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Basically is Blu-Ray sky rockets, people will be flocking to buy the PS3 because the stand alone player is so expensive... and the value of the PS3 just gets hotter and hotter..

Still want that HD-DVD peripheral for Xbox360?

Re: Best E³ ever for Nintendo fans? (Be warned: fanboyism!)
 

That's if the blu-ray sky rockets.

I think there are too many factors to take into to consideration to even announce a clear cut winner at this point in time. But I guess this is part of the fun next gen, making predictions. :)

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I assume you made a typo and you mean IF?

Because that's the whole point: if.

Re: Best E³ ever for Nintendo fans? (Be warned: fanboyism!)
 

It's not about just the BDR HD Movies it will be delivering. It's about the games as well. Blu-Ray will skyrocket nonetheless, whether in games or movies. Developers will love the freedom they have to create compelling content.. It adds more value to the purchase of a game. Microsoft will be hearing cries from their developers cuz they want more room on their Discs, so either way if BDR wins or loses in the next-gen platform, Microsoft will inevitably have to adopt their HD-DVD peripheral, forcing current owners to shell out another 200... because face it, once HD-DVD goes mainstream, all the games will go on HD-DVD cuz of the storage capacity and so you will NEED to buy it for the Xbox 360 for 2nd gen games. While with the PS3 you will have all you need out of the box.

in essence, the xbox 360 will have cost near the same as the ps3 when the HD-DVD makes it presence known to Xbox 360 gamers, and where will the "cheaper then PS3" fit in?

The only system that is CLEAR CUT cheaper is the Wii at this point. The X360 was priced lower only because peripherals were held back on it, eventually though... HD-DVD & BDR will become mainstream for their respective consoles, with PS3 owners having already a BDR player and Xbox 360 owners having to buy one to play 2nd gen games. All in all I'd say the value and price of PS3 and Xbox 360 are pretty much the same.

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It'll be awhile before developers for the 360 force people to use HD-DVD. My guess is that 2 versions will be released similar to how PC is now. Larger the game, the more standard DVDs (or in PC's case CD's) it takes due to HD content taking up a crapload of room. But if you dont want to be swapping DVDs sometimes, you get the HD-DVD version and just have a single DVD to deal with.