The format war has turned into a format death watch.
Toshiba is widely expected to pull the plug on its HD DVD format sometime in the coming weeks, reliable industry sources say, after a rash of retail defections that followed Warner Home Video's announcement in early January that it would support only the rival Blu-ray Disc format after May.
Officially, no decision has been made, insists Jodi Sally, vp of marketing for Toshiba America Consumer Products. "Based on its technological advancements, we continue to believe HD DVD is the best format for consumers, given the value and consistent quality inherent in our player offerings," she said.
But she hinted that something's in the air. "Given the market developments in the past month," she said, "Toshiba will continue to study the market impact and the value proposition for consumers, particularly in light of our recent price reductions on all HD DVD players."
"Global indie publisher ESDigital Games is thrilled to announce its participation in London Games Festival 2024 from 9th - 20th April at venues across the city." - ESDigital Games.
Christopher Dring has revealed that he spoke to a number of developers at GDC this year that questioned why the PS5 Pro is even happening, with many saying they haven’t even got the most out of the standard version of the console yet.
Exactly
They should have just let developers squeeze as much from the PS5 and then wait for the PS6
By the time developers even get into the PS5 Pro within a couple of years Sony will most likely be sending PS6 dev kits out.
I'm definitely questioning it. Seems entirely unnecessary since there's been no sign of peak optimization by first-party, let alone third. This will just move more focus on more graphics push than fix steady 30fps/60fps modes.
"A couple of companies said this isn’t going to grow the market – it’s not going to move the needle. This generation doesn’t even seem to have got started really, let alone feel the need for a mid-generation update. How about we just get some original, next-generation software up and spinning?"
Ok devs who's fault is that though? The only publisher that came ready was Epic Unreal Engine 5 tech. Sure they were hit and miss with some of their tech in games but they at least brought something new to the table. The consoles released in 2020, you've all had dev kits way before then (2016-2017) to develop new tech, engines innovation. Like y'all have done all other generations. Nope y'all were too busy doing the same stuff staying cross gen and not innovating like before. They should of known Sony would have a Pro console this gen. Devs are lagging behind, take all that money that some of y'all are making from Microtransactions stop being lazy and create innovative new engines and gameplay mechanics. I know it's hard, takes allot money, resources especially time but that's part of being in the industry and a game developer. They should done these things 6 or 7 years ago because it takes so long.
Can't say I feel bad for them tbh.
This is an odd choice just make ps6 in 2026 or 2027 something in those ranges than this
The CPU certainly needed an upgrade, UE 5 titles are going to have a bit of a hard time with that Zen 2 CPU, that's why Robocop has FPS dips.
A new Neuralink demo shows the paralyzed patient Noland Arbaugh playing online chess using only his thoughts.
"Noland said that the chip implant allowed him to play Civilization 6 for eight hours until its battery ran out."
This is great. At the very least it can improve the quality of life for these people. I'll look forward to hearing more from Noland and Neuralink in the near future.
Imagine if one day these guys are barred from entering Esports tourneys because they are deemed to have an unfair advantage.
It’s interesting but they don’t really say much beyond eye tracking is how the cursor moves.
if toshiba finally dropped out and all hi def consumers were united in purchasing jst one product(blu ray) then we will see hi def really start to grow. Blu ray sales should be on the rise but in order to take advantage of the momentum as soon as toshiba concedes they need to drop that price to 250 at most. Makes it more affordable for the consumer. With all hollywood studios behind one format it will also mean more advertising because now they are all walking to a common goal. I also desire to see blu ray disc prices go dwn. I usually pay 22 dollars for a blu ray disc but msrp is like $35 or somethin. They need to drop this by at least $10.
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closer to getting my Heroes in Blu... and transformers too... hehe
That's probably better than seeing HD-DVD "suffer a slow death", isn't it Toshi?
I want Scarface remastered in Blu, come on Universal!!