HD-DVD News.
This goes out to all my fellow 360-ers who are looking for the best HD deal you will probably see. Despite the fact that HD-DVD will be "no more" shortly, there are still some great titles out on the format currently (The Matrix Trilogy, The Bourne Ultimatum, etc.). The deal is the current price-cut on the external HD-DVD drive!
As of yesterday, we can officially declare Sony's high definition disc format, Blu Ray, the official winner of the high def war.
Toshiba, manufacturer of the HD DVD fomat, declared that they realized how handily they were being beaten by their slightly more expens...
Format wars and Console wars are neither nothing new but both play a big deal in our preferences for movies, music, and games. So with the Format war entering and becoming a part of the Console war, it begs the question; how big and should the Format war be affecting the Console war?
It's a possibility according to Albert Penello, Microsoft's group marketing manager who admitted that should the Sony born, HD format win out this generation's "Beta-war" that the staunch supporter of the HD DVD format would consider a Blu-Ray add on to the Xbox 360.
News hit us this week that Sony has halved the price of the software development kit that designers use to make games for its PlayStation 3.
If you, like the rest of the game industry thought Sony had no cards left, you were wrong! They certainly saved this one up their sleeve and a few more are a possibility considering Sony's recent nature.
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