They used the term backwards compatible with the streaming talk. I wonder if you maybe put in the disc, there is something on there that would say "hey this guy has the game, he can stream it" the game wouldn't play off the disc, but something on it would trigger the unlock to stream the game.
Sony clearly "building up" to a PS4 announcement with a "look back" on Youtube:
I'm not totally sure I believe that M$ gets money from every Blu-ray disc sold. They backed HD-DVD for a reason, after all. Unless they got more from one than the other ...
But, I also don't think including a Blu-ray player will be the end of the console wars. Primarily because money from Blu-rays, assuming Sony gets some, is not likely to go directly back into the Playstation division. If anything, it would prop up the other Sony divisions to the point where the company may not go completely out of business. But if wouldn't be something that would turn the war. I always thought M$ would be unlikely to back "Sony's" format, in the last generation, but not because it would turn the war. Just because I don't see M$ as the type of company to license technology from a competitor.
Last edited by JeffHCross; 02-17-2013 at 04:40 PM.
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Both MS and Sony have taken big hits over the last few years and are nowhere near as solid as they were at the beginning of this gen. Sony has been bleeding a lot of money lately in all their businesses and the PS3 has been a pretty big failure in terms of profit. They lost a crapload those first few years on the system. MS is finally making money on the 360 but with the PC business basically dying their financial bottom line and future is nowhere near as strong as it was when it launched the 360. Both companies need their next console to be profitable and I think the slow sales of the Wii U make it unlikely the tablet filled marketplace will support three consoles in the future (maybe not even two). Good luck trying to sell a new console at $400+ this time around.
I never said every disc. I said every disc where the VC-1 codec was used.
What video codecs will Blu-ray support?
MPEG-2 - enhanced for HD, also used for playback of DVDs and HDTV recordings.
MPEG-4 AVC - part of the MPEG-4 standard also known as H.264 (High Profile and Main Profile).
SMPTE VC-1 - standard based on Microsoft's Windows Media Video (WMV) technology.
Please note that this simply means that all Blu-ray players and recorders will have to support playback of these video codecs, it will still be up to the movie studios to decide which video codec(s) they use for their releases.
According to The Times in the UK, the PS4 will launch at £300; which is the equivalent to $399 here.
The dude abides.
That probably is the standard option. I'd imagine there would be one with a bigger hard drive for $450. I think they really want to have at least one model at that $400 price point, though, because that's exactly when the PS3 started finally selling the way they imagined.
The dude abides.
You gotta think these games are going to take up more space, plus more digital delivery. Going the SATA route, they don't license or sell hard drives. I'm guess not too many people buy a console, then jump on the next one that has a bigger hard drive. Makes sense to launch with a bigger hard drive.
I'm still not a fan of digital distribution. I want a physical disc I can buy and sell when I'm done. Of course if they block used game sales digital will be nice and easy but it also makes gaming more expensive. I trade/sell almost everything and I'll rent once in awhile. I hope they have a digital rental store. Huge hard drives only add to the cost of the machine.
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