MS and Sony clash over TV deal
Best just let them get on with it.
Microsoft and Sony have started slagging each other off again - this time because Xbox 360 will soon play host to TV and film downloads.
Microsoft's Shane Kim told GameSpot, "This really highlights the difference between us and Sony."
"Sony has a very hardware-centric approach. You have to buy the Blu-ray drive whether you want it or not," he complained.
"The fact that we're a software company gives an enormous competitive advantage, because we can add capabilities like this. This is totally integrated seamlessly for our users."
But of course Sony has hit back, with a spokesperson telling Next-Gen.biz, "PlayStation 3's content is designed for everyone to enjoy right out of the box, no matter which configuration you purchase."
Continuing to jab Microsoft for its decision to split 360s between Core systems, which lack hard disks, and premium boxes which have them, the spokesperson said Sony "would never segregate or shut out any of our consumers from our entertainment experience because they didn't buy the top of the line system."
"Both PlayStation 3 versions available on November 17 include hard drives for downloading content," the spokesperson concluded.
All of which raises a very important question: who would win out of a fight between Phil Harrison and Peter Moore?
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We've seen MS deliver the Live service for a while now and I'll bet the structure to deliver the films etc has already been in place as MS have been talking about this kind of thing for years (not necessarily on consoles).
Sony will have the slight (some might say monopolistic) advantage that they will likely get exclusive access to all the Sony films.
as a side note Sony say they -
"would never segregate or shut out any of our consumers from our entertainment experience because they didn't buy the top of the line system."
uh huh, and this is maybe true but guys, why don't you address your treatment of European customers first before getting on your high horse there?
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*Cough* HDMI *Cough*
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All PS3 Versions have a HDMI port now.
Besides, if you want to use this new feature, but only have a core package, just go into a store and buy the HDD. It's really simple. But carefully neglected by Sony.
What do you do if you buy a "core" PS3 and decide later that you want to use WiFi? Oh, yeah. Right. You can't.
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+1 Ledil Yep, Phil sets off the gaydar - although Mr Moore has a HUGE gay following donchaknow?
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Sony seem to be completely ignoring this point. They talk about the Core system as if you cannot upgrade it. This tactic is similar to that sheet everyone was up in arms over last month with the system comparisons.
I'd be pretty worried if your marketing department has to resort to twisting the facts about competitors rather than using the positives of your own product.
Reminds me of Scottish politicians!
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I haven't even seen a game on a Blu-Ray disk yet, have you? Have you actually 'seen' the advantages? Or have you just been sold on an 'idea' of something that isn't actually implemented yet?
Denial, you say?
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Similar for me but i am on the wrong side of my teens and live alone in a 3 bedroom house which the price is sky rocketing, so i'm paying a mortgage which is near crippling but all worth it when i make a 300% profit in a few years. Only bought a HDD back in june after buying my core system on day of release from my local woolies, the handy thing was i had a number of HDD's to borrow off my brother and a few mates so didnt miss out on any demo's
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"Ah... I'm sooo tired of people bitching about blu-ray. If you don't see the advantage blu-ray give GAMES, then you are so in denial. Probably a 360 owner who want to make sure he has done the right choice. And the only way to do that is to bash the competition."
I haven't even seen a game on a Blu-Ray disk yet, have you? Have you actually 'seen' the advantages? Or have you just been sold on an 'idea' of something that isn't actually implemented yet?
Denial, you say?
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Let me ask you something; have you heard ANY developer say "no, we're ok with dvd9, blu-ray is not needed", I sure haven't, but I've heard plenty developers say they sure will use what blu-ray can offer. And not just first party, even third party and cross platform developers. (I would link you up, but don't have the time) Sure they can always fit a game in some form or another on a dvd9, but that does mean sacrifices compared to blu-ray.
And by the way, all games for PS3 are on blu-ray, and a game like resistance is 22 GB.
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Theory, theory, theory. BORING!
I'll believe it 'when' and 'if' I see it. Like Jesus.
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Just like developers that use the space on blu-ray is beeing accused of now (like insomniac with resistance)
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"He's got the looks that kill!"
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Have you seen Harrison? He's about 11 foot tall!
Although Moore HAS got tattoos I suppose...
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At their nonsense price point.
MS does things like this to give people with less income the ability to play 3rd gen games. Not everyone can afford a premuim system or a stupidly priced ps3, and believe it or not, not everyone who has a 360 has broadband or wants to go online with their console.
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Put it this way: Until there's a co-platform release where the PS3 version comletely pwns the 360 version and this is all down to the fact that devs have got so much extra disk space, then I'll believe it. Until then, it sounds like Sony wanting you to buy a PS3 with a Blu-Ray player in it.
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@morriss: good comments. Just because you can do something, doesn't mean you should.
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Not including the PS3 launch games, which will have at least a years extra dev time
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...then bomb the arena!
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The most important innovation is compression. I.e. in 2000 we could do a 2:1 compression with the standards then. Now we can do stuff like 5:1 and more with better image quality.
I think that the DVD will become too small in 2 or 3 years. However, this doesn't stop games from fitting on 2 disc's, will also affect the size of PS3 multi platform games and by that time the XB3 will be announced.
And you seem to forget that developers always nag for more space while usually making exactly the same game as they would with half the space. Things will just be less optimised so that they can release it earlier.
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But Peter Moore is actually Satan himself, so I don't think being tall would help t'other guy.
EEEEEEEEEEEVIL!
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Ruling moves illegal....
Like Harrison's blu-ray-bomb
And Moore's 3-6-0....(like a 619 but with girly screaming ionvolved)
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Moore the Microsoft Whore!
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As for the stupid Blu-ray makes better games comment. Blu-ray is a storage medium and doesn't make better games. According to Sony, and Microsoft, discs will be irrelevant in the near future as everything will be downloaded.
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Now, now Tom - don't be using your journalistic influences to sway readers, the above doesn't sound like a complaint, rather a statement of fact.
Spokesperson said Sony "would only segregate or shut out our consumers from our entertainment experience because they couldn't afford the top of the line system."
Fixed.
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Which leads to the question what exactly is the benefit of Blu Ray if PS3 games require Hard Disc space?
I'm not toally blind, I understand that more game content is a good thing when compared to less. Then again, crap game + loads of content due to size of blu ray = big crap game.
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Actually the 5 GB installation is optional...
It can also quite happily run from the disk...
Although I agree that blu-ray adds very little to the gameplay experience...
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You could have Phil and Peter as "Heroes" for each team, with armies of Fanboys fighting each other over various terrain.
Also included are the Bill (Gates) and Ken (Kuturagi) heroes!
(No, not Bill and Ted...although that does bring up some possibilities for a movie spin-off...just imagine it...Bill and Kens Bogus Journeys...)
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It's gonna it a bit silly though to have some films on your Xbox, and some on your PS3. Bit like having a VHS and Betamax...
Wow, good analogy.
Reggie FTW!
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so sony are not selling a 20gb and a 60gb version now?
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Thank God these guys have got their priorities straight.
Oh, hold on...
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But then they'll cannibalize their BluRay sales. They HAVE to make BluRay popular with the PS3, if you're downloading movies in HD rather than coming back from the shops clutching a BluRay disc how's the PS3 going to cost-reduce?
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@Protoform
You give Nintendo too much credit. All the firms involved in the console business are led by a bunch of cheerleaders. All Nintendo have done is drop out of the hardware race because they want to make profits at both ends (hardware & software). Which kind of begs the question, why don't people get pissed off at Ninty for over-pricing consoles?
/ducks bile and runs
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Between Sony's TV, movie and music catalogue, you're trying to say that MS will have the upper hand because of BluRay, meanwhile ignoring MS heavy involvment in HD-DVD.
HD-DVD only has one voice at the moment and its Microsoft's.
We all know that all platform holders are moving towards a dlc heavy distribution of content and when you own that content surely that makes it easier.
That said, I still dont think think this generation of consoles are ready for downloadable movies. Even using vc1, how many SD movies are you gonna get on a 13gig hdd.
@WhyMeeeeeeee
Yeah, man. And ting. Innit doe.
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Well Nintendo have only a games division, see?
Sony and MS have various sources of income...
If Nintendo don't make a profit with hardware and software where would they?
Besides, at the time of the wii pricepoint announcement I remember lots of pissed of people...
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Microsoft are not the only company gunning for HD-DVD...Intel are heavily involved, as are Toshiba, Sanyo and NEC.
To be honest, the Blu-Ray backers list is a bit longer and includes Apple (anything to get one over on Microsoft, eh?).
But there are a lot of big guns involved either way. Microsoft and Intel are both massive company's in their own right. I think one way that the whole equation could be swayed would be if IBM jumped in on HD-DVD's side.
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Can I connect my PSP wirelessly to the PS3 unless I buy the "top of the line" system? No? Oh.
F U
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That's because Blu-Ray is superior as a storage medium, nothing else. If anyone chose sides reactively, it was MS.
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Read this article [link url=http://news.com.com/FAQ+HD+DVD+vs.+Blu-ray/21 00-1041_3-5886956.html
]http://ne ws.com.com/FAQ+HD+DVD+vs.+Blu-r...[/link]
If I'm reading this article correctly - and assuming that its not biased - Blu-Ray is not superior to HD-DVD, it just has a larger capacity and is more expensive to produce.
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core of their problems me thinks.
i have'nt yet RTFA or comments but this generation this seems to be the factor.
In a way hardware has lost its uniqueness, it all seems the same. What matters is how u combine the hardware and software into one single, solid, well integrated package. Sony's approach of throwing everything and the kitchen sink smacks of a company totally unable to deal with the future, a future where hardware just aint that important.
microsoft are primarily a software company and it show in their approach(xbox live, xna, live arcade) but still something is missing.
then theres nintendo, which, like anather succesfull company in recent time, Apple, always had a integrated approach. Improvements that utilize both innovation in hardware(wiimote) and software which is their traditional strong suite. Most well suited to take on the future and survive.
Just my two cents.
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Anyway, as has already been mentioned, it's just catty. MS showing off their online service, Sony touting a non-issue again. It's the US elections, with less pageboy controversy and God. Though, I suppose there's plenty of Deus Ex Machina.
MS have an easy retort in "but more people can afford a premium 360 than a low-end PS3", anyhow.
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Theres a couple of Sony Vaio's that have Blu-Ray writable drives just now, but they cost a fortune.
I'm thinking that to keep the price of the machine down, most PC's will have an HD-DVD drive.
EDIT: What I mean by most PC's is, most PC's that manufacturers decided to fit with a HD drive (i.e either HD-DVD or Blu-Ray)
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It JUST has a larger capacity? That's I'm talking about when I refer to it as a storage medium. I don't care how much it costs to produce. Economics and monopolies delay technology.
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At least with a Core Xbox 360, right now, anyone can FULLY UPGRADE to the full functionality; and if they don't want a next-gen media player, they either a) don't have to have one - Try to counter that, Sony!
Or b) Can get selected content of their choice, that might incidentally inspire a future HD player purchase?
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I fail to see how Blur-Ray having a higher capacity makes it a superior medium than HD-DVD? That doesn't make it superior...it just means it can hold more data.
Comparing this to the old video wars of the 80's, VHS wasn't the best medium at the time - in fact Betamax was far superior. VHS machines were just cheaper to produce, as was the tapes themselves.
So you see, your argument for "more being superior" doesn't cut it...there are many different factors invloved here. HD-DVD will be cheaper to produce compared to Blu-Ray and also has the backing of Microsoft who - like it or not - are one of the biggest companies in the world, if not THE biggest company in the worl - and have considerable clout in the IT world.
And just to show I'm no Microsoft fanboy - is it not a well known fact that Mac OS is far better when compared to Windows OS, yet Microsoft is the one raking in the money?
Next time your going to have an argument, at least make sure that your arguement is coherent, rather than along the lines of "my dads bigger than your dad"...
On you go back to suckle on Sony's teat...
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Heheheh. That Blu-Ray actually is potentially better is not an argument, it's a fact. That alone, in fact, was my whole point.
Here, let me try to explain something:
Storage is NOT the same as video. Storage. Data. General applications. Not necessarily video. Higher capacity is better, if there is more space, yes?
HD-DVD will be cheaper to produce compared to Blu-Ray and also has the backing of Microsoft who - like it or not - are one of the biggest companies in the world, if not THE biggest company in the worl - and have considerable clout in the IT world.
Argument of authority. Says a lot about your logic
Here let me put this in your own words
Next time your going to have an argument, at least make sure that your arguement is coherent, rather than along the lines of "my dads bigger than your dad"...
The cost argument is of less importance, as production costs for BD can also quickly drop over time.
And besides, do you think that's a good thing? Do you know how delayed magnetic storage is, thanks to IBM and partners?
On you go back to suckle on Sony's teat...
Very civilized, yes sir. Not only your post shows your bias: Pro-Microsoft and Anti-Sony, it also shows your maturity, or rather lack of.
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What do i need to watch HD? Ahhhh there's a player there called a HD DVD, so I'll get one of those.
90% of people I see in store put HD and HD together, and don't even know/care about blu ray. The normal population go by the name, it really is a simple as that.
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Losers
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Losers
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Last week this guy (or gal?) was all over ninty for their pricing.
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