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[HookeyStreet]

Microsoft readies new disc format.



http://www.joystiq.com/2011/03/29/latest-xbox-dashboard-preview-to-test-updated-disc-format-tes/

Can you post some more info please m8? I'm at work so I can't access the site

EDIT: yep, it's all to do with piracy prevention : http://www.ubergizmo.com/2011/03/new-xbox-360-spring-update-will-bring-updated-disc-format/ They are probably doing this because AP25 was cracked within a few days and the slim has been cracked (but the info hasn't been released to the public yet), so people claim.

 

[BumbleBee]

A Digital Foundry source claims that the "new disc format" that Microsoft will implement in the next Xbox 360 update will free an extra gigabyte of the disc for game data. Where would you find an extra GB on a DVD? "The maximum space allocated to game data on the current disc format is just 6.8GB out of a maximum of 7.95GB on a standard dual layer DVD," Digital Foundry explains, "with over 1GB dedicated to a DVD-Video partition that also contained anti-piracy security sectors." That partition will be "drastically reduced or omitted completely" in the update, the source claims.

The site notes that this partition was likely located on the innermost part of the DVD, which is slower to access. Thus, it's suggested that developers taking advantage of the extra space will have to account for increased loading time.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-1gb-360-disc-upgrade

 

[HookeyStreet]

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-1gb-360-disc-upgrade

Yeah, as I suspected. This has nothing to do with giving devs extra space (lol most games don't need it anyway) and it has everything to do with anti-piracy measures.

 

[MilkyWay]

The new data is in the inside of the disk which is apparently slower to read so load times would increase if developers decided to use it. Obviously a piracy measure but i heard if you are accepted for the beta program you get Halo Reach for free but its US only as usual. Ive got Reach anyway not that i play it much.

Anyway i want to try out Beyond Good and Evil HD but Resident Evil 4 HD looks great too. I think the wii version was the best the controller just suited the gameplay. How many versions is that now fuck? they even made a iphone port. I preferred the 3rd person controls to the isometric? view of the originals.

 

[Lionheart]

The new data is in the inside of the disk which is apparently slower to read so load times would increase if developers decided to use it. Obviously a piracy measure but i heard if you are accepted for the beta program you get Halo Reach for free but its US only as usual. Ive got Reach anyway not that i play it much.

Anyway i want to try out Beyond Good and Evil HD but Resident Evil 4 HD looks great too. I think the wii version was the best the controller just suited the gameplay. How many versions is that now fuck? they even made a iphone port. I preferred the 3rd person controls to the isometric? view of the originals.

Gamecube version FTW

 

[MilkyWay]

Gamecube version FTW

there was a special chainsaw controller for the cube' if im not mistaken?

Gamecube was the best version graphically, then the PS2 added extra stuff, the pc was buggy, the iphone has crap controls for obvious reasons, the wii has cool motion controls and decent graphics but imagine the PS3 version with move controls? I know its the 360 club but damn. I dont really see how kinect would work lol.

 

[Lionheart]

there was a special chainsaw controller for the cube' if im not mistaken?

Gamecube was the best version graphically, then the PS2 added extra stuff, the pc was buggy, the iphone has crap controls for obvious reasons, the wii has cool motion controls and decent graphics but imagine the PS3 version with move controls? I know its the 360 club but damn. I dont really see how kinect would work lol.

Yeah gd point with the PS3 version, Im glad I have one then cause Ima buy PS3 version

 

[BumbleBee]

Saint's Row 3 trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jguJUEF00PA

 

[HookeyStreet]

there was a special chainsaw controller for the cube' if im not mistaken?

Gamecube was the best version graphically, then the PS2 added extra stuff, the pc was buggy, the iphone has crap controls for obvious reasons, the wii has cool motion controls and decent graphics but imagine the PS3 version with move controls? I know its the 360 club but damn. I dont really see how kinect would work lol.

You mean this:

I loved the GameCube version of RE4.

 

[MilkyWay]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UDbjkePJa0&feature=player_embedded

Literally shat bricks, i wish Forza 4 was real. Microsoft pulled the video pretty quickly so it might not have meant to put it up then again could be April Fools.

Official Statement "the video was not intended for public distribution and may not accurately reflect features and functionality that ship in Forza Motorsport 4."

 

[BumbleBee]

new Burnout title in development.

http://www.classification.gov.au/ww...2c1b13f8df7c94c4ca2578650057f3df?OpenDocument

Gamerbytes notes that typically only unannounced, downloadable titles are leaked early by ratings boards, not retail games. They also suggest Burnout Crash could be centered around Burnout 3 and Burnout Revenge's Crash Mode, which was missing from Burnout Paradise.

 

[BumbleBee]

BumbleBee broke her arm and will be out of commission for a couple weeks :~(

 

[Cold Storm]

BumbleBee broke her arm and will be out of commission for a couple weeks :~(

Sorry to hear that. Hope it heals fast...

Now, for the funny stuff...


Didn't we tell you not to do any redneck sex positions? I mean hanging from the ceiling fan wasn't going to do anything "special"..

j/k

 

[BumbleBee]

thank you. my ex will be hanging from a ceiling fan once my brother is through with him.

 

[Cold Storm]

thank you. my ex will be hanging from a ceiling fan once my brother is through with him.

Oh, so it was him....


If you want, I can get the TPU gang together and hunt him down. Canada isn't "tooo" big..

 

[MilkyWay]

Anyone got the new 360 controller, silver with new dpad?
Haven't used it but have saw reviews, hardly any difference apparently.

 

[BumbleBee]

Anyone got the new 360 controller, silver with new dpad?
Haven't used it but have saw reviews, hardly any difference apparently.

I do. I also have a custom black controller with yellow led, turbo support, new analog sticks and triggers.

 

[Cold Storm]

Friend has a modded 360 to have turbo on it.. Didn't seem to want to mod the led's.. It's his halo controller..

 

[BumbleBee]

 

[Cold Storm]

http://i414.photobucket.com/albums/pp222/jerven8u71/SDC10417.jpg
http://i414.photobucket.com/albums/pp222/jerven8u71/SDC10421.jpg

One hell of a modded controller right there.

 

[MilkyWay]

Nice! Im terrible at soldering so i wouldn't be able to do that, my friend did a megadrive mod and i did a saturn 60/50hz mod.

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/04/05/a...sident-evil-15th-anniversary-trail/#continued

Resident Evil Anniversary trailer, shows all the games coming out this year, seems like a lot!

 

[Wile E]

One hell of a modded controller right there.

Yeah, it's just too bad it's so ugly.

 

[MilkyWay]

Yeah, it's just too bad it's so ugly.

Its got the color scheme of a bee going on, the leds are a little flashy for me too.

The Razer onza is a brilliant looking controller you can even map a button to what i would describe as R2 and L2 buttons that they added above the LB and RB. Just press a macro button on the back of the pad and the button you want. Id map LB to the new button above the RB for Street Fighter so fierce punch was easier to use or maybe the analogue stick push in button R3?L3? to those new ones. Its expensive though it is usb so its pc compatible.

 

[Wile E]

Maybe it's just a bad picture. Could just be all the glare making it look bad to me.

 

[BumbleBee]

this one is similar with a chrome finish.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzYPsIeaO74

you can fully customize

http://gamingmodz.com/products/xbox...r/customize-your-own-xbox-360-controller.html

it's expensive but you can save money by ordering parts and assembling it yourself like I did.