Niente Blu-ray su Xbox 720?
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di: Giovanni MancaDon Reisinger ha pubblicato sulle pagine di cnet.com, sito di riferimento nel settore tecnologico, un interessante editoriale che analizza il futuro della Xbox 720. Secondo Reisinger anche la prossima generazione delle console di Microsoft non monterà un lettore Blu-ray a causa delle difficoltà incontrate dagli sviluppatori in questi anni. I punti di forza saranno ancora una volta il supporto DVD e un servizio online di altissimo livello.
Beyond cost, what’s so bad with DVD? The games look perfectly fine on the format, most developers haven’t had too much trouble developing for DVDs, and even less have spent time complaining that it’s not as capable as Blu-ray. In fact, I’ve heard more gripes from developers about Blu-ray than DVD lately.
But we also can’t forget that gaming is moving in an entirely different. Over the next few generations, the need for media like DVD or Blu-ray will diminish and games will be purchased over the Web and downloaded to a hard drive on the console. It’s already happening now in small amounts, but rest assured that as the industry realizes the benefit of sending games directly to you and Blu-ray loses its fight against streaming, you can bet that all this talk about formats will be just another stepping stone in the storied history of gaming.
But until that happens, I simply don’t see any reason for Microsoft to offer up Blu-ray in the Xbox 720. I see no reason to pay a competitor for the use of its format when it’s cheaper to develop for another that’s perfectly fine.
The future of gaming has nothing to do with Blu-ray. And although we don’t know what Microsoft will include in the Xbox 720, I’m willing to bet it’ll feature DVD and a strong online component where buying games through Xbox Live is made simpler.