The recently announced ‘next-gen’ Prince of Persia title has been confirmed for the PS3, Xbox 360 and Nintendo DS, but sadly not the Wii.
In a recent interview, developer Ubisoft says the game will never be ported to the Nintendo console. But that doesn’t mean Wii owners isn’t getting anything. Speaking to Edge magazine this week, Ubisoft explained:
“We ported Two Thrones to the Wii. It was a quick and dirty port, i can say. With that we saw a lot of potential. The controls were not fully optimised, did not take full advantage of the Wii, but a lot of people saw the POP universe could certainly have a home on Wii.”“
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It was reported a few days ago that Pegatron Technology received some orders from Microsoft for an Xbox 360 SKU equipped with a Blu-ray drive. Gamepro reports that Microsoft sent them an email firmly denying it requested such an order.
“As we have stated, we have no plans to introduce a Blu-ray drive for Xbox 360,” said a Microsoft official in an email to GamePro on Monday. “Games are what drive consumers to purchase game consoles, and we remain focused on providing the largest library of blockbuster games available.”
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Economic Daily News (EDN), a Taiwanese news source, says that the recently formed subsidiary of Asus - Pegatron Technology, has received an order from Microsoft to begin manufacturing a Blu-ray equipped model of the Xbox 360.
According to the EDN report, Pegatron claims they will start producing this HD model in the near future, and plans to ship it within six months, close to the holidays.
It was also revealed that the Arcade (formerly Core) version of the console is getting a price cut, but sadly no further details were provided.
Via Kotaku
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The latest data from research firm HMR has revealed that over 9 million Blu-ray movies have been sold in the US, ever since the launch of the format.
Around 3 million of these films were sold after the death of the HD DVD format earlier this year, and if this trend continues, Blu-ray is expected to move nearly 15 million units in 2008 alone.
Source - Blu-ray.com
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LG Electronics today revealed what is supposedly “the world’s fastest Blu-ray writer.” The GGW-H20L model promises the fastest Blu-ray (BD) writing speed the world has ever seen - 6x maximum.
“By launching the world’s fastest Blu-ray writer with a 6x maximum write speed, LG once again proves itself the leader.”
Via TechTree.com
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Following Blu-ray’s recent victory over HD DVD in the high-definition format war, Sony has announced that it is planning to invest over USD 110$ in new equipment and improvements in order to upgrade its Blu-ray plant Terra Haute.
According to Daily Times, the company will spend approximately $100 million on equipment, and up to $10 million on property improvements.
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If you are someone still not convinced the HD format war is over, this could (and should) very well be the final nail in the coffin. Time to move on now.
The world’s largest public corporation, Wal-Mart, has become a Blu-ray exclusive distributor. Their announcement comes only days after a similar one from video rental service Netflix.
“By June Wal-Mart will only be carrying Blu-ray movies and hardware machines, and of course standard def movies, DVD players, and up convert players. Not sure of the short term pricing plans, but history tells us that as more people move to a new technology prices typically go down.”
- According to Check Out, an official Wal-Mart blog.
If this doesn’t convert you format war followers, I don’t know what will.
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