Microsoft to start testing updated Xbox 360 disc format

User Comments: 13

1. March 30, 2011 10:32 AM
   

   Mizzou said:

   I wonder if this is the DVD format Toshiba was developing after the HD format war, it was supposed to retain backward compatibility and still offer more storage space. There's a little bit about it in this audioholics article from 2009, Toshiba's New BD Attack Vector. Free game, I might go ahead and signup for the trial.

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2. March 30, 2011 11:13 AM
   Guest said:

   Microsoft tried that back in the 90's with the 1.44 floppy disk. Other than

   their own software, it never went anywhere.

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3. March 30, 2011 12:04 PM
   Guest said:

   remove the signup link it is closed

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4. March 30, 2011 12:08 PM
   brianmsu said:

   Mizzou said:

   I wonder if this is the DVD format Toshiba was developing after the HD format war, it was supposed to retain backward compatibility and still offer more storage space. There's a little bit about it in this audioholics article from 2009, Toshiba's New BD Attack Vector. Free game, I might go ahead and signup for the trial.

   Guest said:

   .... microsoft tried this before....

   I think you are both misinterpreting it.

   a dvd allows X amount of storage

   the current games have D amount of extraneous bulsh

   thus the current games can only be X-D big

   microsoft is trying to get rid of D

   there is no new media TYPE, just different format of the same type

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5. March 30, 2011 12:12 PM
   gwailo247, TechSpot Chancellor, said:

   The real question is why does it take a GIGABYTE of data for antipiracy measures?

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6. March 30, 2011 12:28 PM
   

   Lokalaskurar said:

   gwailo247 said:

   The real question is why does it take a GIGABYTE of data for antipiracy measures?

   Five men threatened by pirates every morning and a bucketload of insecureness :3 , no seriously - companies need to take action now, piracy is costing them BIG money by the second. (sigh)

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7. March 30, 2011 12:39 PM
   Guest said:

   If the game industry wants give a boost to the market (except the better graphics) the best which can do with the current hardware consoles, is to focus on games that require high Artificial Intelligence procedures.

   The problem comes from the the shooters (like halo, call of duty, battlefield etc) because they use long range combat and the gameplay goes to hide, aim and shoot. If they had close range combat (like ninja gaiden for example) the gameplay would require much more work in the piece of AI and the final result would be much more complex and interesting for the player.

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8. March 30, 2011 2:41 PM
   Guest said:

   To bad they just don't use Blu-ray.

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9. March 30, 2011 6:36 PM
   mccartercar said:

   In other words...

   Microsoft is admitting defeat on piracy and instead of spending money and space on DRM they got smart and will be saving money from less production materials. IMO

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10. March 30, 2011 7:11 PM
    ramonsterns said:

    mccartercar said:

    Microsoft is admitting defeat

    Haha.

    Oh wait, you're being serious.

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11. March 31, 2011 6:31 AM
    

    stewi0001 said:

    Guest said:

    To bad they just don't use Blu-ray.

    Sony would sue them XD

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12. March 31, 2011 8:20 AM
    

    Trillionsin said:

    I feel like this may actually be mroe to deter pirates than increase space by 1GB. I mean... why 1GB? What is the big deal there... why make this big deal in doing this when instead they could come out with a new format and double storage space. The technology is here.

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13. March 31, 2011 11:32 AM
    

    Burty117, TechSpot Chancellor, said:

    wow! 1GB! what the hell is stored in that space to stop pirating? It still happens so obviously 1GB of whatever it is doesn't work so why not get rid of it completely? seriously though that is all the data that current xbox games have had to use? no wonder why games such as Forza have had to use 2 disks. most the space is taken up with anti-piracy code! which doesn't work!

    This is probably a good thing and will help prolong the life of the Xbox 360 but I do wonder what the next Xbox will use? Sony would License the crap out of Microsoft for Blue-Ray? maybe Microsoft could use HD-DVD exclusively for the Xbox? thats 5 times more storage space and since its already a failed product Toshiba would probably License it without charging some silly amount.

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