>>Net/Net pros and cons with DVD drives in every box:
>>PROS:
>>No loss in game quality whatsoever
Higher access speeds and capacity sort of seem like factors that could increase a game's quality, but that's just me...
>>Extremely high quality standard grade DVD playback (tried and true format, with all bugs ironed out, Dolby digital support, DTS, progressive scan, etc. etc.)
BR/HD-DVD drives will support DVD playback with all of these bells and whistles.
>>Cheaper box
Depends -- I'm almost positive Sony will be selling theirs for the same price as Microsoft does. It's going to cost Sony more than it does MS, yeah, but as a consumer, what do I care?
>>Cheaper games (or cheaper game development, meaning devs can spend the time/money wasted on supporting a more expensive format on something that counts, like quality of the game)
Possibly, but again, you don't HAVE to use Blu-Ray if you don't have the money.
>>PROS:
>>No loss in game quality whatsoever
Higher access speeds and capacity sort of seem like factors that could increase a game's quality, but that's just me...
>>Extremely high quality standard grade DVD playback (tried and true format, with all bugs ironed out, Dolby digital support, DTS, progressive scan, etc. etc.)
BR/HD-DVD drives will support DVD playback with all of these bells and whistles.
>>Cheaper box
Depends -- I'm almost positive Sony will be selling theirs for the same price as Microsoft does. It's going to cost Sony more than it does MS, yeah, but as a consumer, what do I care?
>>Cheaper games (or cheaper game development, meaning devs can spend the time/money wasted on supporting a more expensive format on something that counts, like quality of the game)
Possibly, but again, you don't HAVE to use Blu-Ray if you don't have the money.