A recent post on Microsoft’s careers page suggests that the company may be looking at alternative designs for the Xbox 2’s storage media, as opposed a regular DVD. The job title of ‘Program Manager’ requires a suitable candidate to “manage the design and development of the Xbox Game Disc for the next generation Xbox console”, suggesting that Microsoft may well be looking at a similar route to that taken by Nintendo with the GameCube.
The ad goes on to emphasise ‘Anti Piracy’ as a key factor in the design of the new disc – an issue that was high on Nintendo’s list of priorities and also an issue that has so far been successfully combated by the introduction of a proprietary format.
It could, however, be nothing, and Microsoft may simply be researching new forms of copy protection. We’ll let you know as soon as any concrete details emerge.
The ad goes on to emphasise ‘Anti Piracy’ as a key factor in the design of the new disc – an issue that was high on Nintendo’s list of priorities and also an issue that has so far been successfully combated by the introduction of a proprietary format.
It could, however, be nothing, and Microsoft may simply be researching new forms of copy protection. We’ll let you know as soon as any concrete details emerge.
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