No Blu-Ray for the Xbox 360!
During my previous post, I was getting excited on the thought of a Xbox 360 Blu-ray Drive, but it seems those rumors aren’t true.
Well with the death of the HD DVD high definition format, Microsoft would wish to offer a Blu-ray drive for the Xbox 360 to help boost sales again. I wanted that to be a reality. Now this news suddenly burst my happy thought bubble as many are waiting for a Blu-ray player.
No Blu-Ray for the Xbox 360! Oh man, that sucks…
The article Xbox 360 owners - No Blu-ray for you! states :
Aaron Greenberg, Xbox 360 Group Product Manager said:
“Xbox is not currently in talks with Sony or the Blu-ray Association to integrate Blu-ray into the Xbox experience.”
So what does this mean for Xbox 360 owners? It means that Microsoft has decided not to pursue a physical player and instead concentrate resources on Xbox Live online service which allow Xbox owners rent movies. Rather than be seen to be abandoning HD DVD and leaping onto the Blu-ray wagon, Microsoft wants to go it alone and break free from physical media. Perhaps Microsoft has lost faith in physical high-definition distribution and feels that a digital distribution method is better (for the company). From an anti-piracy standpoint a digital distribution system at least allows Microsoft to engage in a war with the pirates (as futile as that might be in the long run).
Maybe Microsoft hopes that Xbox Live could be the road to profit for the Xbox console.
Oh well… apparently nothing at all…
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