anything. How many times have things slipped out only to have the PR dept. walk in and tell us all we 'misunderstood' what they said then a few days or weeks later they confirm it. To me, that's like having someone blatantly calling me stupid....
I like the flame effects, overall underwheming compared to what has been shown in the past though.
Alright, let's look at the numbers then:
1. Sony claims it is launching with 400k/100k. They claim they will ship 1M-1.2M in NA and using the launch ratio, that means they claim they will ship 1M/250k on the low end and they claim they will ship 1.2M/300k on the high end. That means they are claiming they will ship 1.25-1.5M by year end. That's assuming that their estimated plant efficiency is correct but hey, they haven't built a single one yet so I'm sure it's accurate. Hmm...
Does this show microsoft's intention to make a price drop at the beginning of November?
They are only going to make 0.5M in the next 2 months so my math tells me that means 2M by March... how do they plan on getting to 6M? even if they double production after launch, that's still only about 3M total...
I wonder if MS will throw in a holiday price cut to really hammer the nails into the coffin...
I Wonder how many Wii's will be available at launch...
Most people aren't nearly as commited to a console as everyone posting here. A lot of people may look or ask for a ps3 at christmas simply because they had a ps2. I reckon that casual gamers (whom likely account for 90% of console sales) won't have a chance of getting a ps3. The hardcore loyalists will have snatched all the limited supplies this season. At this point the wii or 360 could easily catch their eye.
man, no ps3's in stock again... Heyyyy, lookey here... 360......
For less than $1000 dollars you CAN get a great console and next gen movie player.
For $450 less you could buy a stand-alone HD-DVD player and a Nintendo Wii.
For $150 less you could buy a stand-alone HD-DVD player and an Xbox 360 premium.
But wait, I can see you are a man that recognizes value when you see it. What if you could get TWO great next gen consoles and a next gen movie player for less than $1000!
For $50 less you could buy a stand-alon...
Despite all the things you list. Why? Because it is better at movies, you know, it's core function, what it was designed for. Try going to all the Hi-Fi publications and see what they say. UltimateAV, Home Theatre Mag, The Perfect Vision, Projector Central, CineNow, Secrets of Home Theatre and Hi Fidelity, Hi Def Digest, HDBeat, DVD Review and DVD Town. They unanimously state that HD-DVD has a better picture. NO exceptions. That's why HD-DVD is ahead.
is right here, halo may have done better per capita but there are many ps titles that sold more overall. This is the advantage of install base.
The 2x bdrom is a constant read (variable rotation speed) drive that is slightly faster than the average read speed of a 10x dvdrom. However, a dvd has a variable read speed due to the fact that the disk spins at a constant rate. Aside from the fact that a 12x dvdrom has a faster average read speed to begin with, there are also 2 major advatages for the 12x dvdrom over a 2x bdrom:
1. Since a dvd spins at a constant rate, data is read off of the outer edge at a higher rate than ...
1. I agree, expensive Blu-ray hardware and software is definitely an issue.
2. Sony is entrenched in Blu-ray, Universal is entrenched in Hd-Dvd. Everything else is in the air. See my comment 2.1.
3. PS3/360 Hd-Dvd add-on. Considering two factors here. First,Sony downgraded production to 2M by the end of 2006 and complications could concievable reduce that number again. Second, this combines with the fact that a percentage of the PS3 buyers have no interest in next-g...