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Old 03-07-2008, 05:54 PM   #1
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Sadly this isn't a confirmation that Microsoft are to unveil a brand spanking Blu-Ray drive, but given some recent news regarding Microsoft it seems that a Blu-Ray drive for the 360 is inevitable.

In article by the Financial Times, Sony Electronics US President Stan Glasgow did comment that Microsoft were currently in talks about the possibility of MS adopting Blu-Ray. He also stated that they were in talks with Apple.

Microsoft however were quick to decline such a bold statement:

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“There are no plans to introduce Blu-ray. “In response to Stan Glasgow’s statement that Blu-ray is a possibility for Xbox 360, we have made no such announcement. Games are what are driving consumers to purchase game consoles and we remain focused on providing the largest library of blockbuster games available.”
However at the Mix 08 Internet conference in Las Vegas yesterday, Microsoft CEO Steve Balmer confirmed that MS were in fact currently looking into some Blu-Ray possibilities

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“We’ve already been working on, for example, in Windows, device driver support for Blu-ray drives and the like, and 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.”
It seems that it's only a matter of time til Microsoft introduce a Blu-Ray drive for the 360, but at what point? Perhaps yet another SKU is on the way.
 
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Too bad it won't be used for games if it does get released. And the MS talking with Apple thing is probably related to the iPhone having MS Exchange support. *cough*stupid choice*cough*

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good job Mr.Obvious, no kidding it wont be used for games.

It will be the exact same thing the HD-DVD player is. M$ have absolutely no intent whatsoever to use an HD disk format for games. It will be a seperate Blu-Ray player for movies.
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I don't know..I wasn't willing to buy an HD-DVD for my 360,why would I be willing to buy a Blu-ray?
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i might buy coz i have problem with my hd drive but i might be geting a normal one next week i want to see which is better
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