SONY回应微软的1080P

Sony Responds to Microsoft's HD Bid
"Nyah nyah!" noises heard across the playground.
by David Adams  
September 21, 2006 - Recently Microsoft has not only begun to show off the HD-DVD peripheral for the Xbox 360, but the company announced that its new console will soon be updated, via software, to offer 1080p HD output.



Unsurprisingly, Sony, which will offer its own brand of high-def DVD media with the PlayStation 3's Blu-ray support, did not miss the opportunity to answer. For the sake of enjoying some good mud-slinging, here is Sony's comment.

"It's unfortunate that Microsoft's external HD-DVD drive will not enhance the experience at all for the gamer," commented Dave Karraker, senior director of Corporate Communications for Sony Computer Entertainment America. "Sony realizes that to truly take gaming into the next generation requires a larger data format for both games and movies. PS3 uses the Blu-ray format for gaming, giving developers 50 GB of high-definition storage on a single disc, while Microsoft's 9 GB DVD gaming format is an obstacle for storing HD content. Furthermore, Microsoft's announced HD games patch is really just a compatibility feature -- upscaling lower-resolution content does not make it Full HD (1080p), something that PS3 can do out of the box."

The PlayStation 3 reaches (and disappears from) store shelves on November 17. Microsoft's HD-DVD drive is slated to arrive later this year.

DVD容量太小，装不下HD内容。另外微软的1080P是插出来的～～～