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17 Aug 2006
The external HD-DVD drive add-on for Microsoft's Xbox 360 games console will sell for $200, according to media reports.
Taiwanese tech paper DigiTimes reported that the external USB drive will be available to buy before Christmas this year.
According to the paper, Taiwanese games developers and gaming service providers consider an external drive a better approach than Sony's plans to integrate a Blu-ray drive into the forthcoming PlayStation 3.
An external model offers greater flexibility, and the inclusion of an internal drive in the PlayStation 3 could reduce its competitiveness in the market despite Blu-ray's greater disc capacity.
Confirming the Xbox 360 HD-DVD USB drive at the E3 gaming conference in May, Albert Penello, director of global marketing for the Xbox 360, said that the add-on "carries with it an extension of the HD era that Xbox 360 offers, and provides the most visually stunning movie watching experience available".
"This new accessory will connect to the Xbox 360 console with a USB cable, enabling it to harness the power of the Xbox 360 for the HD video outputs and digital surround sound," he said.
"As an accessory, it becomes another shining example of the flexibility designed into the Xbox 360 console in order to grow and add new features."
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no way
It takes more than a USB connection to work. Sony would have to support it in software, which wouldn't happen even is hell froze over.
Posted by: Blaine 18 Aug 2006
No can do
Almost certainly, MS will ensure that the drive will not communicate with any device not recognized as an Xbox 360. That's not an incredibly difficult hack, however, that's just the first level. In order for the PS3 to display the data feed from the Xbox 360 HD-DVD drive, it would have to understand the proprietary data stream from the device. The components of the PS3 would have to be able to decode that data and put it back out through the video card. When you consider that MS and Sony are rivals and they're working with ATI / nVidia (rivals), the capability may exist, but, it would be a pain in the backside to try and make it work. It wouldn't make sense to say that it would never work, it just wouldn't be so easy as to simply plug in a USB device.
Posted by: itzmes 18 Aug 2006
HD-DVD on PS3 ?
Could the xbox 360 HD-DVD drive be used on the PS3 if it uses a USB cable uses connect? I don't see why not.
Posted by: Ego 17 Aug 2006