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The transporter trailer

So according to this guy, he wouldnt have bought a PS2, he would still be hanging on to his trusty PlasyStation. Ya, this guy has a lot to do with the impending format war. The way nvidia the transporter trailer means nothing. Its as if the memory manufacture for the PS3 came out saying he backed blu-ray and thought it was the greatest thing since sliced bread. Sorry, but this guy sounds like an idiot. 10 years??? Ease up. You apparently have some kind of bug up your butt where this guy is concerned. Have you considered that maybe what he was saying is that you wont be able to introduce another new console within the next ten years without Blu-ray, rather than saying the PS3 is the console for the next 10 years? That in 10 years, there will probably be another technology to supplant Blu-ray? Cut the man so slack. English is not his first language, but he still managed to get both bachelors and masters degrees in American universities. Are you as accomplished as this idiot? Youre also wrong about the GPU having nothing to do with the optical drive. Nvidia designs its graphics chips to provide hardware decoding for the HD formats. 10 years? Dont consoles usually have a turn around of 4-5? The SNES was around 13 years and games were produced for 10 and the PS had a similar life span. Sony has only just stopped manufacturing them so its likely the PS3 will have a lifetime of 10 years, even if a replacement appears 5 years down the line. Finally keep in mind when the PS2 was first released virtually all the games were released on CDs. These days they are almost all DVDs. Similarly in 5 years time I expect game producers will be glad for the extra capacity of Blu-Ray, if you give it to them they will use it. The SNES was around 13 years and games were produced for 10 and the PS had a similar life span. Sony has only just stopped manufacturing them so its likely the PS3 will have a lifetime of 10 years, even if a replacement appears 5 years down the line. But when was the last time you could buy a new first-party or third-party quality title for the PS1? And I dont mean going to game stop and picking up a 6 year old game. I mean when was the last new games made? When the new system comes out, resources are put behind it. How much active XBOX development is going on today and we are only 8 months or so after the release. I just think that by saying a console will last 10 years based on media choice, that he is expecting games to be produced for 10 years. Or else, what does it matter once the games are no longer made. Finally keep in mind when the PS2 was first released virtually all the games were released on CDs. These days they are almost all DVDs. Similarly in 5 years time I expect game producers will be glad for the extra capacity of Blu-Ray, if you give it to them they will use it. But how do we know that Blu-ray wont be the CD of gaming consoles short lived as a medium between cartridges and DVDs? What if the next-next-gen in 5-6 years have games all shipping on flash drives? Or hot-swapable 5 hard drives? Blu-ray isnt going to be here forever, something new will come along. And the other thing to consider. How many games get made for both consoles? 70%? 75% 80%? A developer isnt likely to create a game targeting Blu-Ray, and then go in and strip out a bunch of content for the Xbox release. They will make a game that works on the xbox the transporter trailer its size constraints, and then put it on the PS BAnd the other thing to consider. How many games get made for both consoles? 70%? 75% 80%? A developer isnt likely to create a game targeting Blu-Ray, and then go in and strip out a bunch of content for the Xbox release. They will make a game that works on the xbox within its size constraints, and then put it on the PS /B I was under the impression this happened all the time. Wether it be for PC, with skeleton installs, vs full, or games made for consoles, and slightly lesser versions for portable players. Is this not the case? Ive never seen anyone so crazy mad about a damn optical Why do you care so much hmurchinson? For a shiny 5 disc, youre willing to attack and berate other Ive never seen anyone so crazy mad about a damn optical Why do you care so much hmurchinson? For a shiny 5 disc, youre willing to attack and berate other Im just a person that likes to take things at face value and make my own judgements. The benefit of messageboards like AI is that I can openly post my judgements on particular electronic gear and we as an online community can discuss the merits or lackthereof of various products. With the whole HD DVD vs Blu-Ray fiasco I noticed some disturbing trends.