What will the new Xbox use?

[American Gunner]

they can but i dont think they would say no to all that money

I'm sure they would love that, but if they can take away sales depending on the way that MS decides to go, why not hurt the competition?

 

[shingletingle]

You guys have your heads in the clouds. Physical media will not go away. Games will not come on Flash storage. DL games will become more popular. Blu-ray is a VERY logical option and is far more likely than something off the wall like Flash sticks or SD card.

HDDs will be standard. SSDs are not needed and too costly compared to HDDs. WiFi will be standard.

I agree with all of this.

 

[Arkaign]

Sony will happily see BR go into the next Xbox console. Microsoft will be happy to use it. Win/win. Refusing to sell to Microsoft would be a huge PR failure and bad for the standard, which is still not entirely on solid ground yet. Winning the Xbox contract would add eventually tens of millions of BD-ready households to the market, and streaming really isn't a replacement for a high-quality entertainment setup. Streaming TV shows or non-action films is fine, but streaming things like The Dark Knight, etc, nah.. gotta do that on BD.

 

[Veliko]

I don't know the legal ramifications, but what if Sony says no to letting MS use Blu-Ray in the next xbox? Can they legally do that?

Probably not. Sony aren't the sole 'owners' of the BluRay format.

 

[sourceninja]

I think it will use a quantum hard drive. This drive will contain all games that have been or will be created, but will use some DRM to prevent you from playing the game of your choice until you pay microsoft. Payment will only be allowed in bitcoins actually mined on the device itself.

 

[JackBurton]

Hopefully ALL games will be available to download when they're released on the new system. I hate these discs. However, they should include the option to use physical media for the people with no or slow internet connections.

 

[Beev]

This next generation of systems will still use discs in some way, and the next gen *might* too, but eventually everything will be internet and storage based. I cannot wait for that day.

 

[TheSlamma]

Blu-Ray is the only feasible option. The media needs to be cheap, HD's and USB drives cost too much when talking about these kinds of numbers. It also needs to make the console dual purpose, so many people have PS3 and use it for a Blu-ray movie players, the 360 is now obsolete for people with a blu-ray by mail blockbuster subscription.

They really need to consider Blu-ray dual layer or BDXL (only thing is compatibility with this one) also, 25gig in 2 years along with DX11 and massive textures (RAGE) is going to span multidisks in no time.

While I would love direct download myself I know it's not at all possible for many people. They would be throwing away a massive market. Plus it's not good for us as there is zero resale. It's nice to buy the latest assassins creed for $40 with your amazon $20 coupon, beat it and ebay it for $35.

 

[ViperXX]

I say they buy up the HD-DVD format from Toshiba. Use it in the next gen console and give Sony the finger.

 

[Ross Ridge]

I say they buy up the HD-DVD format from Toshiba. Use it in the next gen console and give Sony the finger.

A potential problem with that idea is that there may not be any manufacturing capacity for making HD-DVD disks anymore. Every existing optical console format, even the proprietary formats the GameCube and Saturn used, could be manufactured on equipment used to make standard CDs, DVDs or Blu-Rays.

I don't think Microsoft wants to have dump capital into own disk manufacturing operation or subsidize production so the cost to publishers is close to what they have to pay now to get discs made. Though maybe the equipment that makes Blu-Ray discs and can also make HD-DVDs discs easily enough as well.

 

[Alienwho]

My money is on blu-ray. It makes perfect sense. They hold a huge amount or storage. It's to soon for any new media type to be developed. Sony would let microsoft use blu ray b/c they'd make tons of cash on licensing AND they'd be strengthening blu ray by getting it into more households which means more movie sales.

USB flash drives is the second most likely choice, but I just don't see this happening.

The logical choice is a steam-like system but this would alienate too many customers. Having said that I still think this kind of system will be offered and encouraged but not an absolute requirement.

It could very well be a hybrid of the three.

 

[Rage187]

Since there is the odd chance Sony and MS teamup for the next gen, BR is the likely format.

 

[ManBearPig]

Since there is the odd chance Sony and MS teamup for the next gen, BR is the likely format.

I wish!