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It's Over! Blu-Ray Officially Wins!
pointdablame:
--- Quote from: patrickl on February 19, 2008, 07:27:30 am ---For instance, there were online games for the PS2 that only worked with the slim PS2. Or I had to buy a network adapter for my older PS2.
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Those games were released while the fat PS2 was out. it did not in any way shape or form "only work with slim PS2s" It simply required the ethernet adapter which was not included in the original PS2. The slim made it EASIER to play the games I guess, but that's about it.
--- Quote from: patrickl on February 19, 2008, 07:27:30 am ---If in the future the installed base of Xbox 360s with Blu-Ray becomes big enough they might start bringing out games that work only on that. Maybe even bundle two disks in a box.
Not sure why they would need Blu-Ray for now, but to say that that's NEVER going to happen is like claiming that 640KB is enough for everyone.
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That is a HUGE "if" I have to agree with shmokes. In the console's life cycle, I see no way for the add-on BluRay drive to grow a large enough installed base to have game publishers shoot themselves in the foot and split their market. It's not going to happen. NEVER.
patrickl:
--- Quote from: pointdablame on February 19, 2008, 07:32:34 am ---
--- Quote from: patrickl on February 19, 2008, 07:27:30 am ---For instance, there were online games for the PS2 that only worked with the slim PS2. Or I had to buy a network adapter for my older PS2.
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Those games were released while the fat PS2 was out. it did not in any way shape or form "only work with slim PS2s" It simply required the ethernet adapter which was not included in the original PS2. The slim made it EASIER to play the games I guess, but that's about it.
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Still, it only really worked for part of the installed base. How is that different?
patrickl:
--- Quote from: pointdablame on February 18, 2008, 08:27:41 pm ---
--- Quote from: patrickl on February 18, 2008, 05:00:23 pm ---Are you sure? I don't think it does bluetooth. It's RF, but AFAIK it's some proprietary Logitech signal and not bluetooth.
:edit: Looks like you can control the PS3 by buying an IR-USB adapter like the one that comes with the Nyko Blu-Wave remote.
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yup you're right. I just took a look at the thread I had read and you do need an adapter. I thought I had read it did it natively.
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Ah too bad. My dad has one of these and he specifically bought it to control his "media player computer" which uses an RF remote. Only to find that the RF in the 890 is only used to drive the IR extenders. Would have been nice if it turned out that it actually used Bluetooth and that it could be used for controlling devices. Ah well.
HaRuMaN:
Toshiba quits HD DVD business
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: shmokes on February 19, 2008, 01:04:00 am ---Xbox 360 games will NEVER be released on BluRay.
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Why does everyone always assume the two formats are mutually exclusive? There is zero reason aside from licensing that a game or movie couldn't be released on both. Licensing is all corporate games and has little bearing on the technology.
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