DivX Now Available to PS3 Developers
By Shawn on Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 at 9:55 AM PST In Game Companies, Game Consoles, Game Platforms, Game Related Science, Gamer Life, Games Industry, Sony, Sony
As promised late last year, DivX, Inc. has announced that DivX encoding is now available to developers for use in creating high quality DivX video for PS3 games. The PS3 will be the first console to support DivX video playback.
“We are excited to work with Sony Computer Entertainment to offer DivX video encoding to PS3 game developers,” said Kevin Hell, CEO of DivX, Inc. “PS3 users can already use their PS3s to watch their own DivX videos, and now they’ll also be able to enjoy the quality of DivX in the games.”
DivX expects to certify the PS3 for DivX video in the near future in order to provide a superior digital media experience to PS3 consumers. Of course PC gamers have enjoyed DivX video for quite some time.
via Business Week
“The PS3 will be the first console to support DivX video playback.”
I thought the fall update for the 360 last year added DivX support.
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/xbox-360-divx%5Cxvid-test/xbox-360-divxxvid-playback-tested-verdict-its-almost-perfect-329769.php
@ SpiralGray
Both the PS3 and 360 have been able to play DivX since last year but only the PS3 is being DivX certified. BIG difference because being DivX certified means devs can used DivX in games.
Sony also claims that they were the first company to offer rumble in their controllers which is complete crap because the Rumble Pack for the Nintendo64 came out months before the first Dual Shock controller did.
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