Xbox 360 Blu-ray Shot Down Again By Microsoft

re: Xbox 360 Blu-ray Shot Down Again By Microsoft

chrisl — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 19:41:48 GMT

Your assuming sales are down because people are simply buying the PS3 instead. In reality it has been said by Microsoft that they have stock issues, maybe because they are getting ready to ship one of the newer models, or maybe they are actually trying to fix RROD issues and thus not shipping as many.

And an Xbox 360 with Blu-ray is still going to do less than a PS3 with Blu-ray, so I'm still buying the PS3 over the Xbox 360 for Blu-ray. Blu-ray takes money out of Microsoft's pocket in hardware loses and in the download market. Most PS3 owners who bought it or gaming don't own any BD movies expect the one that was packaged with the system.

re: Xbox 360 Blu-ray Shot Down Again By Microsoft

Al — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 12:53:31 GMT

XBOX sales are down. Blu-ray does make sense. Anyone who says it doesn't is buying into the HD movie download thing that, as of yet, is half-baked.

Customers won't buy an xbox 360 just because it has blu-ray but they will buy a ps3 because it has about the same functionality as the 360 PLUS it has blu-ray. Why not get the PS3 and have one quiet device that does it all?

Now if Sony would add extender support to the PS3, I'd buy one at the drop of a hat.

re: Xbox 360 Blu-ray Shot Down Again By Microsoft

chrisl — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 17:50:35 GMT

Oh, no doubt there are several issues besides bandwidth that are issues.

One of the ones I've been thinking about (in terms of downloads replacing physical media) is the amount in the US who still don't even have a high speed connection or any Internet connection at all. Seems crazy to most of us, but these people still do exist and do represent a part of physical media revenue.

I'm not sure I want physical media gone in favor of downloads, I really want the both to exist and share the market. Of course downloads have the ultimate pro of live delivery, but at this point physical media is actually more portable then a download which is also important.

re: Xbox 360 Blu-ray Shot Down Again By Microsoft

Ben Drawbaugh — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 17:38:37 GMT

Can't help myself, but I don't believe the problem with digital downloads is bandwidth. I believe it is the studios dragging their feet because they haven't figured out how to completely replace DVD sale revenues with digital downloads.

If they thought there was more money in digital downloads, rest assured they figure out a way to make it work.

re: Xbox 360 Blu-ray Shot Down Again By Microsoft

Chriscic — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:55:18 GMT

Yea, the Microsoft denial was pretty direct and convincing in compared to the vague denials companies usually give. Agree they're not going to do a Blu-Ray 360. Just doesn't make any sense for them.

re: Xbox 360 Blu-ray Shot Down Again By Microsoft

chrisl — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 02:47:58 GMT

That's true, but it is not yet at the point where 10GB+ flash storage can be had for cheap enough. Stupid support would also be an issue, along with standalone players likely not supporting it.

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Jeffrey Peterson — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 02:30:13 GMT

There is technology on its way where you can move movies on USB storage type devices. Maybe Microsoft will support that option. You could load up the movie without bandwidth issues.