Official Microsoft Japan Summit 2005

[Hardknock]

Begins at:
Eastern: 12:30 AM tonight
Standard: 11:30 PM tonight
Mountain: 10:30PM tonight
Pacific: 9:30 PM tonight

UK: 5:30 AM

Japan: 1:30 PM

The overall presentation is 1.5 hours long, but the show itself goes on longer

Rumors (Add on below!):
-Ridge Racer 360 all but confirmed
-Showing of Okamoto's new X360 works
-New Bandai game
-New Silent Hill, perhaps Baten Kaitos(?)
-Sonic MMORPG
-Itagaki will be on hand to discuss the future of the DOA series past 4, and changes in 4
-Price and Date official announcement
-Winning 11
-Final Fantasy XII port?

Games that should be making an appearance (Add on below!):
-Resident Evil 5!!
-Need for Speed: Most Wanted
-Full Auto
-Lost Odyssey
-99 Nights
-Blue Dragon
-Condemned
-Dead or Alive 4
-[Em]EnChAnT-ArM
-Chrome Hounds
-Final Fantasy IX

 

[Hardknock]

[Rumor Start]
Xbox Summit in Japan:

Ninja Gaiden 2 Trailer a full three minutes!

Soul Caliber 3/Soul Blade 2 for Xbox 360

Xbox 360 comes with headset, remote, harddrive, and controller

Still deciding whether or not to include HDDVD at launch

Fatal Frame announcment

Konami to produce two games for Xbox 360

Two Rare games in development for the DS

Capcom making Devil May Cry multiplatform because "[The Xbox 360] has not limits"

Square Enix remaking "a classic Final Fantasy game" for the Xbox 360. They also said, "The next Xbox has no limits"

Japanese launch pushed back to March so they can have a "worthwhile launch".

True Fantasy Live Online coming out in late 2006

Ridge Racer 6 announcement

Another Resident Evil 5 trailer
[Rumor End]

 

[Carl B]

What I'm primarily interested in:

Is Microsoft doing a live Internet feed?

 

[Hardknock]

Not that I know of. But Blim Blim(xboxyde.com) says he has someone at the conference who is going to record it

 

[Pozer]

Still deciding whether or not to include HDDVD at launch

More like playing hardball with Toshiba to get them at or below cost. Toshiba needs x360 if they even have a chance of beating BR. And even that probably wouldn't be enough.

 

[one]

Rumors

Dynasty Warriors (Live)

Games that should be making an appearance

Operation Darkness
Zoo Keeper

[Rumor Start]Xbox Summit in Japan:
Two Rare games in development for the DS

This basically ruins the credibility of this "rumor" in wtf-gives-a-damn way

 

[Hardknock]

This basically ruins the credibility of this "rumor" in wtf-gives-a-damn way

Speak for yourself mate. Perfect Dark and Banjo Kazooie would rock

 

[PARANOiA]

MS are really being daft if they still haven't made a final decision regarding HD-DVD yet, IMO. It's only a few months until launch.

Am I the only one who thinks this is so?

Anyway, looking forward to the show. Bring on the next gen :]

 

[jvd]

I'm goig to go out on a limb and say they have made a choice on hd-dvd and now they are just stringing everything along waiting for the best time

 

[PC-Engine]

Looking forward to the information. 8)

I'm goig to go out on a limb and say they have made a choice on hd-dvd and now they are just stringing everything along waiting for the best time

I agree, they're just waiting to drop the bomb according to Toshiba.

 

[Carl B]

I agree, they're just waiting to drop the bomb according to Toshiba.

Well if they're going to drop it they're going to drop it in like 2 hours so let's all just avoid the speculating and wait it out.

 

[pc999]

A HD-DVD would be slower than 12XDVD, right?

If so that would/could bring problems to the launch games, plus increase the price, I prefer a simple DVD on it, or something that give even more performance to the console.

 

[PC-Engine]

A HD-DVD would be slower than 12XDVD, right?

If so that would/could bring problems to the launch games, plus increase the price, I prefer a simple DVD on it, or something that give even more performance to the console.

A HD DVD drive can read DVDs at 12X if required.

I agree, they're just waiting to drop the bomb according to Toshiba.

Well if they're going to drop it they're going to drop it in like 2 hours so let's all just avoid the speculating and wait it out.

It's fun to speculate.

 

[AlNom]

Classic FF remake? I hope it's 6...but that's only in my dreams.

 

[pc999]

A HD DVD drive can read DVDs at 12X if required.

I did not know that, thanks for the info, but I still think that it is a wast.

 

[PC-Engine]

A HD DVD drive can read DVDs at 12X if required.

I did not know that, thanks for the info, but I still think that it is a wast.

Yes it's similar to how a 16XDVD drive can read CDs at 24X etc. HD DVD drives even if it's 1X can read DVDs at up to 16X and CDs at up to 48X. If MS goes with HD DVD, developers can continue to release games on DVD just like how PS2 games were first released on CD. Later they can switch to HD DVD if they need the space and accepting the slower transfer rates that comes with it so they need to design their game engines around that. It's not really a waste if they include HD DVD movie playback.

 

[Mefisutoferesu]

Has Toshiba or anyone said what #x speed HD-DVDs will launch at? Perhaps it may not be slower than 12x DVD?

If I recall correctly phillips said they'd launch later this year with 6xBDs... that's something like 328Mbps... if BD can do it why can't HD-DVD? Granted different technologies, but I'd imagine it easier on HD-DVDs than BDs, no?

 

[pc999]

That is good to give dev more options (althoug I dont bother with multiple DVDs), but I agree that if HD movies playback is built in that "reduce" the waste (but personally only if they can keep theprice).

Anyway, I always had belived in a two versions console .

BTW I think they already have a agrement with samsung, but not sure :?

 

[DigitalSoul]

Soul Caliber 3/Soul Blade 2 for Xbox 360

Capcom making Devil May Cry multiplatform because "[The Xbox 360] has not limits"

Square Enix remaking "a classic Final Fantasy game" for the Xbox 360. They also said, "The next Xbox has no limits"

Ridge Racer 6 announcemen

Hmmm, interesting. A classic FF remake would be nice, but I suspect they'll be announcing something new.......

 

[PC-Engine]

Has Toshiba or anyone said what #x speed HD-DVDs will launch at? Perhaps it may not be slower than 12x DVD?

If I recall correctly phillips said they'd launch later this year with 6xBDs... that's something like 328Mbps... if BD can do it why can't HD-DVD? Granted different technologies, but I'd imagine it easier on HD-DVDs than BDs, no?

It simply boils down to cost. It cost more to have a 4X HD DVD drive because you need a higher power laser. High power BLUE lasers are very rare and expensive.

BTW I think they already have a agrement with samsung, but not sure

Samsung will be making HD DVD drives for PC at a joint factory owned by both themself and Toshiba at TSST (Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology). This is where their current DVD drives are being made.

http://www.tsstorage.com/spec_e/indexe.html