XBOX 360 2.0? DVR?
So there is a rumor that Bill Gates will announce an XBOX 360 2.0 at CES. What would be the delta between the current XBOX and the new 2.0? Well according to the rumor mill (Kotaku) the new XBOX would have a high def DVR (Think TiVo) and an HD-DVD vs the current plain DVD drive. For the record this is a little disturbing to me, as an XBOX 360 owner. Game developers are having a hard time with getting all the game data onto the comparatively small DVD format, the addition of a HD-DVD to the core product may render the current owners out of luck, because game developers would almost certainly go to the larger footprint of the HD-DVD. This would force the current owners to go out and buy additional hardware to play those games.
Here is the part of the post from Kitaku
While I'm not totally on-board with his prediction for Gates' 360 announcements at CES this weekend, I agree with the main thrust. Dudley believes that after doing some inevitable crowing Gates will wow the crowds with an announcement that Microsoft is preparing to license the 360 platform to select consumer electronic companies.
In particular, Microsoft could work with Toshiba to develop a digital video recorder with a hard-drive, high-definition HD-DVD drive and Xbox gaming capabilities. They're already allied against Sony and other backers of the Blu-ray DVD format, and Toshiba could help Xbox finally penetrate the Japanese market.Microsoft could also make a splash by announcing plans to give the Xbox 360 an internal HD-DVD drive, putting it on par with Sony's PlayStation 3 that has a built-in Blu-ray drive.
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