Blu-ray For The 360?
Surely this is false, right? This is not the first time the rumor has surfaced and in my opinion, it will be inevitable. Whether Microsoft is willing to make this happen now or later, the 360 will eventually need to ensure that it is Blu-ray ready as clearly the HD DVD media concept is dead in the water.
And while Microsoft does not likely have any specific animosity with Blu-ray short of added expense, I can certainly understand why they might not want to jump into the Blu-ray scene at this stage. I mean let’s face it, Sony is having a difficult time enough as it is pushing the format as many people are simply finding it hard to digest the idea of buying media that is more expensive and in some cases, is arguably not as clear as advertised.
So what do you think? Will Microsoft be taking both the Xbox 360 and Windows into the Blu-ray space at about the same pace? Or instead, will it wait until adoption becomes a bit more mainstream first? You know, Blu-ray players being purchased without them being bundled with the PS3.
2 Comments
cerberus
May 10th, 2008
at 9:59pm
Let’s face it, Microsoft was never known to be the “brave” type of company! Atleast that’s what I think! I mean, Microsoft only just waits till something’s successful for them to rip it, ahem, I mean “innovate” it! We all know about Vista and OS X. What I’m driving at is that Microsoft is most likely to wait till the Blu-Ray is a success before they incorporate it in their products. If anyone disagrees, I’d be glad to hear what they think!
David Brown
May 11th, 2008
at 3:40pm
MS will implement a 360 Blu-ray drive when they perceive that the PS3 is starting to beat them because of Blu-ray. Otherwise, there is no reason.
However, this has to be based on game sales, not game console sales. If PS3’s are being sold to play Blu-ray disks and they are not selling games then it doesn’t matter. Everybody talks about game console sales where there is no money to be made. Instead they should be looking at game sales and their trends.
David