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Playstation 3 Software & Firmware \ HD DVD is dead!

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fd3s
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not a big thing to 360 owners and besides they cant get HD audio.... but my cousin would love it if the 360 get a BD drive.
18/02/2008
Melbourne
obiwanmy
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given that hd dvd is dead ... does that mean sony can increase the blu ray prices as they wishes ??? maybe hd dvd dead is not good after all !!
18/02/2008
Sydney
skua
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no, i dont think they would, as HD DVD is still on the market at the moment, the players and the movies, untill further notice
18/02/2008
Bad Company Owns!!!!! PSN_ID: lnknpk
Mobe1969
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obiwanmy said: given that hd dvd is dead ... does that mean sony can increase the blu ray prices as they wishes ??? maybe hd dvd dead is not good after all !!



No, why? They still want the format to succeed. And that means getting a market majority. That would never happen with two formats. We can concentrate on the real contest - vs DVD.
18/02/2008
Brisbane, Queensland
iaculch
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18/02/2008
Sydney
Foetoid
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obiwanmy said: given that hd dvd is dead ... does that mean sony can increase the blu ray prices as they wishes ??? maybe hd dvd dead is not good after all !!



What the? Sony may have HELPED develop the technology, but they dont own it exclusively. Any electronics manufacturer can release a Blu-Ray player and Sony have no right at all to fix prices.
18/02/2008
Sunshine Coast
longarms
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Foetoid said:
What the? Sony may have HELPED develop the technology, but they dont own it exclusively. Any electronics manufacturer can release a Blu-Ray player and Sony have no right at all to fix prices.



but they could raise the price of there own blu ray players and the blu ray movies they distribute.

They would be complete idiots if they did. But they could do it.
18/02/2008
Central Coast (NSW)
Foetoid
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longarms said:
but they could raise the price of there own blu ray players and the blu ray movies they distribute.
They would be complete idiots if they did. But they could do it.



LOL. Sony have been pretty dumb the last 14 months with multiple mistakes and copping massive flack from every angle, but they're not totally retarded lol.
18/02/2008
Sunshine Coast
ectozar
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I dont think they'd raise the prices now that HD-DVD has caved in. There is still the case of phasing out DVD that they'll be wanting to happen, and to do that they'll need to be having their prices at a similar price of what DVD's are retailing for.
18/02/2008
Sydney
OzziNinja
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i read a pretty cool stat in the the MX today

HD DVD player sales around 3200 was not sure on the numbers

Blu Ray players sold 97,000 plus, this figure does not include PS3 consoles.

The people have spoken.
19/02/2008
PSN: AussieNinja
YourMum
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ectozar said: I love how every now and then a 360 fanboy will turn up, bag the PS3 then throw in that they are "console neutral"..lol what a joke.


Wow quoted straight from the sony fan boy play book. My ps3 was free, its too crap at the moment to justify a purchase. The fact i didn't sell it straight away proves I'm not a 360 fanboy. The 360 is the best console out currently thats not bias its fact! Its better value for money, has a better line up of exclusive games and has a superior online service.

I'm not saying the ps3 can't catch up, but from the current trend sony will just use ps3 owners to push blu-ray movies into the mainstream. As for the exclusive ps3 titles you mentioned there ok but nothing remarkable at all. MGS4 is the only title i can see in the near future that will likely be an instant classic. The exclusive line up as it stands now are just average games in crowded genres.

I understand the defensive attitudes around here, but as a movie medium blu-ray is a drm riddled, unfinished, region coded piece of crap. The vast majority of AV enthusiasts proffered hd-dvd but thanks to sony fan boys and a "games console" the sensible consumer gets shafted. On the plus side i will gain some pleasure from hearing the fanboys whine about drm, region coding and the sustained high price of the movies and lets not forget that sony haven't confirmed that the ps3 will be able to upgrade to 2.0 firm ware.
19/02/2008
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callan5
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Well bottom line is Blu Ray has won and if not its just about won, complaining otherwise is like trying to bring the dead back to life. In other words, a pointless exercise. You say you're console neutral and expect us "fanboys" to believe you, you make it difficult when everything you post on this forum is always pointing out the flaws or negatives about something even when the news is positive. MGS4 the only title being a future instant classic...that is the funniest thing i have ever heard. Gran Turismo 5, God of War 3, Final Fantasy XIII & Versus, Tekken 6, Heavy Rain, do none of these ring any bells? You think these will all fall flat even though half of them have already proven to be successful franchises? Im not going to pretend to think you're a neutral console man or fanboy or whatever, because truth be told, i really dont know nor care. But you just seem real cut at everything towards the PS3, and then you have the nerve to call us fanboys when alot of us here actually own both consoles *360 & PS3* or *PS3 & Wii*
19/02/2008
Outside Perth W.A countryside, over those green mountains
YourMum
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callan5 said: Gran Turismo 5, God of War 3, Final Fantasy XIII & Versus, Tekken 6, Heavy Rain, do none of these ring any bells?


Yes, warning bells. GT5 a "driving simulator" with no damage modeling and the same physics flaws of the earlier games (according to extensive play tests of GT5 prologue). As for the other titles, there nothing more than a graphical update the gameplay will remain the same as it did on the ps1 and the ps2. Some of the games you mentioned could be years away. Considering developers have had over 2 years to make games for the ps3 (development kits were sent out well before the consoles release) the current line up shows sony are relying in fanboyism to shift units and not a solid games line up.

Deny it all you want thousands of ps3 owners feel exactly the same as me, sony aren't putting the effort they should be into their games development. The list of "upcoming" games on the 360 makes a mockery of the ps3 list you have provided. Why are you so passive and content to think than one year soon there may be some excellent exclusives on the ps3 when development has been going on for two years and there's nothing on the ps3's that stands above the ports.
19/02/2008
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YourMum
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callan5 said: everything you post on this forum is always pointing out the flaws or negatives about something even when the news is positive.


"Hd-dvd is dead!" anyone that truly understands the nature of the two formats and the "war" will know this news is not positive.
19/02/2008
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ectozar
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YourMum said:
Wow quoted straight from the sony fan boy play book. My ps3 was free, its too crap at the moment to justify a purchase. The fact i didn't sell it straight away proves I'm not a 360 fanboy. The 360 is the best console out currently thats not bias its fact! Its better value for money, has a better line up of exclusive games and has a superior online service.


Ehh, why are you trying to convince me that the 360 is superior? I never once in my post said anything against the 360..infact i own one and unlike you with your PS3, i have my 360 out of its box and setup..and i very much enjoy it.
And the fact you didnt sell it straight away proves absolutely nothing.

If you think my comments are "straight from the sony fanboy playbook" then you clearly have no idea what the term means.
19/02/2008
Sydney
iaculch
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YourMum said:
The 360 is the best console out currently thats not bias its fact! Its better value for money, has a better line up of exclusive games and has a superior online service.



How is the console better value for money if you are paying $70 a year for online?
19/02/2008
Sydney
OzziNinja
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Major US retailers of HD DVD will no longer stock HD DVD's once they are sold out in their stores. I forgot which stores were doing so but it does seem like HD DVD will over pretty soon.

And YourMum, you should have a look at the Blu Ray V HD DVD player sales... I would say the people have spoken.
19/02/2008
PSN: AussieNinja
adbub
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Sucked in to the 360 owners who bought the HD DVD drive.
Thats what you get for investing your money with Microsoft.

Should have bought a PS3.... HAHA
19/02/2008
Australia
wutang01
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Damn HD-DVD movies are so cheap now HAHA!

www.deepdiscount.com/

Deee-AMN!
19/02/2008
Brisbane
Krakenia
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YourMum said:

"Hd-dvd is dead!" anyone that truly understands the nature of the two formats and the "war" will know this news is not positive.

...........Fail...and your username doesnt help much either I've wasted precious minutes of my time reading this thread, most of the people on here own both consoles and enjoy both, yet you only enjoy one and leave the other in the box, ROFL! Fanboy troll much? Take it out of its box you queer! There are some great games you can play for the PS3! Fact! Get off your high horse, out of the house and look into the shops and you my find some games...Your stubborn arrogant kind really make my tits ache Their is one category in the gaming gender - its called gamer, you fall off this gender into the ugly fanboy troll gender, how did you do that!?
21/02/2008
<3 <3 <3 MGS4, Perth, W.A
Krakenia
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YourMum said:

Wow quoted straight from the sony fan boy play book. My ps3 was free, its too crap at the moment to justify a purchase.

LOL thats funny, coming from you...troll.

YourMum said:

MGS4 is the only title i can see in the near future that will likely be an instant classic. The exclusive line up as it stands now are just average games in crowded genres.

Listen to this bs, and the lack of thought and research that went into it....YourMum..you sure you arent actually a Mum? Because you have the gaming knowledge of one..zero!

YourMum said:

I understand the defensive attitudes around here, but as a movie medium blu-ray is a drm riddled, unfinished, region coded piece of crap. The vast majority of AV enthusiasts proffered hd-dvd but thanks to sony fan boys and a "games console" the sensible consumer gets shafted. On the plus side i will gain some pleasure from hearing the fanboys whine about drm, region coding and the sustained high price of the movies and lets not forget that sony haven't confirmed that the ps3 will be able to upgrade to 2.0 firm ware.

Who else is catching some Zs?

YourMum said: I am a middle aged pensioner and mother of 3.

Really!????????
21/02/2008
<3 <3 <3 MGS4, Perth, W.A
Smajs
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LMAO Krakenia,you sure finished that argument HD DVD was a waste to begin with,anyway it's all over now so bring on the big BLuray releases
21/02/2008
wutang01
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Universal has officially joined Blu-ray as well, right?

Has Paramount announced anything yet?
21/02/2008
Brisbane
longarms
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wutang01 said: Universal has officially joined Blu-ray as well, right?
Has Paramount announced anything yet?



no Paramount hasnt announced anyhting yet. but they dont have much of a choice any more. Unless they dont want to release HD movies on discs at all
21/02/2008
Central Coast (NSW)
wutang01
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Michael Bay should be pretty happy that his Transformers movie will (inevitably) be released on Blu-Ray ... hey?
21/02/2008
Brisbane
 
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