We don’t even have to wait until tomorrow to find out that the Xbox 360 isn’t getting Blu-ray . Why? Because Robbie Bach was asked if Microsoft had plans for Blu-ray to appear in the next generation Xbox (Via Engadget ) and answered “No. There is nothing to even talk about right now with regard to the...
Another day, another horrible rumor . Microsoft will not announce that the Xbox 360 is getting Blu-ray on Monday. This latest rumor does give me a good chance to cover Shane Kim of Microsoft Game Studios saying the Xbox 360 is set to last seven years . This would clearly go against what I’ve been saying...
I hope you didn’t really think Microsoft was doing an Xbox 360 with Blu-ray , because they are once again denying it . So, what do you think is really going on? These sites are flat out making up the rumors to drive web traffic OEMs think constant reports will help get them a contract, suggesting they...
Previous coverage: Here, Here, Here, Here, Here, and Here. Latest rumor, ASUS subsidiary Pegatron has reportedly won the contract to “ assemble the Xbox 360 with Blu-ray Disc ROM drive” according to Economic Daily News (Chinese). I’ve covered the Xbox 360 Blu-ray rumors since they started, and I think...
You didn’t think Lite-On was really manufacturing Blu-ray Disc drives for the Xbox 360, did you? It doesn’t seem that Microsoft put too much stock into it, supposedly being quoted flat out with “No. Lite-On is not manufacturing Blu-ray drives for Xbox 360.” The only thing that troubles me here is that...
DigiTimes added to the Xbox 360 rumors yesterday (April Fool’s Day), saying that they have a source who says “Lite-On IT is developing built-in Blu-ray Disc-(BD) ROM drives for the Microsoft Xbox 360 game console.” Today they are sticking by that with another report saying that such an Xbox 360 BD would...
The Financial Times is reporting that Sony is in talks with Microsoft for Blu-ray on the Xbox 360. I still don’t see the point , and Microsoft is still saying “We have made no such announcement.” Blu-ray on the Xbox 720 makes so much more sense. By the time you develop for the Xbox 360 you’re only going...
I’ve gotten a fair amount of reaction to the various articles I’ve posted on Microsoft and Blu-ray, and it still seems the overall consensus on the web is that Microsoft will fall head over heels for Blu-ray in their products. I want to preface this post by saying that I’m not advocating Microsoft not...
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