PS3 one ups Xbox 360 with its DivX support

Tech.Blorge reports:

"...Gizmodo met with the company, which shared some interesting details on the big move.

First of all, unlike the Xbox 360, the PS3 is DivX certified. While the Microsoft's console can only playback some DivX files, the PS3 will get full DivX functionality. This includes the ability for game developers to use the very efficient compression format for in-game cut-scenes.

This means DivX video cut scenes will reduce stress on the machine, theoretically allowing for better load times, less power consumption, and less heat output."

[sonarus]

i dnt knw how developers will use it but i remember seeing a home screen shot with a divx logo on it. Which leads me to believe they have been working on this for quite sometimes so it could possible see release soon and also it will probably play a big part in home. Hopefully div x is supported by the web browser as well so i can stream stage 6 stuff. I doubt the update is "coming soon" cus soon to sony can mean 4-5 months or till when home launches. Its not impossible but till i see official word i am not expecting it in any updates

[Lord Anubis]

Since Ps3 is getting Full Support then I would expect divx web player to be included in the package which is heaven when you add stage6.

[Adamalicious]

I would guess they might use it in Home for the movie/game trailers etc.

[fusionboxer]

Yea i would love to start streaming stage6 stuff on my ps3. That's how i watch most of my boxing matches and I'm hoping that stage6 becomes more popular because of this.

[TheSadTruth]

I don't think this is a big deal.

Are people going to use all these additional features? Most people don't use Stage6 or all the DivX stuff for the most part. People just rely on DivX to watch their pirated movies, porn and television. So I imagine that Sony dropped a hefty amount of money to get these rights but I don't see it being much of a deal.

But I can't even get the DivX movies I want to play on my 360 to work AT ALL so at least Sony is doing something right in that regard.

[ruibing]

The second source, tipped by The Round Peg, says the following about when we should be expecting it:

"Though no specific time frame was given for this upgrade, their particular emphasis on saying it was coming soon leads us to believe it's "coming in a week or two" soon, as opposed to "4 months down the road" soon."

Let's just go play our games and maybe we'll find this feature added in a week or so.

[HarryEtTubMan]

The truth: 360 realize that the 360 isn't increasing its lead over the PS3 any longer. The consoles Literally almost TIED this month..... and we all know the PS3 is ONE HUNDER AND FIFTY F#CKING DOLLARS more expensive with not even half the amount of AA games until 2008(and O BOY 2008 IS GONNA BE PURE PWNAGE) AND THEY ARE ALREADY KEEPING UP AND winning by a few thousand hahahaha. O I guess common sense says that in 2008 when the PS3 is dropped to 350$ and possibly 300$ with the release of Killzone 2, Gran Turimso 5, God of War 3, Little Big Planet, Whit kNIGHT cHRONMICLES, Socom: Confrontation, Metal Gear Solid 4, Final Fantasy 13, UT3, Resistance 2,Tekken 6,5 NCSoft MMO's, 2 Rockstar Exclusives(hahahahahahahahahah ah keep your measley extra GTA4 content douche bags hahahahaha) and soo many more the PS3 will no longer TIE but suddenly LOSE... because, ummmm, well lets pretend the 1 million people in the world that just a purchased a PS3 in November just really didnt want one and make the XBOTS feel happy(PS3 OWNAGE IN 2008. MARK MY WORDS.... ITS ALREADY FREAKING TIEING ).hahahahaa They also realize the 360 will NEVER EVER have a game that looks and runs like Gran Turismo 5 and Killzone 2 on their system... and its only the end of PS3's first year. They also realize it has only been out one little year. It's a baby. They also HATE AND ARE JEALOUS THAT IT WILL BE OUT 9 OR MORE YEARS(SONY ISN'T LIEING ITS THEIR MONEY), bLU Ray is gonna win the Format almost for certain or wither way always exist... They get crappy DVD9 WHILE PS3 OWNERS GET BLU RAY... THE NICEST FORMAT ON THE MARKET THAT SONT HAS BEEN GENEROUNS ENOUGH TO GIVE TO US FOR 399$. 3-4 GAMES just IN THAT list are as big or even bigger franchises than Halo. THATS HILARIOUS. They also believe in their minds that in 2008 and beyond the 360 will always beat the PS3 in the U.S. IT WON'T! YOU WILLING TO BET? I AM. PS3 IS THE CONSOLE EVERYONE EVERYWHERE IS BETTING ON. IT IS TOO POWERFUL. If the situations were reversed and a Xbox came out a year later... was trying something newwith Blu ray and a year of harder Development.... with far less games(even thogh now there are alot of good games...wait until 2008) and at a 150$ higer Price Range... IT WOULD BE DESTROYING THE XBOX. LITTLERALY CRUSHING IT BY THE THOUSANDS.... GUESS WHAT L I A R S. IT CAN ONLY TIE AND IT EVEN LOST BY A FEW THOUSAND THIS MONTH. THE GAP IS NO LONGER GROWING. THE GAP IS NO LONGER GROWING. THE GAP IS NO LONGER GROWING. DON'T U RETARDS UNDERSTAND SONY'S PLAN WORKED????? MICROSFT RELEASED HALO, MASSEFFECT, AND BIOCHOCK IN THE LAST 3-4 MONTHS AND SONY STILL TIED THEIR FREAKING SALES MAN. PS3 IS BRING OWNAGE IN A DIFFERENT WAY. THEY ARE SCREWING UP MICROSFTS TIME TO SHINE... AND TRUST IF U HAVE NEVER TRUSTED BEFORE... MICROSOT IS NOT AT ALLLLL FEELING THE WAY U DISTORTING FANBOYS ARE... THEY JUST TIED A BRAND SPANKIN NEW, 150$ MORE EXPENSIVE, FAR LESS GAMES (SO FAR) HAVING PS3. THIS IS THE ULLLLTTIMMATE PWNAGE BY SONY AND U RETARDS THINK YOU HAVE WON SOMETHING AND MICROSFT KNOWS OTHERWISE. PSN in 2008 is gonna have EVERYTHING XBL does including in game XMB, PS HOME(SUCK IT XBOTS), A HUGE ONLINE MOVIE ON DEMAND ANS *MUSIC* ON DEMAND THEY SAID THAT WILL EVEN RIVAL iTUNES... AND THERE ARE ALREADY OVER 5.5 MILLION ON THE PLAYSTAOIN NETWORK EVEN BEFORE NOVEMBER HAHAHAHAHA. THERE IS SOOO MUCH MORE.... YOU GUYS MIGHT NOT UNDERSTAND BUT I GUARANTEE YOU FANBOTS....SONY IS LAUGHING THEIR HEADS OFF.... HALO/BIOSHOCK/MASSEFFECT/GEARS OF WAR/DEAD RISING/ EVERYTHING AND A 249$ XBOX 360(WITH WHAT U GUYS THINK IS THIS SUPERIOR ONLINE SERVICE LMAO)
COULDNT BEAT A 400$ Playstation 3 without Killzone 2, Metal Gear SOLID 4, Gran Turismo 5, Final Fantasy 13(and Versus), 2 Rockstar Exclusives, UT3, Haze, Socom, WKS, Resistance 2, Motorstrom 2, Jak and Daxter, Infamous, Little Big Planet, Metal GEAR Online, Syphon Filter, God of War 3, Getaway, Heavy Rain, Redwood Falls, Eight Days, Afrika.

The PS3 will sale over 8 million by December 31, 2007.
The PS3 will see further Pricecuts next year.

The Playstation 3 is going to CRUSH your dreams. Because you fanboys DEFIANTELY are dreaming. Microsoft can't beat Sony and if these Worldwide sales don't tell YOU something.... you have A SERIOUS PROBLEM. Sony is laughing all the way to the bank. I GUARANTEE YOU.

[Polluted]

Jesus God Harry! Rant much?

The interview was with a DivX rep, not a Sony rep, so there's a good chance that "soon" actually means "soon". Like real soon. I hate when Sony says soon because it usually boils down to 6-9 months down the road...if not more.

[360Jamaican40GigFL]

lol after all that ranting like the dumb fvck u are, u got attention from only about 5 ppl

[nanometric]

As much as I like sony and my ps, ps2 and soon ps3, but I don't give a damn what you have to say, I didn't even bother to read that whole crap, stop with fanboy nonsense. Besides it's not like it can go through thick 360 fanboy skulls

[davez82]

i gotta give harry props, it takes a lot to think of all what he wrote hahaha.

[jonnyboy]

got it off your chest did you? While its good to see the PS3 really competing with ... well the competition, don't go bashing on every 360 owner just because they don't own a PS3. Because while they're in denial now, late next year they won't be able to hold off on buying a PS3.

[TheSadTruth]

Harry doesn't get out much.

[jiggyjay]

We all know that the PS3 is more a video machine than a gaming machine! while the 360 is more of a gaming machine! Sony really put it up their fanboys butt by telling them the PS3 is a gaming machine! LOL stupid fanboys!

edit-@ruibing did you read my post? I said the PS3 is a better video machine because that's what Sony instended to do.. the 360 isn't as good as a video player because its a gaming machine first! Sony put the PS3 out to win the HD format war! We all know that!

[ruibing]

Please read the first sentence from the article:

"We all know the Xbox 360 supports DivX nowadays."

Now, you were saying?

Update: That is like arguing which came first: the chicken or the egg. You say 360 was designed for gaming in mind while I see DLC being in there too. You say the PS3 was designed for video while I see it having pretty damn good first year library of games and quite a number of PS3 owners not even knowing about Blu Ray.

[toughNAME]

The PS3 destroys the 360 in features.

EDIT - you idiot sony fanboys...PS3 has features

but these are gaming consoles

who buys a system for features?

PS3 is way behind when it comes to games

Thats the point of this post....lol u all got fooooooled

[Cusco]

What use is there stating the obvious?
FULL DivX compatibility is certainly a nice addition.
cheers

[Douchebaggery]

No Microsoft paid ______ joke?

[bootsielon]

Judging by all your past comments, I never thought you'd say this.

[cmrbe]

and since you have one then perhaps you are correct. However i do concede that the x360 has more games.

[Xemnas]

Nothing more need to be sed after this comment.

[Lord_Mike]

Now I cannot wait till this is released. Oh, I can finally watch my movies, anime and music videos. Once this update is implemented, the PS3 will finally be a true home media center. No more running it off my PC =)

[shrimpboat]

I have a 360 and a PS3 and I am more happy with my PS3 purchase than my 360. Like Sony said its a Marathon not a race and they have surpassed the 360 in this marathon with Great games, Firmware updates, and great services like Downloadable movies right around the corner and HOME. I use the web browser alot to watch free movies online when Im not gaming

[drewdrakes]

Why would the PS3 need DivX? Ive been told that its powerful enough that it doesnt need cut scenes to be more efficient/reduce heat (wouldnt be substantial). I was also told that blu-ray meant it didnt need much compression, I guess what these people told me was wrong?

[TheGamer]

Reported as SPAM!!! Changing your post after you get some agrees is just gay!! Be a man and do not edit your posts after someone gives u bubbles or agrees. How low can you get??

[toughNAME]

did anyone notice my clear emphasis on features? on a GAMING console?

you should report youselves as spam...stupid easyily influenced sony fanboys

[dantesparda]

Please stop listening to the fanboy infested bullsh1t that toughname spews out. He's just a fanboy who is obviously jealous. If this news had been for the 360 he would be rubbing it your PS3 fanboy faces and would not be running some bullsh!t about these systems being game systems and not movie players. He is full of sh!t and so is his opnions.

Peace out!

[Fighter]

It should come with the profile 1.1 update for blu-ray. I heard it's coming before the end of this year.

[Maddens Raiders]

but is this supposed to be news? Didn't we all already know this happening about two weeks ago?

[ruibing]

Oh really? I thought it was news since I knew about the Divx support for both systems but didn't know there was a difference between the two.

[Maddens Raiders]

the Certification is nice, but I swear we were all apprised of this days ago. Oh well, good news nevertheless. =]

[Darkiewonder]

Following week is the week before christmas. think about it people. Think about that one ;)

[solidt12]

Nice feature. i hope the developers really use this feature to its full potential.

[wageslave]

This article is silly for two reasons:
1) Certification dont mean jack, the Xbox 360 plays back every DivX I've tried -- and I've played plenty.

and, the bigger reason:

2) Who believes that Developers even *want* DivX compressed cutscenes? In case you didnt know, DivX is only "popular" because it is free, Video Compression codecs from plenty of other places (like _Microsoft_ and Apple for instance) are better quality, but they are not gratis.

What on earth would a Xbox 360 developer want with DivX cutscenes when WMV is a better codec in the first place?

This is a Marketing move. BUT, i now expect every PS3 fan on N4G to be screaming "PS3 is FULL DivX" -- whatever.

I'll go back to playing my DivX files now, on my Xbox 360.

[razer]

Since MS development kits and software allow the devs to use in-game assets as cut-scenes easily. This accomplishes basically the same thing.. I really hate it when I am playing a game and it looks OK and then this CGI/Pixar cut-scene comes on. It messes with the emersion and if anything makes the actual game graphics look worse.

New "tools" like this are great, but I don't see that it is anything to "toot your horn about".

All I wanted was to be able to play my .avi media and MS delivered first on the 360 and I am happy.

[DrPirate]

You are the correct one good sir.

bubbles.

[Lord Anubis]

it's saddening to read post like this (both) because its reasonable to not understand technology but its ultimately foolish to make a statement with out researching first.

I will give both of you a hint. "1080p/ best stream tech" "stream online to hardware". now quickly run and research and apologize to life

[guerojose]

^^^^^
Can I get an "Amen!"?

I haaaaate that. If the freakin' cut-scene looks so much better than the game graphics, it totally destroys immersion. Hello developers? Why don't you just throw some live video in there? Then we'd be back to some of those games from the 80s.

[Armyless]

FF7 cut-scenes were an absolute treat and one of the reasons why Playstation 1 exploded on the scene. (and the reason it took 4 discs)
RE2 cut-scenes were breathtaking.
FFX cut-scenes were treated as a reward later in the game you could replay.

Most gamers appreciate CGI eye candy.

[razer]

What is this special knowledge you have?? I'm not one who can't take someone disagreeing so I did some searches on your terms. They resulting in nothing.. Now maybe you can paste in a link that explains what you are talking about. As far as I can tell this is talking about using DiVX for in-game cutscenes to take some load off the machine and for compression purposes.. Which is exactly what I am speaking about.. So instead of being cryptic in your answer why don't you enlighten us.

I will be busy apologizing to life in the meantime, while I'm sure you will be busy getting your degree in Professional Assh0le.

[supaet]

well, it's not on the logo or something, but we all know that the 360 is wmv certified.

so how is wmv any better/worse than divx? nothing, it's just another format.

[romaink]

WMV is better than DivX... especially with the VC1 algorithm and the ability to include uncompressed sound.

[Lumbo]

Oh please, DivX is a VIDEO codec, sound has nothing to do with it, where did you get the idea that a DivX encoded VIDEO could not have uncompressed audio?

WMV is not = VC1, WMV is = AVI or OGM as in a container format to include a video and a sound stream into a single file. There is no reason why an WMV file could not contain an uncompressed audio stream AND a DivX encoded video stream.

So this has nothing to do with "opinion" but all with "missinformation" on your part.

[DrPirate]

Well, look.

We know HOME is using Divx to stream it's video in monitors that are in-game. So it makes sense.

[jack who]

ooh noesss

[pwnsause]

ok guys, get your divx movies/shows/anime ready!!! I <3 PS3 for games/Blu-ray/and now DIVX!!!!11

[Lord Anubis]

stage6.divx.com

It will be heaven to watch bleach||naruto on a big screen and with the Ps3's upconvertion it will be interesting to watch movies from stage6.

@below

remove a 6 and you'll be fine.

stage6.com

ah, you can watch recently released anime like naruto and bleach at 480 resolution and if you lurk the site you get a few surprises in the form of recently released movies at high res.

[fopums]

do you mean stage66.com? not that I've used it or anything ;)

edit: er whoops, meant 66stage.com, now Im checking into stage6.com :D

thanks for the info! bubble+

[aco]

I don't think is about ho deliver first... if you are happy with your consol playing avi that's ok... but I think there is gone be a diffrent betwen the two consols on how they gone use Divx codec for there Gaming and consol....

[BlazinEurasian]

If Bluray wins the PS3 is by far the most well thought out console of this generation. I'm not saying it has the best games, or is the best console, just that Sony really figured out the future marketplace and capitalized on it with the PS3.

The Wii is the most accessible
The 360 has arguably the best library (arguably)
The PS3 will probably be the most future proof

[wageslave]

The Xbox 360 has better non-game features.

And, the PS3 has the same hardware capactiy (w/r/t games) as the Xbox 360, but MS is a software company.

Perhaps you've missed all the features that the Xbox 360 is doing *today* that the PS3 isnt even close?

Friends/Community/Live/Messen ger: Xbox 360
Marketplace/Arcade: Xbox 360
Media Playback / Windows Media Center Extender / IPTV: Xbox 360

In these three spheres, Xbox 360 is taking PS3 to the cleaners. I cannot even begin to imagine what you people are smoking.

AND, there are More Games. And the games that are cross platform are Better on Xbox 360*. And, the Exclusives are better*.

*Not my "opinion", but the industry; see metacritic.com for your own analysis.

"Future proof"? No, I dont think so. There is still a very good chance PS3 could collaps under the weight of Sony RIAA and Sony MPAA's BR misstake.

Audiophiles and Videophiles *do* know that Sony is terrible to its AV customers -- HD-DVD is a far better bet for AV nerds.

Give it time -- wait until most Toshiba and HP machines have a HD-DVD burner (Q1 08)... wait until the mass market starts talking about BR in the same breath as Beta and Laserdisc.

Then, we'll see how "future proof" PS3 is. BR media sales are to PS3 what UMD was to PSP: A DRM measure, nothing more.

When Sony fails at BR, you'll still get games for PS3 (sure), but I invite you to go and buy some UMD Movies / Music for your PSP.

[BlazinEurasian]

You took my post too personally. Its future looking and speculative.

"Friends/Community/Live/ Messen ger: Xbox 360 (1)
Marketplace/Arcade: Xbox 360 (2)
Media Playback / Windows Media Center Extender / IPTV: Xbox 360 (3)"

(1) Home
(2) Home
(3) DivX is actually going to be better on PS3. IPTV will be used by so few people this generation due to bandwidth that its essentially a non-factor. However Sony has plans for implementation in Asia (because bandwidth in Asia is cheaper and faster)

Using UMD as a past indication of future trends is a poor thought process. UMD never benefited from the massive international marketing campaign as Bluray. The differences are fairly massive in scope, finances, alliances. Bluray probably has already sold more discs than UMD since inception.

[athlon770]

I agree with Blazin, the PS3 may be just on par with the 360's graphics, but as a media center, it can not be beat. Everything you wrote can be duplicated on the PS3, now currently they can be done on the 360 easier, but they can be done on the PS3. Oh, and since you obviously did not know that currently Blu-Ray is kicking the snot out of HD-DVD, let me be the first to tell you...Blue is kicking the snot out of Red to the tune of 73% and will not be going anywhere!

You said "but I invite you to go and buy some UMD Movies / Music for your PSP." And if I can find these UMD disks you say can no longer be found, what do I win? Cause they are all over dvdempire.com, amazon.com, and ebay.com!

I guess it is just more foaming at the mouth from you. If you don't want a PS3, fine, see ya later, bye bye now, have fun with whatever console you currently use. You are not convincing anyone with your ramblings.

[Lionsguard]

I was hoping to see a release date, how crushing..

[Nameless]

No doubt if the PS3 gets full Divx support & is able to play all Divx versions I guess it wont be long before Microsoft responds & does some kind of update. But will the PS3 also be able to do Xvid ?

[atke car]

yes

[DreDawgg06]

Why the fan boy title, Cant the title just be Ps3 with certified DivX support?

[Polluted]

Well the poster used the title of the article he was linking to, so according to N4G posting rules he did the right thing. I can certainly see why you might think it's fanboyish, though.

[robep3]

How is this for a fanboy title PS3 FW 2.01 BRICKS PS3'S do you remember that one wasn't true but was ment to imply that if any PS3 was upgraded to that FW it would no longer work,then with the fall update the xbots saying they get divx first,they did but its crippled so as the above title on this thread is actually TRUE!!!!! its not really a FANBOY TITLE IS IT!!!!!

Rob.

[Nameless]

Didnt you get the memo Dre. This is news4fanboys.com

[dabizo]

LMAO :) Its does feel that way at times.

[unlimited]

\its a dream come true.

[DreDawgg06]

Sign i guess your right...This is what happens when a community is run by a bunch of thirteen year olds...

[Maddens Raiders]

are you talking about? Please do tell...I'm dying to know... 8|

[Merovee]

And simply couldn't click the jump and find out the title is the same one the source itself used. So, now because of his inability to do any investigation what so ever, he's trying to call it fanboy-ism and bash people when the only one looking assinine him/her/it-self.

[guerojose]

Ooooh, snap!

[OOG FunK]

meh ill wait and see on this b4 I truly believe it

[guerojose]

HA!

My console is better than yours! I told you so! I am the ULTIMATE POWER!!!

[Skerj]

Nuh uh, Ninjas are the REAL Ultimate Power.

[DJ]

were planning to stream so much video footage into the lounges during HOME, but with PS3's upconversion capabilities and the high quality/low bandwidth of Divx it suddenly seems viable.

[Rhythmattic]

Except for the movies I back up using Divx , I personally really didnt give a toss about this feature on the PS3 until you pointed this out.

Cut Scenes in Games.... Meh .. Weve got Blu-Ray. No Compression required.....

BUT , as you pointed out..... Streaming in HOME.... Thats where its at.

I wish I could give you more bubbles for pointing this out.. i Cant , so see you in HOME...

Movie MAGIC!!!

[Boink]

something else good that the ps3 has "coming"

y'know if any of it ever gets here, the rest of the gaming world may actually start to care.

seriously, we need to see less of how good things can/could be, and more of how good they are now.

[Merovee]

What do you mean?
You mean like HDMI on every model?
Next gen HD player in every model?
HDD in every model?
Non-proprietary HDD upgrading?
Not having to worry about some Joe's laggy connection because of dedicated servers?
Portable inter-connectivity?
Secondary OS installation since last Dec. that has allowed for watching pretty much every format out there and alot more?
An application that may be productive to society?
Truly original content like Pain and Calling all Cars or Echochrome?
Or great games from more than 2 genres like Resistance, BladeStorm, Heavenly Sword, Uncharted and UT3?

Sorry.... nothing springs to mind offhand.............

[redmamoth]

Couldn't have put it better myself!!

[Lord_Mike]

Boink, once you think about it the PS3 will get DivX a little bit over its first year and how long has XBOX 360 been out? Seems like PS3 is 1 year ahead of its competition.

[prowiew]

to merovee

Did you actually put bladestorm in that list as a great game?!.

[N4M3L355]

Way to put someone in their place. As much as I hate the console war, 360 owners really need to recognize how M$ f'd them this generation. I don't have a 360, but I have a PS3 and the original Xbox, so I don't want to hear any crap from anyone. In all honesty, yes, M$'s library is massive and xbox live is pretty solid. But like Dylan said, "the times they are a-changin".

[wageslave]

You mean like HDMI on every model?
Not necessary for 98% of the market, also not necessary for HD gaming.

Next gen HD player in every model?
Proprietary Sony RIAA / Sony MPAA DRM fiesta you mean? No thanks. The AV market knows better than to get into bed with Sony formats. Sony is NOTORIOUS for locking down its customers with non-interoptive schemes.. BR is just another DRM play from Sony. I'll take HD-DVD any day, thanks.

HDD in every model?
Why? Some people only want some features -- what do you have against choice? Further, at $299, the Arcade is ONE fantastic Game / Entertainment Center. Some people dont have your kind of dollars, and might prefer to pay what they can as they go.

Choices & Affordability == Good.

Non-proprietary HDD upgrading?
Got us there. But is this really important? Storing media (video/audio/pictures etc) on your COMPUTER (with unlimited storage and backups) and using your network to access them is a FAR FAR better method. Game Demos, DLC and such is all you need space for. I keep my V/A/P on a Windows Home Server and stream them to any device that needs it, all over the house. Why would you put V/A/P on the closed, disconnected PS3? The Xbox 360 acts in concert with a connected home far better (via Network attached storage, Shares, Windows Media Center (which the PS3 cannot remotely approach in function)).

The console should take advantage of the other devices in the home, the Xbox 360 does this far better. STORING data on the console is D-U-M-B. And that being the case, increasing your HD from 120GB doesnt make much sense.

Not having to worry about some Joe's laggy connection because of dedicated servers?
PSN is plenty laggy. You havent a fcuking clue about "dedicated servers" or anything else. Stop inventing BS solutions to problems that dont exist. Xbox LIVE is the best $3 I spend a month.

Portable inter-connectivity?
Got us there. But, I expect MS to have something coming in that space... Vista Sideshow compatible devices for interoperation? We already know they are bringing Xbox LIVE to Windows Mobile, perhaps a Windows Mobile Gaming Zune/Xbox Device? Who knows... no word on anything of course, Im speculating, but expect something next year (IMHO).

Secondary OS installation since last Dec. that has allowed for watching pretty much every format out there and alot more?
I've been able to play every format since Day #1 via Windows Media Center Extender and PC-resident apps. Can you pause live TV with your Tuner Card? Use the PS3 as a PVR? I can do this via WMC Extender. Its great. Oh, did I mention IPTV?

Xbox 360 is winning the "Battle for the Living Room" hands down, and the games are better too.

An application that may be productive to society?
Are you kidding? Is this relevant? Big deal. Next time Sony ponies up the kind of charity donations Bill Gates has, let us know about "productive to society".

Further, who knows what is going to be built using XNA when the XNA Community gets opened to all Xbox 360s.

See, you can develop software for the PS3, but the machine keeps you at arms length (active DRM). But, XNA is meant to bring 3rd party apps to Xbox 360s without having to leave the normal environment (OS). A much more elegant solution.

You've seriously miscalculated the situation son.

[Merovee]

@prowiew ..... you hush I love that game lol :P

@wageslave...... 1. nope not yet, but it will be as for now, it's a bonus for us AV freaks that want THE BEST

2. If the AV community aviods Sony formats please do explain why the CD's and DVD's they help set the standard for are the minimum acceptable quality standards EVERYWHERE, why Beta max was hailed as supperior quality despite losing the format war by the AV enthusiast community, and why Blu-Ray disc sales are massively outpacing the competition...... Yeah thought so.

3. It sets a standard, thereby making it easier for dev's to know who has what so noone will have to worry about wether or not a certain model can play a certain game, which is one of the biggest gripes dev's have about the 360..... duh.

4. very useful, especially in a few years when you can either delete content, upgrade to a better mode or pay an exorbitant price for a proprietary drive, while I can buy nearly any new 2.5" drive I want for $100 less.

5. Not really, you must have never used it, the dedicated servers kick a$$ holmes.... and if I'm making it up why do people on the X-Box 360 forums ask for dedicated servers all the time?

6. Good for you, so can I, but I'm talking about my console and it's interconnectivity values not the just the computer it's networked to, welcome to Linux newbie.

7. in the words of the original post I replied to.... :not what could be what IS!

8. What Gates does with his money involves the X-Box 0% What Sony does is give us the option of helping, Most people could donate money to charity too if Windows wasn't ridiculously priced.

9. Blah blah blah XNA..... 2 years of hearing about it and all it amounts too is a generic game maker for devs to output cheap games, anyone played that great user-made XNA game that's out.... nope cuz it does not exist.

No, I have not miscalculated anything, but as I post this from the Firefox app on the Linux install on my PS3, I cant help but wonder how long it'll take you to walk over to your Xbox and do the same :)

P.S. trying to insult me for being able to see benefits PS3 has does not make your argument any more valid, in the future ..... just don't.

[bootsielon]

Now they're saying "Well, 360 better at other things lol". So what is it then? Why are you so quick to change your minds when Xbox 360 is proven to be inferior? Damn, you guys are such hypocrites...

[The Wood]

its that the divx came out for the 360 first. They think that means it has won (again). They still believe the hare won the race...lol

[wageslave]

What are you two talking about? The Xbox 360 plays DivX today. Full Stop.

Sony's announcment doenst change anything. The only thing it changes is PS3s will sometime in the future match Xbox 360's CURRENT feature.

This whole board is filled with Sony fans without a brain in their heads. WTF does PS3 having DivX in the future have to do with Xbox 360 having DivX playback _TODAY_?

Nothing. This is a non story.

[The Wood]

boots is talking about the many 'we got it first', 'this is waiting' posts that were in the thread about the 360 update which included divx playback the other day and I was on about people saying things like:

'New "tools" like this are great, but I don't see that it is anything to "toot your horn about".

All I wanted was to be able to play my .avi media and MS delivered first on the 360 and I am happy. '

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[N4GayFanturds]

Let's see...

It'll be 'Divx Certified'. WOW...360 isn't iPod cert but who cares.

Most people who care about Divx has their files stored on their PC so...who'd want to do the tedious task of transferring them to the PniS 3's hdd?

Devs will be able to utilize it to decrease load times, etc.

Blow it out your A-hole, Sony. Ninja please! What ever happened to the devs taking advantage of the PS2's hdd?? Where's the games that devs did that shows why BluRay was needed in gaming? Where's the games that show why vibrating controllers is old and motion controllers are next-gen necessities??

[Skerj]

Tedious task? Dude have you ever TOUCHED a PS3? I got all my stuff centralized on TVersity and can copy streams over to the PS3 FROM the PS3 without even touching my PC or memory card whatever. And yes it's useful especially if you have a large back catalog of say tv shows you want to watch on your tv.

You can stream them but you have better media controls if you copy them over. I don't know why you're talking about the PS2 hard drive, but Ratchet and Uncharted has shown that Blu-Ray IS needed for games. Do some research before you flame next time kid.

[The Wood]

i have a 43" without a pc input (yeah i know, pioneer were a little tight with extras) For me to watch my anime, tv eps or even divx movies i would have to burn or stream. Now I wont need to do either. Ill just put them on my usb drive and im sorted. Some people dont have this issue but i for one can see why this is better. Its the same reason why im getting ut3 for my ps3 and not my pc (no pc input)

[wageslave]

@27.1

What?

"I got all my stuff centralized on TVersity and can copy streams over to the PS3 FROM the PS3 without even touching my PC or memory card whatever. And yes it's useful especially if you have a large back catalog of say tv shows you want to watch on your tv."

Have you *ANY* idea how elegant this behaviour is with the Xbox 360?

You can simply mount a share. Watch file accross network.
You can attach a USB drive. Watch file locally.
You can copy them to your Xbox 360. Watch file locally.
You can attach your Zune/ipod. Watch file from device.
You can watch them from Windows Media Center. Watch via streaming.

You seriously need to sit down with WMan Xbox 360 and see how terrific the Media Playback is.

Oh, and you can use TVersity just as well if you like...

@40.1

What are you talking about? You can do more, today with your Xbox 360 (without a PC). You *CAN* play these files locally. And you can mount them via SMB (from *BSD or GNU/Linux).

If you *do have a PC* (like 95% of the world), you get *EVEN MORE* features. Pause live TV via the Windows Media Center Extender? Browse & Stream your entire home Network's media? Yes. You can use 3rd party services to Rent or Purchase movies and stream them to your PS3? No. (CinemaNow, the PC movie download and rental store, has updated their Media Manager software to allow rented or purchased movies to be viewed on the Xbox 360. Over 7,000 of them. - http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/...

Can you do that on a PS3? No.

So, to recap: Xbox 360 has more media features than PS3. When you use it with a Computer, it does EVEN MORE that the PS3 cannot do.

Any questions?

[GodsHand]

Dev's taking advantage of the PS2 HDD, hmmmm let me see, oh not everyone had the drive/plus the modem. Kinda reminds of the XB360, some have it, and some don't.

So for XB360, whats the point of having a HDD?

[Skerj]

I got a 360 as well WageSlave and for me the media center capabilities the PS3 beats it overall. All the things you just mentioned can also be done on the PS3 as well, I just chose not to list them as they didn't apply to what he was saying but if you must go there I guess I'll let you know. Sorting and organization features are superior on the PS3 with the ability to create folders and tags.

The playback controls are integrated with the controller, so I know when I press R1 it's going to skip to the next track or R2 fast fowards. The 360 has that stupid navbar that pops up and you select what you want to do, that could be helped with buying a remote but pshh. If you have a PSP, remote play is a godsend especially for trips and being at work. I've sat in airports not wanting to pull out my laptop until the plane was in the air, so I take out the PSP and I can play games or watch stuff stored on my PS3 at home.

The stream copying features that I mentioned early are awesome and not even on the 360 afaik. Anything streaming can be saved to your PS3 HD by pressing triangle and selecting copy. Hell you can even copy multiple things and organize those into folders as well. Windows Media Player also works on the PS3, however I prefer TVersity.

The two things I give the 360 over the PS3 is first that the music can be accessed anywhere and anytime, instead of the PS3 having to be in the XMB in order to do so. Also the media center extender does work for live tv, I don't have a tv card in my computer so I've not used it for that. I suppose I could throw in the divx functionality (right now) in as well.

[Rhythmattic]

@ 27.3

Some things you might not Know about the PS3.

You can simply mount a share. Watch file accross network.
You can attach a USB drive, MemoryStick/SD/CompactFlash and Watch file locally.
You can copy them to your PS3 HD and Watch file locally. ON ALL MODELS
You can attach your Zune/ipod. Watch file from device. (Never tried this)
You can watch them from ANY uPnP Server. THATS ANY . Watch via STEAMING . Just in case you missed that. NO WINDOWS MEDIA SERVER REQUIRED.

Oh, and you can add PLAY TV if you like.

BTW , the PC (oops Windows) statement... 95% of the world dosent mean its the Best. So basically because 95% of the world does not drive a Ferrari .. Then they are crap ??

And Once Again , As I Said ....

The Windows Media Extender (Yep , Add on) ... Another DRM , M$ controlled , Proprietary Microsoft-ism.

BTW , I can run Yellow Dog Linux on my PS3 ... it Makes for a great media hub.....

WHAT???

[Ri0tSquad]

But I'm not complaining.

Oh yeah
www.stage6.com is a great site for downloading divx videos for your 360/ps3.
Every HD video is in divx and should be able to download them straight from the ps3 web browser.

[sak500]

Good for you ps3 owners and non ps3 owners but fanbois. You're machine is now the ultimate video/movie player, supporting all major formats except HD DVD. However, its still way behind in what it was initially designed for, ie. games. I dont mind less divx support, since thats secondary for me. I'm playing games like Bio, Mass Effect, Halo3 etc which give me more enjoyment then watching movies.

Anyway, been streaming most of the videos from my pc to 360 ever since i heard of tversity and orb. But of late, now i dont use them cuz of the recently added divx support. I dont care about certification or anything as long as i get to see the movies on my big screen tv.

The only advantage of ps3 over 360 is the content can be stored on ps3 and played directly to the tv w/o need for pc to be on. But how many movies/vids can be stored on paltry 40/60/80 gb? Unless you install a bigger drive.

Its good to see both companies keep one upping each other and in the end, us the customers benefit.

[robep3]

Just plug in a portable usb drive with your meadia on it so no great problem there or upgrade you internal drive in the PS3 say to one of the new 320gb sata drives for about £100($200) about $50 more than the 120gb MICROSOFT DRIVE that you 360 ARE FORCED TO USE SO THAT MR Gates can screw every last cent from you I mean you have to pay extra for the following WI-FI, LIVE,HD-DVD DRIVE etc get a PS3 everything in one nice neat box under your nice HDTV not a collection of bolt-ons then we have the noise issue and that bloody stupid power block oh forgot that special feature include FREE OF CHARGE the RROD thats why me and A FEW OTHERS having given up on 360's.

Rob.

[Lord_Mike]

"I'm playing games like Bio, Mass Effect, Halo3 etc which give me more enjoyment then watching movies."

Bio and Halo3 takes less than 15 hours to complete. This leaves you only playing Mass Effect and maybe some Halo 3 online. You keep mentioning those games alot and I'm guessing you've beat 2 of them so what now? That's when movies come to play my friend =)

[PS3n360]

Uncharted alone is worth the price of admission. Just got to the generator room and OMFG my hands are shaking had to turn it off or I was gonna not sleep tonight.

[guerojose]

Hehehe. Yeah, that was intense. Not "17-straight-hours-of-ted ious-Mass-Effect-dialog-and-loa ding-screens" intense, but still.

(oops, I think I got all fanboy there for a sec.)

[Mercutio]

I just found out about stage 6 and, its is SiiKKK

[shrimpboat]

So the PS3 gets the real Divx Support and the 360 gets short Changed. Looks like the 360 doesn't have much more room to grow.

[vhero]

you xbots all go on about games hell the ps2 has got more games than the 360 and xbox 1 combined! and a hell of a lot more AAA titles okay the graphics aint as good but hell we ain't talking about graphics here. Ya know you xbots cant leave this section alone and you give xbox a bad name i got 2 360's and i'm ashamed to be in the same pool as you guys gets a life and let ps3 owners have thier cake and eat it. I love both consoles and they both have their great points and thats why i'm gonna own em both people who say one is better than the other right now because (fill in whatever reason ehre) need to get a life or actually start playing games rather than moaning. Also about HD-DVD well the 360 cannot play hd-dvd at 1080p fact but who cares about that? if we talking quality ps3 truly has the best next gen player I a 360 owner wont deny that I never bought any of my consoles for movies if its got it great! if it aint so what? I'm going blu anyways as all my mel brooks and adam sandler films are bluray only :(

[shrimpboat]

This also gives the PS3 more options to view movies via the browser. I currently watch alot of movies via the browser using Megavideo. The PS3 really is a multimedia power house and the 360 is just its little premature Foe.

[Mercutio]

that all

[WilliamRLBaker]

oh...sometime... *croes fingers* we promise....they didn't one up any thing till they actually get the divx support out instead of saying they will...oh and who cares bout divx? any dev worthwhile uses Bink video and only Bink video to do its cutscenes, Bink video is the best to use when it comes to gaming cut scenes.

lol and i bet microsoft announces they let devs use divx and impliment it before sony does:) which will be just another PWNED moment for sony....

[Lionsguard]

You must love posting crap like that to make yourself sleep better at night don't you? Who cares about Divx? Well obviously you xbots do since when the Fall update came out with the "Divx support" You jumped all over Sony as being slow and that we'd never get it and that the 360 is a "true media center" when for the past 2 years you people slammed on the PS3 constantly for being a media center in the first place. So who cares about Divx? Look in the mirror "lol and i bet microsoft announces they let devs use divx and impliment it before sony does:) which will be just another PWNED moment for sony...." It's your secret wish that they do because in reality you care about Divx A LOT.

[The Wood]

its one of the biggest and most commonly used double standards used by 'you know whats'

bubbles

[eagle21]

4ever!

[Saint Sony]

This is good thing, PS3 loading times are infernal. It's good if they can make them faster at least in cut scenes.

Now bring the damn games!

[techie]

Uh there is NO loading in Uncharted...in fact it's the best "loading" game ever released as far as I can tell. No loading after you die to get back in the game, no loading after cutscenes. Nothing.

[felidae]

i'm happy to own a ps3.

sony ftw

[Jesso2k]

Instead of waiting I'm just going to go ahead and stream some episodes of the office to my 360.

You guys used to waiting so tell me what it's like when it gets here.

[Rhythmattic]

So You Steaming from a Unix Box ? Maybe a Linux Beige thing ? Or how about a Mac???

Oh thats right.. You have to deal with Microsoftisms.... As proprietary as it gates... opps Gets...

So is it out yet ??? A Microsoft piece of hardware that dosent fail ??? or an OS of microsoft rhat dosent have holes like the Titanic ?? Little alone probably from the same period ?

PERIOD.

[retro]

"ability for game developers to use the very efficient compression format for in-game cut-scenes"

Well, I don't get it - the just eliminated the last Blu-ray plus from PS3.

[Rhythmattic]

Number 24 IMO has the right idea.

Because if anyone cant tell the difference.... Nuff Said.

[DarkSniper]

Once again, as the quickly transitioning market of technology moves foward, it shows that the PLAYSTATION 3® Home Entertainment System provides it's owners at the primary source for multimedia and gaming. Microsoft has an uphill battle with not only overcoming the defective console manufacturing of their own fault, but also emulating the success of the PLAYSTATION 3®'s own multimedia prowess.

$niper

[pwnsause]

LOL Zhuks Counterpart!!!1

[Bill Gates]

Why do some people still continue to say “waaah, waaah, PS3 is not a gaming machine, waaah, waaah”? Listen kids, from the very inception of the PlayStation® brand Sony has always been driven by innovation. He original “G”, the PS1, was more than just a gaming machine. It also played music CD’s which was unheard of at the time for a gaming console to do. The PS2, same thing, it played DVD’s, CD’s, PS1 games, and online. Again doing more than just gaming, but ALWAYS delivering to the casual as well as the hardcore gamers with its games.

What makes you think this time around with the PS3 that it would be any different? The PlayStation® brand still continues to execute in it ability to multi-task while still staying true to the one feature that got it where it’s at today, the games. And it’s perfectly clear now a year after its release, that regardless of Sony’s agenda with Blu-ray, the PlayStation® brand will continue to do what it does best, deliver some of the best games we'll ever play in our lives.

So the next time you BABOONS(oops I mean "people") talk smack about this, know that both the 360, and PS3 are more than just gaming machines. It just happens that Sony delivered a system that is truly jam packed with more features than the 360 ever anticipated, and that alone angers allot of Xbox fans out there, and they just can't stand it.

OK, now back to being a fanboy.....

So give credit where it's due, and respect the KING of gaming, the PlayStation® brand......AHAHHHAhAhHA

[pawcio85]

Another plus for PS3!

[DEIx15x8]

Didn't Sony say that one of the reasons that Blu-Ray was so important was to allow the developer to use uncompressed or minimally compressed video and audio. If blu-ray is so big and powerful why do developers need the ability to compress more?

[Skater]

I have some DivX TV shows on my computer so I hope I'll be able to stream them to my PS3 :)

[GIJeff]

we had it FIRST!

-xbox staff

[crazy25000]

now we will be able to stream stage6

[whoelse]

So does this mean in future models, 'DivX' logo will be on the top of the console where Blu-ray, DVD, HDMI, COMPACT-DISC, etc

Coolio.

And yeah i hope we will be able to play DivX movies on the 'improved' web browser.

[darthv72]

to MS for the obvious reasons. It means more to PS3 than it does to 360 just like bluray needs PS3 to be the trojan horse more than HDDVD needs the 360. You need to think logically and see that the things MS adds to their system they don't really NEED to in order to remain a great gaming system.

Sony needs these media features more than MS but they need to really turn their attention to making the games people want to play. PS3 has some great games but it could have had SOOOOO many more if the effort was there to get devs to focus on it instead of the 360 and PS2 and wii.

[BSigel81]

So basically saying that 360 don't need a HDD and the other accessories that the 360 fanbase want. Could you imagine a console without a hdd, actually I can NES,SNE,Genesis,etc... I'm not trying to get at you or anything but, you yourself said that "You need to think logically and see that the things MS adds to their system they don't really NEED to in order to remain a great gaming system." Like I said before I'm not trying to start something I'm just trying to help you clean up your future posts, before you make a mistake like before, stating that it didn't need all that which is great but, now with technology advancing a hdd would be needed or we could go back to Memory Cards. Thank you for hearing me out, I hope we can reply to each other in future posts.

[tome]

i think my 360 got this too, just dont know what to do with it?!?

[DFresh]

Pretty cool deal for my PS3
wonder why it didn't work out for MS
whether it does or not it's still a great feature
very useful in creating Home

[darthv72]

media player software department. Sure it isnt "divx" branded but media player 11 can play avi and wmv files right from the start. The thing is that mpeg4 encoded avi files (aka divx/xvid) need a plugin to play right. That is where the fine folks at divx came in. They made a deal with MS to allow a patch to be applied to the 360 media player. Sony on the other hand does not use a media play like wmp11 or even 10. They use a third party media player just as they use a 3rd party web browser.

So you can see why this deal is more beneficial to Sony than MS as Sony doesnt have the internal resources to make all the media features for the PS3 like MS does for the 360. Think...MS = software company and Sony = hardware company.

Now if the two could settle their differences then work together to make a system with the right blend of software support (browser/media player) with hardware then who knows......

[ElementX]

I like to play games on my console.

[ROCCOZILLA]

the PS3 is simply amazing when it comes to owning the gaming world.i just downloaded the new burnout and its real good.ill be buying this one right before K I L L Z O N E 2.PLAY B3YOND.

[PS360PCROCKS]

The longer i own my 360 the more stuff I see microsoft dropped the ball on...it's kind of dissapointing at times

[Exia]

That would be sweet since DivX is a very good video format and it'll be great for developers since it will save a lot of space on the discs.