http://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/12/blu-ray-on-xbox-360-microsoft-hasnt-heard-about-it/ Engadget HD Comments for Blu-ray on Xbox 360? Microsoft hasn't heard about it http://hd.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://hd.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/12/blu-ray-on-xbox-360-microsoft-hasnt-heard-about-it/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/12/blu-ray-on-xbox-360-microsoft-hasnt-heard-about-it/Mar 12th 2008 11:47PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/12/blu-ray-on-xbox-360-microsoft-hasnt-heard-about-it/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/12/blu-ray-on-xbox-360-microsoft-hasnt-heard-about-it/
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A consideration has to be made that you're selling to a limited base, and of that base, only a small percentage would even be interested in an add-on.

The other odd thing here, is that Blu-Ray-- someone correct me if I'm wrong, uses JAVA technology, which is competitor to Microsoft's technologies. I can't see Microsoft going there, unless there was an overwhelming need to do so.

My feeling is that in the short term, Microsoft does nothing. I'm sure the option has at least been discussed and it never hurts to explore further or maybe even go as far as a trial. But I think pricing will be the initial hurdle, and that technology will another hurdle. Microsoft can afford to wait and see, looking at how the market evolves and how their own content on demand system evolves.]]>Mar 13th 2008 12:40AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/12/blu-ray-on-xbox-360-microsoft-hasnt-heard-about-it/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/12/blu-ray-on-xbox-360-microsoft-hasnt-heard-about-it/Mar 13th 2008 10:40AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/12/blu-ray-on-xbox-360-microsoft-hasnt-heard-about-it/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/12/blu-ray-on-xbox-360-microsoft-hasnt-heard-about-it/Mar 13th 2008 12:49AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/12/blu-ray-on-xbox-360-microsoft-hasnt-heard-about-it/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/12/blu-ray-on-xbox-360-microsoft-hasnt-heard-about-it/
I for one wouldn't want to be on the team that would have to port Java over to the 360. Yeah, that will be loads of fun.]]>Mar 13th 2008 10:52AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/12/blu-ray-on-xbox-360-microsoft-hasnt-heard-about-it/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/12/blu-ray-on-xbox-360-microsoft-hasnt-heard-about-it/
Then, talk to developers and offer them the suggestion of offering 360 games in DVD and Blu-Ray versions so that as games get bigger, I don't have to disk swap in my game. You'd be surprised then how many people buy into the add-on even just for convenience. Developers did the same thing when we transitioned from CD-ROM to DVD and that worked!]]>Mar 13th 2008 2:01AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/12/blu-ray-on-xbox-360-microsoft-hasnt-heard-about-it/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/12/blu-ray-on-xbox-360-microsoft-hasnt-heard-about-it/
OH TEH NOES! I HAS 2 CHAENG A D1SK WILE PLAYNIG!!111

Give me a break. If swapping out a game disc is so hard for you, you could probably use the damned exercise. Get over it.]]>Mar 13th 2008 12:38PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/12/blu-ray-on-xbox-360-microsoft-hasnt-heard-about-it/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/12/blu-ray-on-xbox-360-microsoft-hasnt-heard-about-it/Mar 13th 2008 3:12AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/12/blu-ray-on-xbox-360-microsoft-hasnt-heard-about-it/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/12/blu-ray-on-xbox-360-microsoft-hasnt-heard-about-it/Mar 13th 2008 4:44AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/12/blu-ray-on-xbox-360-microsoft-hasnt-heard-about-it/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/12/blu-ray-on-xbox-360-microsoft-hasnt-heard-about-it/

Based on what I've learned from WB:

1. Talks are concluded, therefore, they're not current.

2. They're not "integrating" because technically, an add-on isn't "integral". It's external.


Why don't people just tell the truth anymore?]]>Mar 13th 2008 10:42AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/12/blu-ray-on-xbox-360-microsoft-hasnt-heard-about-it/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/12/blu-ray-on-xbox-360-microsoft-hasnt-heard-about-it/Mar 13th 2008 10:49AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/12/blu-ray-on-xbox-360-microsoft-hasnt-heard-about-it/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/12/blu-ray-on-xbox-360-microsoft-hasnt-heard-about-it/Mar 13th 2008 11:47AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/12/blu-ray-on-xbox-360-microsoft-hasnt-heard-about-it/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/12/blu-ray-on-xbox-360-microsoft-hasnt-heard-about-it/
"See? I wanted high-def playback, but I thought that rather than get an independent player, I would pipe all the high def video and superior sound through this machine that sounds like a vacuum cleaner and tends to fail about every eleven days" Unless the thing comes out at a price point of around $12, you'd be foolish to use the 360 as a high-def player in a HT setup.]]>Mar 13th 2008 1:12PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/12/blu-ray-on-xbox-360-microsoft-hasnt-heard-about-it/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/12/blu-ray-on-xbox-360-microsoft-hasnt-heard-about-it/(and FFXIII, White Knight Chronicles and Resistance 2 a little later among others).
This being said, as noted, I think the key part of the speech is "integrated". As we all know, an new Xbox 360 with built in Blu Ray is very improbable at this point, but an external "non integrated" player ... ?]]>Mar 13th 2008 2:25PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/12/blu-ray-on-xbox-360-microsoft-hasnt-heard-about-it/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/12/blu-ray-on-xbox-360-microsoft-hasnt-heard-about-it/Mar 14th 2008 7:15AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/12/blu-ray-on-xbox-360-microsoft-hasnt-heard-about-it/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/12/blu-ray-on-xbox-360-microsoft-hasnt-heard-about-it/
IMHO I think microsoft is just one huge bad liar....

p.s. I ]]>Mar 14th 2008 1:48PM