Microsoft: Xbox doesn't need Blu-Ray

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Scoobes said:

leatherhat said:
What does streaming movies have to do with games?

Precisely what I was thinking. Are these quotes taken out of context?

OT: They don't really need Blu-Ray, but I'm sure developers would prefer it if they removed the masses of copy protection from their DVDs so they could squeeze a bit more stuff on. I mean is it really acceptable that the Wii and PS2 DVDs have more space available when the 360 is the HD console?

If you ask me this just sounds like sour grapes the 360 did so many things right at the start of the console war and sony took a gamble on blue ray and it has served them well. Not only for storage reasons, but one thing alot of people forget is the blueray disc's have Durabis which is a polymer coating that makes them very scratch resistant which if you guys remember how easily the old discs could be scratched at the drop of dime is a distinct advantage over dvd-9.  It does not matter though i think we all know that that the next xbox will have blue ray by that time they will have completely penetrated the market and will be more financially advantagious over the old dvd-9's.  Also i keep hearing about digital distribution which by the way has been promised for like how long now, and may never be fully implemented as most gamers still prefer a hard copy not to mention xbox gamers who still have a smaller hard drive why should they have to go out and buy upgraded hard drives for their 360 when they could just buy the hard copy.