I like holidays...

...not.

There is not much to do thanks to holidays and I can't wait to go back to work, but for the moment let's see what we had today as news. I guess the biggest news today was Warner Bros. joining fully Blu-Ray after they made movies for HD-DVD and Blu-Ray. Let's see what impact it will have on the format war.

For the next “news” I have to admit that I love the USA. There are 3 people from Texas who have filled a class action lawsuit against Microsoft because Xbox LIVE was down or at least not completely online. And thats why I like the USA, because they are making always funny lawsuits that no one can win (and because of Arnie the Governator). Those three should read the agreement that the did accept when creating the account, because there is the nice point that the service maybe does not work from time to time. Maybe from now on the american presidents does not start wars and instead start lawsuits, who knows. :)

In another news, well there none.

So long

Rumour time

I just discovered a rumour about a new Xbox 360 SKU version on gamesindustry.biz, it should be announced in Las Vegas at the Consumer Electronics Show. The new SKU should come then with a in-built HD-DVD drive. There where a lot rumours about such a SKU last year and gamesindustry.biz is the most time reliable compared to other sites. On the other side SKU with in-built HD-DVD would be a bit late now that Blu-Ray sells a lot better then HD-DVD. Games could not benefit from an internal HD-DVD drive because that would make the other SKUs useless and Microsoft even does not like if games are using the HD because all costumers must have the same experience with the game no matter if they have a Premium or Elite with HD or a Core without HD.

That rumour alone would be a bit boring so let's see what other sites are telling about a new Xbox 360 SKU. One or two sites wrote that the new Xbox 360 SKU will not only have the in-built HD-DVD, it will also have in-built WiFi, biger HD, High Def sound, silent fan and other things. So if that would be true Microsoft is working on a "Xstation 360"?

I can believe the rumour the way it is posted at gamesindustry.biz, but for the specs that are posted on some other sites. Well it would not make sense to make a 360 SKU with all that features and the price should be higher then for a PS3. People who have enough money and want a console that can do a lot of things even if it is expensive have already a PS3 so this market can only be very tiny. Also it would make costumers a bit angry 2 weeks after Christmas. I guess I would sell my 360 if the rumour about the high speced SKU is true and never buy again a Xbox 360. :)


So long

Welcome to 2008

Well the new year has started and there is already an old friend from 2007 in the news. The rumor about a MGS4 Xbox360 version, but I should post something here and there are no other news. This time it is even not a rumor according to the site where the news was posted. I guess it is more likely to see a MGS4 version for the Wii then for the Xbox360 because MGS2 soled not good on the first Xbox and there are still not many Xbox360 consoles soled (something like 15-17 million units) and most of the owners are for sure former Xbox gamers. On the other side the Wii is selling good and Solid Snake had always a good connection to the Nintendo systems and it is also likely that Kojima will use the motion sensor of the Sixaxis more then other games and implement it well in the gameplay. If there would be then a 360 version they would need to remove this features while for Wii they could leave it in. But thats all only theory, so let`s wait for the next MGS4 rumors and for a lot of other rumors this year.

The news post can be found there ---> link