Ballmer: Blu-ray add-on coming to Xbox 360 |
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After being defeated in the format wars last year, it looks like Microsoft is finally adopting Blu-ray. In an interview published today by tech site Gizmodo, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer confirmed that Blu-ray will eventually come to Xbox 360 as an add-on drive. According to Ballmer:
Well I don't know if we need to put Blu-ray in there—you'll be able to get Blu-ray drives as accessories.
I think mostly the future of movies is on-demand, actually, as opposed to distribution via physical media. So we're just gonna keep driving forward and try to make it the best entertainment — overall entertainment, not just gaming, but overall entertainment experience we can.
When an Xbox spokesperson wase asked about Ballmer's comment, they told Gizmodo:
Our solution for HD quality video on an Xbox 360 is coming this fall with Zune Video and 1080p instant-on HD streaming. As far as our future plans are concerned, we're not ready to comment.
Ballmer did not specify any timetable for when we can expect these specific add-ons to be available for purchase. Hmmn, maybe Microsoft is brewing something for CES.
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"the ps3 is a waste of money"
yet since it came out microsoft has been updating its hardware features to match.... hdmi to bluray.
the other thing thats funny is how xbots always like to claim sony dont know how to innovate and only copy ideas off of the other two.
lol as time goes on I get more and more convinced I picked the best console. (ps3) and not a cheap piece of ***** (wii/360).... well tbh I did buy a wii but I dont use it :P.
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And they dare to call the PS3 useless. In countries like australia.We got ***** internet in here! who the hell will like to stream hd movies! what a waste... Yeah get your bluray and try to run a game from it while is plugged in usb port.....
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Why buy an addon for a console when you can get the whole package all-in-one? And we alll know MS, this addon will approx. cost 300 dollars. This will only be good for people who ONLY have an Xbox 360 and an HD TV, which isn't much.
Most gamers will have all three consoles when it comes out, and if you only want to watch Blu-Ray, you get a standalone player anyway.
PS: This is just my opinion, no facts, so no fanboy war please, mkay?
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Im sure that Microsoft plan to Lunsh A New XBOX360 with Bleu ray suport yes since alot of publishers complain about multi discs , so we will have a Separate Drive as accessory then a BR player as Player remplasement then the Xbox 360 bleu ray , thats will solve many problems in develepment process and that will be a answer to KOJIMA too about when he said "MGS4 can only be in a BLUE ray disc " and the big even is the end of piracy on xbox360 , publishers will enjoy releasing their games on BR for less piracy rate .
so just hope its not another 100$ plus for our xbox360
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He is right, as was the spokesperson, in that streaming media is far preferable to blurays themselves. Physical media in general is on the decline. Anyone who watches media sales can see that.
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the ones who male you pay for online.
the ones who blocked third party storage devices in a system update.
the ones who should of had the HD-DVD as an inbuilt drive but decided to make you pay extra for it.
after paying for the license to use Blu-Ray, i cant see them putting it into the console.
it'll be another add-on they can peddle for sure.
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Uncharted 2 anyone?
And the loading speed is absolutely fine on PS3 games, especially seeing as a lot of games only have to load once now to get into the game and then there aren't any other loading points.
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But jokes aside, Sony sales should go up quite a bit. As X360 Elite with BD price should go up. With the PS3 price relatively staying the same. MS admit this year you lost everything.
But i still think Sony, IBM and Toshiba should say no to this deal. Cause MS is kinda trying to monopolize nearly everything on the market.
Leaving the heavy-weight PS3 and light-weight Wii with disadvantages. And monopolizing on every consoles advantages. I would literally make Ballmer lick my shoes if i was Sony's CEO.
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Microsoft, YOU CAN DO BETTER!! Save Blu-Ray for your next generation console, and work on something that can be added to the 360's now through an update. You just added Twitter, that's a start, now perhaps you should work on an internet browser or something... But ANOTHER console? Come on... Again, who will buy it?
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BTW the whole point of a new video format is to get everyone to adopt it, so it, you know, makes money? Sony would love nothing more than for MS to use Bluray
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