Blueray 360 announcement tomorrow

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thefinalstage

This will not be an in built feature. What about all the people who bought a 360 with regular drives? Will there be two versions of each game released now or will we all get free upgrades?

robinph

It will only be an external drive for movies, just the same as the HD-DVD one. They are not going to be releasing games on BluRay.

brennaldo

its a strange one, a weird time to do it, i taught it was goin to happen already but. i really hope games and films will be playable (somehow) on the original 360's

syboit

well, tommorow is here.. roll on the news

Batesy

From Eurogamer:

"Microsoft entertainment and devices boss Robbie Bach has shot down rumours there will be a Blu-ray Xbox released in time for Christmas.

He told the San Francisco Chronicle that his focus was on digital distribution for the foreseeable future, with next-generation plans "so far out that there isn't anything to talk about".

"If you look at the Blu-ray player market, you haven't seen the acceleration everybody expected [since the collapse of HD-DVD]," said Bach.

"It's not as much about whether all the content is in a Blu-ray format or a HD DVD format. You have to look at how fundamentally compelling the difference is between a progressive scan DVD player and the picture that it can produce and what you get on a high-definition player. The reality is there is some difference, but most people look at it and say, 'I am not going to pay extra for that.'"

Tech blog Crunchgear reported over the weekend that Microsoft planned to reveal a fresh Xbox SKU at a conference today, claiming confirmation from sources within the company.

Bach went on to reveal that the Xbox 360 will be around longer than the original Xbox was and, while he skirted any mention of motion-sensing controllers, he enigmatically promised he has "people working on all sorts of things".

He also painted a significantly brighter picture than analysts did last Friday, by promising everything was on track for the Xbox division to turn over a profit this year."

silvine

Another week, another Xbox blu-ray rumour :rolleyes:

Dman001

I'd love to see an external BR drive. I've been thinking about getting a PS3 for BR but we shall see tonight if it is true.

Varik

won't happen

like Dman001 many people are getting ps3 or thinking about getting just for the blu ray
will hurt sony and the rest of the blu ray camp if it did