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Is this Halo 3, or something else???? Halo Movie Game?lestat wrote: • A landmark partnership between Academy Award-winning writer,
director, and producer Peter Jackson, Academy Award-winning screenwriter Fran Walsh, and Microsoft Game Studios will create two new interactive entertainment series exclusively for Xbox 360 and Xbox Live®.
The first will be a collaborative effort with Bungie Studios to co-create the next great chapter in the Halo® universe.
The second will be an entirely original property targeted at bringing new audiences into the captivating world of interactive entertainment. In addition, Microsoft Game Studios will partner with Jackson and Walsh to establish Wingnut Interactive, a studio dedicated to the creation of world-class interactive entertainment.
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I'm actually quite excited for the Halo movie, knowing that peter jackson is quite involved in the project means the movie won't suck and could actually be one of the greatest sci fi flicks in a long time.
It will be interesting to see what comes out of wingnut studios, we still have fable2 to be shown and announced, more awesome news is coming.
It will be interesting to see what comes out of wingnut studios, we still have fable2 to be shown and announced, more awesome news is coming.
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Halo Wars trailer
PGR4 trailer
Yeah... not sure what I think of the PGR4 idea. Hopefully doesn't reflect on the full game. Mind you, what else can you do once you've covered pretty much every major city? I'd <3 to see some more exotic cities rather than a futuristic landscape though... Dubai, perhaps?
PGR4 trailer
Yeah... not sure what I think of the PGR4 idea. Hopefully doesn't reflect on the full game. Mind you, what else can you do once you've covered pretty much every major city? I'd <3 to see some more exotic cities rather than a futuristic landscape though... Dubai, perhaps?
I think the PGR4 is just what it is, a trailer. I didnt get an impression that it will be based in a futuristic setting at all!
Halo Wars Trailer looked good!
So mUch stuff to look forward too.
Guitar Heroes 2
Banjo
PGR4
Bioshock
Sensible
Mass Effect
Its going to be a good year 2007
EDIT: I really want to see what Marvel Universe Online will be like.
Halo Wars Trailer looked good!
So mUch stuff to look forward too.
Guitar Heroes 2
Banjo
PGR4
Bioshock
Sensible
Mass Effect
Its going to be a good year 2007
EDIT: I really want to see what Marvel Universe Online will be like.
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The original XBox didn't support DVD movie playback out of the box. DVD licensing cost around $50 to include in the Xbox, so they made it an optional extra, an add-on if you will. Those who wanted DVD playback got it for 50 bucks. Those that didn't want it, saved 50 bucks.
This time around, with the XB360 though, even though I already have like 5 DVD playing devices in the house, I still have to cough up 50 bucks in licensing as part of the price of my XB360. MS is forcing dvd movie playback technology onto gamers.
Says it all, really.
This time around, with the XB360 though, even though I already have like 5 DVD playing devices in the house, I still have to cough up 50 bucks in licensing as part of the price of my XB360. MS is forcing dvd movie playback technology onto gamers.
Says it all, really.
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Are you retarded or some shit? $50 to playback DVD's? That's the inflated price they charged for their DVD remote + dongle. Sony charged a similar price for their DVD Remote also.Seraph wrote:The original XBox didn't support DVD movie playback out of the box. DVD licensing cost around $50 to include in the Xbox, so they made it an optional extra, an add-on if you will. Those who wanted DVD playback got it for 50 bucks. Those that didn't want it, saved 50 bucks.
This time around, with the XB360 though, even though I already have like 5 DVD playing devices in the house, I still have to cough up 50 bucks in licensing as part of the price of my XB360. MS is forcing dvd movie playback technology onto gamers.
Says it all, really.
Forcing movie technology... stop being such a dolt. By that logic, as Seraph already pointed out, MS are "forcing" DVD movie playback technology on you. OMG we should just use carts.Twiztid Elf wrote:Eh?mech wrote:Stop being such a motherfucking retard.Twiztid Elf wrote:"We're not forcing movie technology on game players"
Says it all really.
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But you could play DVD on a PS2 without the remote. You couldn't play DVDs on an Xbox without the dongle.mxlegend99 wrote:Are you retarded or some shit? $50 to playback DVD's? That's the inflated price they charged for their DVD remote + dongle. Sony charged a similar price for their DVD Remote also.
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At the time of Xbox's release, there was a lot of talk about licensing. One of the main factors in the price of DVD licensing is the price of the player. A unit has to pay around 5-10% of the machine cost for licensing. So an Xbox on launch was between 35 and 65 dollars. A 60 dollar unit like the one Lestat mentioned would've been around 5 bucks in licensing. Has the pricing system changed since then? Probably. Would there still be a licensing fee? Definitely.
In any event - no matter how much or little licensing fees cost, it's a cost that gamers have to pay, and they have no choice.
In any event - no matter how much or little licensing fees cost, it's a cost that gamers have to pay, and they have no choice.
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Again since warner/toshiba/ms have special cross licencing deals in place. I would assume the actual cost to ms for dvd playback is next to nothing. Same goes for the hd-dvd drive, toshiba would be giving them the drive royality free and probably at cost or loss.
But trying to compare the cost of an expensive first gen drive(hardware) to licencing fee's is silly, especially when you consider that there is no guarantee either format will succeed. So consumers are stuck paying through the nose for a drive and technology that doesn't get cheaper over time due to the rest of the market rejecting it.
The hardware cost is the big problem here and the fact it could end up being a dead format with cost reduction ramifications down the line.
But trying to compare the cost of an expensive first gen drive(hardware) to licencing fee's is silly, especially when you consider that there is no guarantee either format will succeed. So consumers are stuck paying through the nose for a drive and technology that doesn't get cheaper over time due to the rest of the market rejecting it.
The hardware cost is the big problem here and the fact it could end up being a dead format with cost reduction ramifications down the line.
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No kidding. The point was that the "$50" was not just for DVD Playback, but also for the remote... which considering Sony charged "$50" for their remote also that didn't offer DVD playback, it's a moot point.Talez wrote:But you could play DVD on a PS2 without the remote. You couldn't play DVDs on an Xbox without the dongle.mxlegend99 wrote:Are you retarded or some shit? $50 to playback DVD's? That's the inflated price they charged for their DVD remote + dongle. Sony charged a similar price for their DVD Remote also.
It's not $50 for DVD playback. I've seen DVD players sell for less then $50... bottom end DVD players sell for around that these days. DVD-ROM in PC's cost around $20 to $30 etc. Windows XP plays back DVD's for free.
How many people would choose to save ~$5 by not having DVD?Seraph wrote:At the time of Xbox's release, there was a lot of talk about licensing. One of the main factors in the price of DVD licensing is the price of the player. A unit has to pay around 5-10% of the machine cost for licensing. So an Xbox on launch was between 35 and 65 dollars. A 60 dollar unit like the one Lestat mentioned would've been around 5 bucks in licensing. Has the pricing system changed since then? Probably. Would there still be a licensing fee? Definitely.
In any event - no matter how much or little licensing fees cost, it's a cost that gamers have to pay, and they have no choice.
How many people would choose to save ~$200 by not having HD-DVD / Blu-Ray? Ontop of having the console up to a year earlier.
DVD costs fuck all these days, and will not add much to the cost of the machine. Obviously Nintendo is happy to cut out those sorts of features to save a few bucks here and there... pity the cost of machines doesn't drop also. That is evident from when they cut back on functionality (component output) of the Cube to save money on it... and the price remained the same.