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*is confused about this Blu-Ray and HD-DVD thing*

*has never heard of it before now*

*feels left out of the loop*

*hates that...*


*shrugs and walks away*

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I really agree. HD-DVD is the way to go right now. Particularly when it comes to movies, HD-DVD is going to end up being more versatile because of its compatability with current DVD's, and the fact that it will support more compression formats than MPEG-2.

And usually I don't I agree with a lot of what Gekko says, but I'm thinking the guy who came up with these rumors is blowing smoke. Anybody could say what he's saying and be believed. Although, I'm not going to say he's outright wrong, I just don't think he's working with any more info than we've already got to come to his conclusions.

It's true, they really need to decide. But I personally think it's kind of unfair of Sony to place us in a position like this. They're releasing Blu-Ray before the HD-DVD format is going to be finalized and mass produced. So if Blu-Ray starts winning over the market, backwards compatability could go bye bye if the general consumers just go with Blu-Ray because it's out first.

But as you said, whatever format wins the war will be the one that I buy into.

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I have made a short animation on how I think the revolution controller will revolutionize gaming this next generation. I have started to say this thing before but now I have the real thing.



two wireless joystick type devices. on top of each one is a touch pad you control with your thumbs and it has tactile feedback on the pads (see my other posts) on the front are normal analog buttons

inside each joystick, is a gyro sensor so you can "fly" them in air individually. (imagine ace combat, mech games, driving games, etc) plus now each joystick has individual force feedback... ie if you fire the right gun, only that one shakes, and if you fire the left gun only that shakes... now not only do you have force feed back, but you can tell which side the vibrations are coming from...

each joystick has a rechargable battery in it, and you put it in the charger (which is part of the system) to recharge.

video is rendering, so it'll be up later.

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Now imagine trying to control the genres that don't involve a vehicle of some sort...

What if you only have one gun? What if you have no gun... What's so special about that in the first place?

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Now that I got some actual time to write...

Yes, Blu-Ray has a larger capacity. Big deal. Over the years, chances are HD-DVD discs will either be released with a larger capacity, or a higher compression methoed will be developed. Do I think Blu-Ray will be a good disc? Of course, but I think it will go the way of the minidisc, and not really be adapted.

HD-DVD has the backwards compatability. They have already developed a laser than can read both blue and red laser discs. So when consumers buy their new HD-DVD player, they can still play their large DVD collection. Meanwhile, Blu-Ray lacks backwards compatability, and needs new production facilities to make the discs, and those ain't cheap.

When it comes time to sell it to the movie industry, I see them choosing HD-DVD.

As for the guy coming up with this stuff, everyone is assuming it will have a HD, an ethernet port, and everything else. He stole IGN's idea of gyros, you know he wouldn't have come up with it on his own. But he offers nothing new, nothing radical. It was the same thing last time with Dolphin. Everyone assumed it would have an LCD screen on the controller, so they people confirmed it would have a color LCD screen. When it didn't, they changed screen names.

Nintendo is not a company that is known to leak information to create hype. If it comes from developers who have the dev kits, then believe it, but don't get your heart set on it. If not, it's fake. The only time I've ever seen information leaked from Nintendo is when the GBA was revealed by a mag scan from Famitsu.

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Well, he didn't just get the gyro idea from IGN (who got it from N-sider anyway). Nintendo has invested a large amount of money into Gyration. Could it be for Revolution? Maybe. Or it just might be for better gyration controls as seen in such recent games as Wario Ware Twisted! and Yoshi Universal Gravitation.

And while it might not seem practical for the movie industry to go with Blu-ray, take a look at two of the names on the Blu-ray Disc Association Board of Directors:

Twentieth Century Fox
Walt Disney Pictures and Television

Two giants in film and television.

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If the rumors were in any way to be true, I wonder if Nintendo would be smart enough to release Super Smash Bros with online support... naaaah.

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Seriously, I don't care what other features Nintendo's next console has.

If they don't have an online plan, I'm not going to consider it.

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Hmmmm...I'll mention that at work... ;)

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Any updates on the old man unofficially titled, "Ol' Crazy"?

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Not really...He's been out on a very few occasions over the winter, but nothing really worth mentioning.

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have you read the latest EGM where they talk to each of the 3 about the next gen consoles? one of the questions, they start with Sony, was about how they feel about online gaming...

Sony : Major part of next gen is online, before is was like a luxury feature in a car, now its going to be standard. we have huge plans for online next gen.

MS: Online gaming is very important, we want to greatly improve apon Xbox Live, and give much more downloadable content.

Nintendo: Well...... we want to have a community... We just dont know if it'll be online or not. we dont know if it should be or if its needed...

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i think nintendo will have online next gen, but i think it will start late, and they wont support it like MS and Sony will.

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How else do you get a Community if your not online? Not everyone and their grandmother owns a Nintendo product so taht you can just readily LAN up as you please.

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Thats a good question, and i wondered the same thing after reading it. my hope tho is that they are NOT going to try and do the same thing as the DS where it has a wifi reciever and repeater hub in it and try to create its own network by one console connecting to the other over wifi.
but it does scare me a bit reading both that, and where they mention that the online plan will be simular to DS.

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Probably the scariest thing I've could've read. Though the thing is, Nintendo wants people to experience online without the cost. Will they ever find a plausible way? Probably not in the terms most gamers would like. I'm guessing they'll start off with games that incorporate it like Homeland where one cube acts as a server allowing 30 people to play together.

Was that quote by Perrin Kaplan by any chance? She's a Jedi master and a bitch...a deadly combo pissing off people wherever she goes.