Microsoft confirms Blu Ray support

http://www.techtree.com/India/News/Microsoft_Confirms_Going_with_Bluray/551-87585-581.html

"Just two days back, we reported that Sony is busy wooing Microsoft to add Blu-ray support to its Xbox 360 gaming console.

The effort's paid off (or so it seems) -- with Microsoft now confirming that it's trying to figure out the best way to connect with Blu-ray. The company also seems to be working on ways to include device driver support for Blu-ray drives in its Windows operating system.

Incidentally at the Mix '08 conference in Las Vegas, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said, "We have already been working on, for example, in Windows, device driver support for Blu-ray drives and the like, and I think the world moves on."

"Toshiba has moved on. We have moved on, and we will support Blu-ray in ways that make sense," Ballmer had said rather pointedly.

Before Toshiba went public with withdrawing its HD DVD format, Microsoft had HD DVD players as add-on along with their Xbox 360 gaming consoles.

But with HD DVD all but dead and Blu-ray the winner, Microsoft had no option but to stop manufacturing HD DVD drives for its Xbox 360 console.

What wasn't clear though was whether Microsoft would finally go with the Blu-ray format. The latest admission from the company clears that confusion."

Could the 360 be next?

so am i gonna have to pluck down another 200$ for a extra drive to watch my hd movies? forget that, ill just buy a ps3

i have a hdtv and wont use it for movies till 2009.

by then i can pick up a bly ray player for $120.

so am i gonna have to pluck down another 200$ for a extra drive to watch my hd movies? forget that, ill just buy a ps3

gongytron

Exactly. Might as well spend a little more and get the player with the PS3 exclusives.

i have a hdtv and wont use it for movies till 2009.

by then i can pick up a bly ray player for $120.

HeHateMe_basic

I pitty the ones who bought a HD-DVD flop player.

I pitty the ones who bought a HD-DVD flop player.

knight-k

You shouldn't. I got 16 HD movies and the player for less than $100

So people whine about them using DVD9 and then whine because they lose the format war and join blu-ray? How about they just go back to cartriges will you be happy then?darklord888

Think before you type, the two groups you described are totally seperate.

That's when I knew HD-DVD was dead. When Microsoft announced the specs for the "elite" and everyone kind of expected an HD-DVD drive on it...nope.

[QUOTE="HeHateMe_basic"]

i have a hdtv and wont use it for movies till 2009.

by then i can pick up a bly ray player for $120.

Newsboy

how is giving people a choice greed?

[QUOTE="knight-k"]

I pitty the ones who bought a HD-DVD flop player.

SpruceCaboose

You shouldn't. I got 16 HD movies and the player for less than $100

[QUOTE="darklord888"]So people whine about them using DVD9 and then whine because they lose the format war and join blu-ray? How about they just go back to cartriges will you be happy then?roadkill88

Think before you type, the two groups you described are totally seperate.

so am i gonna have to pluck down another 200$ for a extra drive to watch my hd movies? forget that, ill just buy a ps3

gongytron

exactly

so am i gonna have to pluck down another 200$ for a extra drive to watch my hd movies? forget that, ill just buy a ps3

gongytron

yeah thats what Im doing for sure. And now I have a falid reason to buy a ps3=cheap Blue-Ray player+gaming console

[QUOTE="HeHateMe_basic"]

i have a hdtv and wont use it for movies till 2009.

by then i can pick up a bly ray player for $120.

Newsboy

So you would have rather Microsoft added an HD-DVD player standard in all its 360's and have the end customer pay for it regardless of if its something they wanted or not?

Forcing a format player on a consumer is more greedy then choice.

[QUOTE="Newsboy"][QUOTE="HeHateMe_basic"]

i have a hdtv and wont use it for movies till 2009.

by then i can pick up a bly ray player for $120.

jimhogg

how is giving people a choice greed?

So there you are - the best of both worlds: the Best games and now with a cheap add B.R. player !

So why would someone buy a B.R. player ( PS3 ) that also sometimes plays games ? :twisted:

[QUOTE="Newsboy"][QUOTE="HeHateMe_basic"]

i have a hdtv and wont use it for movies till 2009.

by then i can pick up a bly ray player for $120.

cosmostein77

So you would have rather Microsoft added an HD-DVD player standard in all its 360's and have the end customer pay for it regardless of if its something they wanted or not?

Forcing a format player on a consumer is more greedy then choice.

So there you are - the best of both worlds: the Best games and now with a cheap add B.R. player !

So why would someone buy a B.R. player ( PS3 ) that also sometimes plays games ? :twisted:

SecretPolice

[QUOTE="cosmostein77"][QUOTE="Newsboy"][QUOTE="HeHateMe_basic"]

i have a hdtv and wont use it for movies till 2009.

by then i can pick up a bly ray player for $120.

mmirza23

So you would have rather Microsoft added an HD-DVD player standard in all its 360's and have the end customer pay for it regardless of if its something they wanted or not?

Forcing a format player on a consumer is more greedy then choice.

because if it had it from the start it would have been cheaper to have it in the 360 in the first place because it had the other parts need to make the hd-dvd to work they just need the disc drive instead of the intire casing, parts ect. plus you guys would of not had a dead hd-dvd player for 200 bucks that why.GARRYTH

It was not feesible for MS to put the HD-DVD drive in the 360. No matter how much they may have wanted to, it was not possible. Stop trying to re-write the past with poor logic.

So there you are - the best of both worlds: the Best games and now with a cheap add B.R. player !

So why would someone buy a B.R. player ( PS3 ) that also sometimes plays games ? :twisted:

SecretPolice

actually the ps3 plays games all the time unlike the 360 if it breaks you can't play games. so you sometimes can play games on the 360.

[QUOTE="Newsboy"][QUOTE="HeHateMe_basic"]

i have a hdtv and wont use it for movies till 2009.

by then i can pick up a bly ray player for $120.

cosmostein77

So you would have rather Microsoft added an HD-DVD player standard in all its 360's and have the end customer pay for it regardless of if its something they wanted or not?

Forcing a format player on a consumer is more greedy then choice.

[QUOTE="SecretPolice"]

So there you are - the best of both worlds: the Best games and now with a cheap add B.R. player !

So why would someone buy a B.R. player ( PS3 ) that also sometimes plays games ? :twisted:

GARRYTH

The PS3, should it finally receive MGS4 & FF13 and IF they live up to expectations should be some sweet gaming there. :)

[QUOTE="GARRYTH"]because if it had it from the start it would have been cheaper to have it in the 360 in the first place because it had the other parts need to make the hd-dvd to work they just need the disc drive instead of the intire casing, parts ect. plus you guys would of not had a dead hd-dvd player for 200 bucks that why.SpruceCaboose

It was not feesible for MS to put the HD-DVD drive in the 360. No matter how much they may have wanted to, it was not possible. Stop trying to re-write the past with poor logic.

if sony could then ms could of. sony delayed the ps3 just so it could have blu-ray, i believe.... and it worked out for them. ms could of delayed the launch and put in hd-dvd.

[QUOTE="SecretPolice"]

So there you are - the best of both worlds: the Best games and now with a cheap add B.R. player !

So why would someone buy a B.R. player ( PS3 ) that also sometimes plays games ? :twisted:

jessie5788

actually the ps3 plays games all the time unlike the 360 if it breaks you can't play games. so you sometimes can play games on the 360.

And if the PS3 breaks you cannot play games on it. Kinda obvious, isn't it?

So there you are - the best of both worlds: the Best games and now with a cheap add B.R. player !

So why would someone buy a B.R. player ( PS3 ) that also sometimes plays games ? :twisted:

SecretPolice

Wow, if this isn't a blatant attempt to get PS3 owners pissed off, I don't know what is.

Sad to see that after 3800 posts you still feel the need to make such crazy comments only to piss people off.

[QUOTE="jessie5788"][QUOTE="SecretPolice"]

So there you are - the best of both worlds: the Best games and now with a cheap add B.R. player !

So why would someone buy a B.R. player ( PS3 ) that also sometimes plays games ? :twisted:

SpruceCaboose

actually the ps3 plays games all the time unlike the 360 if it breaks you can't play games. so you sometimes can play games on the 360.

And if the PS3 breaks you cannot play games on it. Kinda obvious, isn't it?

good thing they have a 2% chance of breaking. unlike 33% for the 360.;)

[QUOTE="jessie5788"][QUOTE="SecretPolice"]

So there you are - the best of both worlds: the Best games and now with a cheap add B.R. player !

So why would someone buy a B.R. player ( PS3 ) that also sometimes plays games ? :twisted:

SpruceCaboose

actually the ps3 plays games all the time unlike the 360 if it breaks you can't play games. so you sometimes can play games on the 360.

And if the PS3 breaks you cannot play games on it. Kinda obvious, isn't it?

Also obvious was the overall point of his post. Something, it appears, you missed.

if sony could then ms could of. sony delayed the ps3 just so it could have blu-ray, i believe.... and it worked out for them. ms could of delayed the launch and put in hd-dvd.

jessie5788

MS launched the 360 in November of 2005. The first commercial HD-DVD players hit almost a year later. By delaying the 360 by a year, and raising the price by at least $200 (Probably more) to incorporate a technology that would assuredly be locked into a format war, MS would have effectively been committing market suicide with the 360.

Believe it or not, price is a major issue in consoles, and is the main reason, IMO, that the PS3 has had a rather rocky start to its generation.

[QUOTE="SpruceCaboose"][QUOTE="jessie5788"][QUOTE="SecretPolice"]

So there you are - the best of both worlds: the Best games and now with a cheap add B.R. player !

So why would someone buy a B.R. player ( PS3 ) that also sometimes plays games ? :twisted:

The_Dan_K

actually the ps3 plays games all the time unlike the 360 if it breaks you can't play games. so you sometimes can play games on the 360.

And if the PS3 breaks you cannot play games on it. Kinda obvious, isn't it?

Also obvious was the overall point of his post. Something, it appears, you missed.

The overall point was invalid.

[QUOTE="SecretPolice"]

So there you are - the best of both worlds: the Best games and now with a cheap add B.R. player !

So why would someone buy a B.R. player ( PS3 ) that also sometimes plays games ? :twisted:

The_Dan_K

Wow, if this isn't a blatant attempt to get PS3 owners pissed off, I don't know what is.

Sad to see that after 3800 posts you still feel the need to make such crazy comments only to piss people off.

depending on how inexpensive it is, it could stem the eventual tide of 360 owenrs owning both consoles. but it has to be very comptitively priced.Dreams-Visions

**looks at the $100 20 GB HDD***

I don't think MS knows the definition of competitively priced peripherals.

It's all a matter of prospective my friend as I just sorta apologized adding the following info. : sometimes posts & posters go to far about the 360 platform which, just like in real life, I respond too only in SW - it's just for fun and frankly if PS3 can deliver the gaming goods this year I will be all over it. :)SecretPolice

I would argue that the PS3 has already delivered many gaming goods, and it only looks to improve upon that soon.

if this really happens everyone who bought the hd dvd drive should get a bd drivr for discount or free.daveg1

In that case, everyone should have gotten discounts on a PS2 when dreamcast went under. :lol:

if this really happens everyone who bought the hd dvd drive should get a bd drivr for discount or free.daveg1

Your youth and naivety is showing.

http://www.n4g.com/industrynews/News-122069.aspx

Microsoft Will Support Blu-Ray, But Not with Xbox 360, For Now