Proprietary Storage Media for Xbox 2?

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Proprietary Storage Media for Xbox 2?
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.
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