Xbox 360 Getting a Blu-Ray Drive?

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In what may have seemed inevitable, Sony and Microsoft have been discussing the possibility of adding Blu-Ray capabilities to the Xbox 360.

Microsoft had previously backed the HD-DVD format, offering an optional HD-DVD drive for the 360 console. However, Toshiba’s announcement last month to abandon the format has changed things considerably.

Now the option of giving the 360 a Blu-Ray drive is being considered, though whether or not it will be a plug-in peripheral or integrated within the console itself is unknown at this point. Adding a Blu-Ray drive to the console could take away the PS3’s edge in that aspect, but it would also drive up the console’s price.

Now here’s my question: how much do you guys (and gals) value Blu-Ray?

Source: Games Industry

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  • LC

    I thought downloads were going to replace physical formats…

  • needtocontrol

    “I thought downloads were going to replace physical formats…”

    LOL, yeah sure, and robots will do all our housework :o)

  • John Kershaw

    tbh, with the increase in digital distribution, I wouldn’t bother getting a blu-ray drive unless it was nice and cheep.

    I have one in my PS3, but for films, digital download is much better for me.

  • Mykul

    “I thought downloads were going to replace physical formats…”

    My God!! how long would it take to download a whole Blu-Ray disk??

  • Geoff H

    Any Blu-ray addition to the 360 would almost certainly be an add-on, no? Just like the HD-DVD drive it would be an option for people to whom it was important.

  • LC

    high definition downloads are a joke, you see the reports that say by 2012 americans will only have 10mbps connections in about 30 million homes? downloads are going nowhere fast with those kinds of speeds.

  • L.D.

    to me the add on HD-DVD looked like a big waste, if it was part of the unit in the first place It would have at least given the format a better foothold because, Like Sony there would have been a market for HD-DVD in production of games as well as movies.Microsoft essentially “screwed the pooch” on HD-DVD.
    BUT! WE would have had to deal with a longer drawn out format war. and in reality we needed a standard.
    as for HI-def downloads blah, when it comes to movies, I want to be able to have physical media, anything could happen with a download, I don’t want to worry about having a “proof of purchase” for all my movies if my HD gets toasted. not to mention the size of the downloads.

  • LC

    L.D. what does L.D. stand for? im curious.

  • madpuppy

    Actually L.D. are my initials, first name being Lance. but I registered and am using my regular on line name now.

  • Pomroy

    If I had wanted to pay extra money to get BluRay, I just would have bought a PS3.