DeshRaj:

Sony is holding discussions about offering a Blu-ray drive for the Xbox 360 with console contender Microsoft. After Sony’s triumph last month in the high-definition DVD format conflict, the two sides are now talking about Microsoft adopting Blu-ray. A Blu-ray drive in a 360 would make Microsoft more aggressive with the PS3. The drive could be included in Pro version Xbox, or Microsoft could offer a drive as a plug-in peripheral. Distribution of digital video is a matter of contention as of now. Sheng Zou, head of Microsoft product in Taiwan, seems to be extremely hopeful regarding the proposal. There’s no official announcement regarding the discussions, except August being the month for the offer to be realized.

Source: Nomorepixels

[Source : Gaming Blog]

Musical-ecstasy:

On 20th of this month at ps3fanboy it was revealed that soon there will be a new firmware upgrade for your PS3. This 2.20 firmware had some cool offerings for PS3 owners.

It was supposed to add following features to PS3: Blu-Ray Live (2.0), DivX content over 2 GB, resume play options to enable BD/DVD to played from the point it was stopped, even if the disc was removed.

Guess what, it’s out now. Yea, you heard it right, firmware 2.20 for your PS3 is live now. So, if you haven’t then get your PS3 update right now.

Via: PS3Fanboy

[Source : Gaming Blog]

Jayprashanth:

The Sony PS3 is already one hot game/entertainment console and it is all set to get further pimped up with the latest firmware update 2.2 in a bid to introduce a whole load of ultra cool features. To start off, with the BD-LIVE you can directly access the Blu-ray movies like the “6th day” and “walk hard” as they release. Copying your photo and music playlists onto your playstation portable is now possible with the BD-LIVE. The PSP connection continues with one more feature which lets you control the PS3’s music using the PSP like a remote. One very hot, new feature is the “Resume Play” with which you can directly start off from where you left, even if the disc is not in the PS3. Other nice touches are the faster web browser and “mosquito noise reduction” for movie playback. But, by tailoring all these features to suit only Sony products, Sony, as always, is trying to establish a stranglehold over the entire entertainment of the PS3 consumer, which in my opinion might not prove too fruitful as a consumer always will like to have choices. And Sony is restricting the consumer’s choice by trying to monopolize the gaming and entertainment market, which it already has almost achieved with the Blu-ray format. Only the future will tell how successful this strategy is.

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Source: i4u

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Jayprashanth:

High definition has always been a big memory eater, and to redefine BIG, we now have the all new Metal Gear Solid-4 game title for the PS3’s Blu-Ray, getting a Massive, 50GB of memory. Till date, PS3s Blu-Ray Drives have seen games with upto 25GB but all that will change soon with the MGS4’s 50 gig Blu-Ray. This news has come straight off the Konami’s retailers meet that happened on the 13th of this month to resolve the memory issue the MGS4 was facing. Incidentally, news broke out last month that the 25gig Blu-Ray disc couldn’t hold all the languages for the MGS4. And Konami have also announced that even with fifty gigs, the MGS4 Blu Ray discs to be sold in Europe and North America will not have Japanese voiceover and the Japanese MGS4 Blu-Ray discs will not come with English voiceovers. This Glaring omission can only mean that the very successful Metal Gear Solid series will get cutting edge, high definition game graphics and some real high quality thumping sound.

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Musical-ecstasy:

Ever since the demise of HD-DVD, fanboys of Xbox 360 have been praying for a Blu-Ray add-on for their consoles. An article in The Financial Times on Thursday mentioned that Sony Electronics US president Stan Glasgow said during media dinner that they are discussing Blu-ray with Microsoft for Xbox 360. It wasn’t long before Next-Gen interviewed Microsoft representative who said that Microsoft’s prime focus is to provide games for gaming console and not to provide movie playing capabilities. He said,

There are no plans to introduce Blu-ray.

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