Microsoft Shoots Down Xbox 360 Blu-Ray Rumors

**Valigarmander** · 10-24-2009, 12:47 AM

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Microsoft is working to get ahead of rumors that started circulating yesterday regarding Blu-Ray support for the Xbox 360. It started when company CEO Steve Ballmer commented that Blu-Ray drives would be coming as accessories, in response to a question about the Xbox 360. Word got out fast, and last night Larry Hryb (a.k.a. Major Nelson) made a blog post to clarify. "Steve was referring to Blu-ray accessories for the PC," he explained. "As we have said in the past, we have no plans to introduce a Blu-Ray drive for the Xbox 360."

It does still seem odd that Microsoft's main man mentioned the accessories in response to a question about the Xbox 360, if he were merely talking about the PC. But, Ballmer does have a history of making erroneous statements regarding the console, so we can probably chalk this up to a simple misstatement. At this rate, an inaccurate statement about the Xbox 360 is bound to be dubbed a "Ballmer."

tl;dr, no Blu-Ray for the 360.

Luigiman7 · 10-24-2009, 01:04 AM

I can hear the butthurt fanboys already.

PONIES · 10-24-2009, 11:10 AM

i don't see the difference in quality, so I don't really care, and i don't usually watch or buy DVDs anyway

Luigiman7 · 10-24-2009, 11:29 AM

^ You can tell the difference with animated movies.

PONIES · 10-24-2009, 11:33 AM

never seen an animated movie in blue ray

Jesus · 10-25-2009, 02:08 PM

Blu Ray is much better when compared with HD-DVD but producing for Blu-Ray in itself is still too expensive to put games out on the market yet.

Lurch1982 · 10-25-2009, 02:42 PM

Blu-ray and HD-DVD were pointless format shifts that aren't needed.

Metal Man · 10-25-2009, 02:53 PM

Besides, the next generation of holographic DVDs will wipe the floor with them. Why buy now when we can wait for something much better? (And by wait, I mean a few years, not twenty or something.

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Lurch1982 · 10-25-2009, 04:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Metal Man

Besides, the next generation of holographic DVDs will wipe the floor with them. Why buy now when we can wait for something much better? (And by wait, I mean a few years, not twenty or something.

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Digital distribution is the future. I get more mileage out of instaqueue in Netflix than I do out of DVD or Blu-Ray.

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