Microsoft: “We’ll support Blu-ray” Fri Mar 07, 2008 at 03:00 PM ET
Amid rumors that Microsoft is in talks to add Blu-ray support to its Xbox 360 game console, CEO Steve Ballmer has indicated the company’s intention to support the remaining high-def format.
As reported by The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer took part in an onstage conversation at the company’s Mix08 Internet conference in Las Vegas Thursday, where the topics discussed included Microsoft’s high-def plans following the discontinuation of Toshiba’s HD DVD format.
Without offering specifics, Ballmer said the company will work to support Blu-ray.
“We've already been working on, for example, in Windows, device driver support for Blu-ray drives and the like,” Ballmer stated. “I think the world moves on. Toshiba has moved on. We've moved on, and we'll support Blu-ray in ways that make sense.”
.. so an external blu-ray player for the xbox 360 like the hd-dvd one? or a new 360 w/ blu-ray support built right in? any way .. awesome!
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Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 3:28 am
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If it's on a built in one D, my friend alex is gonna be pissed. I got a ps3 and the hd ad on for x-box. I ain't gonna get rid of it. I am just gonna buy up all the bargin hd dvd's that i can!
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Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 12:24 pm
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A 360 add on for about what they charged for the HD one would be fantastic. Saves me $400 on a game system I don't want in a couple of months.
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Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 2:10 pm
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stevenvill wrote:
Mercury wrote:
A 360 add on for about what they charged for the HD one would be fantastic.
Hehe, I meant blu-ray add on for the 360.
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Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 4:00 pm
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I still wouldn't buy a PS3 for anything other than the games. A buddy of mine got one back in January and has yet to purchase a single game. He does have a bunch of blu-rays though. Go Sony!
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Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 12:06 am
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an external blu-ray player would be sweet for the xbox 360. 2 external players for my 360? fuck yeah!! but what about gaming. there hasn't been any games yet that have reached over 25 gigs. will there be a game to hit that mark? or will we have to wait for the next generation systems .. in like 4 more years to do it?
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Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 12:13 am
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demetrios wrote:
an external blu-ray player would be sweet for the xbox 360. 2 external players for my 360? fuck yeah!! but what about gaming. there hasn't been any games yet that have reached over 25 gigs. will there be a game to hit that mark? or will we have to wait for the next generation systems .. in like 4 more years to do it?
it's still pretty early in this generation of games...as time goes on games are going to get even more in depth with graphics/interactivity/etc and i'm sure the full potential will be utilized in a year and a half to two years from now.
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Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 12:23 am
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it'd be cool if they offered some sort of trade in program to help knock the cost down on a future external accessory (if that's the direction they go).
I know a couple people who bought the HD drive and now are going to be stuck with the movies they have...I guess that's not too bad though
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Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 12:39 am
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demetrios wrote:
an external blu-ray player would be sweet for the xbox 360. 2 external players for my 360? fuck yeah!! but what about gaming. there hasn't been any games yet that have reached over 25 gigs. will there be a game to hit that mark? or will we have to wait for the next generation systems .. in like 4 more years to do it?
metal gear does not fit on a blu-ray disc, they had to cut shit out
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Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 5:05 am
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demetrios wrote:
an external blu-ray player would be sweet for the xbox 360. 2 external players for my 360? fuck yeah!! but what about gaming. there hasn't been any games yet that have reached over 25 gigs. will there be a game to hit that mark? or will we have to wait for the next generation systems .. in like 4 more years to do it?
Microsoft gaming exec Aaron Greenberg tells Reuters that he isn't working with rival Sony (SNE) to add Blu-ray drives to its Xbox 360 videogame console. "Xbox is not currently in talks with Sony or the Blu-ray Association to integrate Blu-ray into the Xbox experience."
That, of course, leaves plenty of room for talks tomorrow, next week, or maybe never.
Microsoft (MSFT) is convinced that digital media downloads -- not hi-def discs -- are the next step in movie distribution. They might be right. And if they're not, they can add Blu-ray support in the future. In the near term, that keeps the Xbox 360 cheaper than Sony's slower selling PS3.
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