MS's next XBOX already looks to have several disadvantages in terms of cost

[dallas]

twesterm said:

dallas said:
Not really, b/c blu ray has brought costs up for the PS3 considerably, and still is holding them up b/c of:

-hardware/spec implied requirements for the GPU/CPU
-patents to panny and samsung
-not to mention the cost of the Blu ray drive itself

twesterm, i think that you're oversimplifying things a bit here.

 

I might be but you still get my point.  It's going to be at least another two years until we see the next XBox and in that time BluRay players will significally come down in price.

As for the other stuff, that cost is always there so that isn't a huge worry.

Yes but these are problems that Sony has right now, that MS does not.  If MS does indeed get a BD drive on its next console then it will have to deal with several expense issues that just are not a problem at the present point in time.