PS3 and Xbox 360 get DivX
PRIOR TO THE release of NPD's October hardware and software sales results, Wedbush Morgan's Michael Pachter and Simexchange's Jesse Divnich have predicted the Wii will once again emerge on top of the hardware charts, and Activision will dominate software with Guitar Hero and Call of Duty.
Gamasutra has more here.
PS3/PSP
DivX has
announced
that the Sony Playstation 3 will soon support theDivX video codec.
According to the DivX team, full support will arrive with a future software update. DivX CEO Kevin Hell said in a statement, "We are excited to work with Sony Computer Entertainment to bring DivX to PS3. Our technology will expand the multimedia functionality of PS3 by enabling users to enjoy access to the broad library of content in the DivX digital media format."
In further good news, Sony has confirmed to Eurogamer that all Playstation 2 titles that support rumble and are compatible with the Playstation 3 will also rumble if you use the new Dualshock 3 pad.
Bringing the mood down, numerous Playstation 3 owners claim that their consoles have stopped functioning correctly, if at all, since installing the latest PS3 firmware update.
Users report, via the official Playstation forums, running into numerous hardware problems since updating the PS3's firmware to the recently released version 2.0.
Tired of your Playstation 3 already? Check out the Polystation 3, from the makers of Polystation 1 and Polystation 2...
Xbox 360
Similarly to Sony's Playstation 3, Microsoft has (almost) announced the
availability of DivX playback support on the Xbox 360.
In a conference call with investors, CEO Kevin Hell suggested that the video codec would appear on the Xbox 360 - though he also said that a deal had not been finalised.
It's only taken two generations of console and Sony getting in on the game, before Microsoft allowed the codec officially.
On Tuesday Microsoft announced that its forthcoming fall dashboard update will enable Xbox 360 owners to download original Xbox titles such as Halo, Fable, Crash Bandicoot and Burnout 3 via Xbox Live Marketplace.
However, the company has since posted a list of known issues affecting the performance of the classic games on its latest hardware.
"Any additional content within a game (such as a demo or trailer) is not supported by Xbox Originals titles and selecting those options may result in crashing the game (requiring a restart of the console)."
Halo suffers from "some very mild frame rate drops", while in Fable "there are some random bursts of audio static and some minor texture issues".
A complete run-down of known issues can be found on here.
Wii/DS
Ngamer
has knocked up a comprehensive list of titles we should expect from the WiiWare
service from Nintendo next year, which makes interesting reading.
While on the subject of WiiWare, Next-gen.biz has uncovered more information on Nintendo's guide lines regarding WiiWare titles.
A new report claims Nintendo will enforce a cap on game sizes and title releases for its forthcoming WiiWare service. The report also covers details of the financial models supposedly being applied to the service.
An interesting and novel Wiimote hack allows what appears to be multi-touch input on a standard TV. More at Gizmodo. ยต
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Now all they need to do is give divx support to the psp, then people actually might bother watching videos on them.
While truly opensouce videocodec Theora is approaching its 1.0 release and hardware decoder also being implemented, it is about time having it on all gadgets for video decoding :)
Theres a trend going on here. Ps3 does a big hard drive ... then microsoft does.. ps3 does hidef.. then ms does.. ps3 announces divx.. then ms does.. What else are they gonna copy.. hdmi !.. o wait... they did that 2
"all Playstation 2 titles that support rumble and are compatible with the Playstation 3"

Well that makes about 2, doesn't it ?
Pudge, if you can honestly tell us how Sony did high definition first with the PS3, I will give you a cookie.
Maybe we should add an 8-track and betamax slot while we're at it.

Seriously divx sucks, as long as it supports h.264/x.264 its good to go... not that i'd use a ps3/360 for watching videos on anyway.
Yeah Pudge, going to have to disagree as well. You have your facts in "fanboi" mode it seems. Only thing the PS3 was first on was HDMI. The rest Microsoft was first on, by a year even.