"Microsoft will have to start using Blu-ray Disc on the Xbox 360 in order to allow users to play high definition video games"

I couldn't disagree more. There's actually no reason that Microsoft needs to switch formats for high definition games. What the author should've said is that Microsoft would need to change formats to allow users to play Blu Ray high definition MOVIES.

There is plenty of precedent for game consoles using "non-standard" formats for games.

Re: Dishcandanty, all format standards go through a "war". The difference is that this this often gets done before a product is released.

More viral marketing for Sony. Sony will try to retrieve the money spent on it by selling the consumer half empty disc and laughing all the way to the bank. Until i was tipped of i assumed it was fanboys pushing this, now i realise its all new PR i'm just depressed that hegemonic conglomerate practice can force the consumer to take the product that the company with deeper pockets pushes on them. Advertising is one thing, but smear campaigns and timed attacks albeit clever is underhand and forces the consumer to lose out paying more for a product tht is more expensive but offers exactly the same quality sound and image. Search the internet and you can see the new PR firms sitting in front of their PCs absolutely directing our view on this. Very sad for the consumer, shame no one seems to make a stand and even savvy media seem to be eating it up. I won't bother with bluray, but i am looking forward to hearing about the rootkits...

This is one of the most poorly informed articles I've ever read on PC World. Please get the facts striaght about Microsoft's intentions with HD-DVD for gaming...as there has never been an intention. Also, there has been no mention of the xbox 360 needing a Blu-Ray drive for games.

If Paramount reverses its decision a year ago to only support hd-dvd, it's all over. It would be pointless for Universal to continue hd-dvd only.

Xbox 360 doesn't need BD for High-Def gaming. Xbox 360 always played HD games. HD DVD drive is for movies only.

You guys need to go to the horse races more often. If you did that, you would be inured to the effect of your horse losing before it even got out of the gate. The only "advantage" HD-DVD has over BD is the fact that they can be made on the same machinery as current DVDs. BD wins in every other remaining respect.

My biggest problem with BD is that it requires DRM
How is that going to affect home recordings?
I also do not want to support anything that requires DRM