Comments on: XBox360 NOT getting a BluRay AddOn

By: Freddy J

Freddy J — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 03:14:01 +0000

So far all I’ve seen from DLC is just the movie is offered, that don’t cut it with me. I need my special features, it’s just not the same without it :P

I have no experience with the PSN, are the downloaded movies actually yours to keep or are they like the Xbox Live movies and just time limited rentals?

By: ADOX

ADOX — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 22:36:25 +0000

they’ve said this over n over, as a ps3 fanboy who doubts sony would actually let them i say na na, nanny boo boo

By: Rodney

Rodney — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 22:17:56 +0000

Alex, every dvd I continue to buy is also irrelevant to they DLC.

The point is that I already have 400+ movies so it wouldnt be long before I had a heaping pile of digital movies as well. If I got new ones or replaced the old ones, I would have to worry about failing hardware, and the daunting task of replacing them.

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 22:02:42 +0000

@Rodney

The 400 movies you already have are IRRELEVANT to the DLC issue,

You ALREADY HAVE THEM on hard copy so thats great, why would you DL them again? And as long as they are not BLU-Ray then you can play them on 360 anyways!!

And as for HDD dieing, I’m sure PS3s die 10 more times than 360 HDDs, my freinds PS3 died out just this summer…..

By: Rodney

Rodney — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 21:08:02 +0000

@Alex, hard drives die all the time. Don’t fool yourself. And “redownloading” these files will not only take a LONG time and most internet providers would limit your bandwidth for downloads. I have over 400 movies in my collection. Redownload those? sorry. I don’t have a week and 16tbs worth of space.

You make it sound like you snap your fingers and pop you have your library back… its not that easy even if they are willing to let you have em back for free.

So far, if one of my movies gets damaged its one movie out of over 400 that I need to replace. Downloaded media is not allowed to be put to disk. Until they change that I will have no use for it.

By: dingo101

dingo101 — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 20:11:53 +0000

I guess everyone has their personal preferences — mine just happens to be with a slip case, cover, and DVD. I enjoy having my flicks out on display. But I do think those that would prefer DLC is currently in the minority and will be so for quite a long time. I think it’ll take many years to get people out of the habit of owning hard copies of media and go to a strictly digital medium.

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 20:01:22 +0000

@Rodney

If your HDD dies (which is a long shot) you just send it in for repair or buy another one and re-download all your files for free!

Just call them up and they can take a look at your account and your purchases and you can re-download everything!!!

Actually I’m pretty sure you dont even need to call them, when you log into your account and go to the store it will list that you have purchased a file and you can download it!!

By: Rodney

Rodney — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 19:53:30 +0000

And when your hard drive containing all your data dies… you have nothing.

Or spend hours backing up your backups. Oh wait. You can’t locked content cannot be recopied.

I will wait until its more viable.

By: hecticstairs

hecticstairs — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 19:50:26 +0000

DLC also offers a minimalist and organizational esthetic perk of taking up next to no space in your living area.

More importantly you’re not relegated to constantly dealing with updating hardware to play higher and higher def movies

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:05:36 +0000

Xbox is out selling PS3 in Japan now also!!!

http://kotaku.com/gaming/console-sales/360-outsells-ps3-in-japan-320908.php

Only a couple weeks till Gears of War 2!!!!

Hey isn’t their supposed to be a Gears movie in the works??!!

By: Rodney

Rodney — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:50:02 +0000

SethRex, the problem is that you are comparing BluRay to HD-DVD. The quality on these compared to standard DVDs is astounding. People used to say they couldn't tell the difference between VHS and DVD either but its a non-argument now. No one says VHS was better than DVD. If you couldnt tell the difference between these and standard DVDs then you don't have an HD television. Use the proper TV and right quality cables and there is a world of difference. However, the Civil War of Next Gen DVD Formats was pointless as two major creators both wanted their format to be it.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:21:07 +0000

All downloadable content means to me in relation to movies is DRM of some sort, waste of hard drive space that I would rather use for game DLC, and wasted bandwidth. Until we are able to download at 5-10 gigs a minute with infinite hard drive space and no DRM when purchasing content, I will be a proud purchaser of Blurays and DVDs. Microsoft’s attempt to force DLC upon people when there is still a large market for physical content is really to bad. Why limit yourself?