Perhaps you've read about Sony's response to Microsoft's 1080p "upgrade" over at Joystiq. If not, we'll sum it up here with a bunch of exciting quotes! We all love quotes.Sony says: ""It's unfortunate that Microsoft's external HD-DVD drive will not enhance the experience at all for the gamer. 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."
Sony adds: "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."
A moment of silence... and then...
Microsoft reponds: "The facts are that with this software update, video and game content developed for 1080p will be output at 1080p -- native, not upscaled. Only content developed for lower resolutions will be upscaled." Also of note is that a Microsoft spokesperson said 1080p can be done on either VGA or component, but haven't confirmed that they will go the component route. "More details will come on how we're outputting but it won't require HDMI."
[via Joystiq ... and the image, too, because it's awesome]
