Microsoft’s chair throwing overlord Steve Ballmer has stated in an interview that the company plans a Blu-ray drive as an accessory.
When asked whether the Xbox would be getting Blu-ray, he stated it would be available as an extra:
“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.”
This presumably refers to an external optical drive unit connected to the console, an arrangement a number of previous consoles have experimented with, generally with limited success.
Lesser Microsoft flacks refused to confirm the statement, but would not deny it either:
“Our immediate solution for Blu-ray-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.”
Via GameSpark.
Update:
Microsoft specifically denies the BD drive as a misunderstanding:
“Steve was referring to Blu-ray accessories for the PC.
As we have said in the past, we have no plans to introduce a Blu-ray drive for the Xbox 360. In fact, the future of home entertainment starts this fall when Xbox 360 becomes the first and only console to offer instant-on 1080p streaming HD movies.
With a library of thousands of TV shows and movies to choose from, Xbox 360 owners can instantly watch the movies they want, when they want, in the highest form of high definition.”
Reassuring news indeed for all those American households with 100mbps Internet connections…
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if they go blu-ray, they need to make their systems more reliable.
Cut the movies talk crap, Gamers. Games are getting bigger and DVD's aren't cutting it no more. Period! Some of the hot titles for next year for both X360/PS3 are bigger them just 1 DVD. FFXIII! One of FFXIII main problems is that is has to be broken down for the X360. Japan release is Dec on PS3 on 1 Blueray. Rage a new game for 2010/11. The makers said they can on use Bluray just so they get all the details for the game. This it only for beginning.
X360 may have started the Next Gen race but it looks like they really falling behind.
x360 $299 + Bluray add-on $100(maybe) = $399
PS3 $299 with Bluray =$299
You do the math with your wallet...
Its worthless as an accessory since games wont come out in blue ray anyway. So no extra content, just a funky add on for watching movies =(
As if the bluray drive would fix the RROD... losers.
They may consider a Blu-ray Disc movie player add-on. Xbox 360 games won't ship in the format, there's no advantage in it whatsoever.
I'm not sure if they should consider the format for the console's successor, maybe they should go with another one that's not essentially owned by Sony, like HVD's or something. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holographic_Versatile_Disc
Well, this is just futile resistance to the fact that their next console will have to have blu-ray. They won't have the type of success steam has with their consoles.
how predictable
cock goes where?
lol going to try and increase sales by getting something sony made? this makes me LOL!!
Nice info....
wow...so lemme get this straight...they're gonna take the BOGGEST current media format, and throw it in as an afterthought, and it's only gonna be for the pc? further proof that MS are retards. that and who really gives a flying fat crap about instant on streaming? they need to fix the rrod first. then maybe the console would sell to other ppl than americans. and the only reason that most ppl buy it now is brand loyalty and patriotism.i'd switch in a heartbeat if a console was better then the one that i had. it just makes sense to do it that way.
Editor: "Damn, we forgot to whipe this PS3 logo off! Quickly re-assemble the merchandise before it leaks out!"
*cough* xD
Damn! the Blu-ray accesories can solve the problem of Huge games like final fantasy XIII and have the option to give moar life to this console, but the damned chairmans have little vision ! Holy crap!
America, fuck yeah!
Sega CD
Yay, more hardware to buy!
As if the $100 wireless adapter, the Xbox live subscription, the hard drive (I own an old Xbox 360) and Project Natal coming up were not enough.
Honestly Microsoft, instead of releasing all these upgrades, release a new system already!
I wish Sony owned the rights to "Blu-ray"...
Then maybe we could do something like... agreeing to give them rights as long as we don't get a shitty version of Bayonetta.
Maybe after 10 years, James will do some comments about it.
Microfuckers have hated blu-ray ever since they found out it was on the PS3. Now they'll love it and pretend they felt that way all along. Fucking asswipes all of them.
adding something to shit still leaves you with shit.
False alarm, it was a misunderstanding. The guy was talking about PCs.
http://gizmodo.com/5388075/microsoft-says-no-xbox-blu+ray-drives-period-says-ballmer-was-talking-about-pcs [http://gizmodo.com/5388075/microsoft-says-no-xbox-blu ray-drives-period-says-ballmer-was-talking-about-pcs]
Ballmer must be getting popular amongst Microsoft's PR department...
Author you fail, MS officialy denied that there is NO FUCKING Drive for the Failbox, get your facts fucking right.
They denied it sometime after his statement was initially circulated, obnoxious anon.
This much is true
To anon 23-10-2009 12:41:
Have fun downloading a 50GB PS3 game.
Zune Video as an answer to HD. OMG this man is FUNNY!
MegaCD flashbacks...
i know its a big alteration and quite costly, but they should of stopped production on the current model of the 360 roughly a yr or 2 ago when the format war ended with blu-ray being the winner. And started to implement blu-ray into the console and finished the production and be ready to sell them right about now... which is a good counter to the ps3 slim and their price cut.
+1
Back when Sony was the only producer of BR drives and disks ?
Stupid idea if you want to make more money than Sony on the console market.
BR is not a console market .
Hurr durr cannot reed
next version of Xbox Using Blu Ray rather than HD-DVD?
X360 you sore loser XD
I fail to see how MS opting to offering a BD add-on equals them being a sore loser :/
If anything, refusing release a Blu-ray drive when it's in high demands due to them being butthurt would make them a sore loser. Fucking 12 year old anon, go back to bed.
and what are you, an 11 year old anon still suckling from your mothers teet? and blu-ray isn't in "high demand".
Xbox 360 + PS3. What will you get from this combination?
A fine console from Microsoft that has NO GAEMS!!!
PSbox?
More like PS360
Doesn't matter... It's pointless anyway... it probably will even cost more than a PS3...so smart people will juz say, 'fuck it... i ain't gonna get myself ripped off again, im getting a PS3.' As for xbox fanfucks or idiots they'll say hurray im sooooo getting this, see that u sony fanboys??? we have blu-ray too....except we don't have blu-ray games....'
Well, which 1 are ya?
TENGEN!!
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if this is coming out then xbox owners got screwed the 360 already cost more than ps3 with all the accessories added to it. (and yes i do mean both consoles with all accessories and not the crap like guitars and such)
Well you're stupid of you purchase accessories at the MSRP. Why pay $100 for the wireless adapter if you can get it for $60 someplace else? Shop around for Christs sake.
yeah why buying an wlan adapter for 100$ if you can have it build in. -PS3
why buying an external bluray drive if you can have it build in. -PS3
well see something?
microsoft always used their customers as beta tester so why should they change that now...
Hey that my idea damn T.T
Thanks Mr Bill Gates the legendary Master Thief.
how the fuck old are you to make a stupid joke like that
how the fuck old are you to understand this is a joke ? stupid anon 23-10-2009 02:32
More like Master Chief am i rite ?
I wouldn't know, as I've never seen him cook.
Get it?
Pwned... hard...
xD
Innovation cannot be owned, it becomes widely adopted/available (interpret loosely). Not to mention blurays dev was being carried by MULTIPLE companies.
Sony has no say in who can use the blu ray format. I laugh everytime I read a comment that even remotely suggests that they do or that some1 is "stealing" a format medium.