Will nextbox use blueray?

[DirtyP2002]

heedstone said:

Squilliam said:

DirtyP2002 said:

heedstone said:

I doubt Microsoft will cave in to Sony on the whole Blu-ray issue.

Also, I don't think Sony will allow Microsoft to use blu-ray, and if they did, I'd expect sony would get a cut.

blu-ray will be superceded by the time the next gen comes around anyway.

the red part is where you fail.

I agree, especially as a Win Mobile 7 Sony phone will allow you to log into both Live and PSN, but probably not at the same time. Oh and it won't be of much benefit as Microsoft can gain the use of HD-DVD quite cheaply if they wanted to, Sony doesn't have the monopoly on high density disc formats and thats ignoring the fact that they control less than 1/3rd of Blu Ray so making dicks of themselves over discs wouldn't be in their best interest.

Sony don't HAVE to be dicks about it, but they can if they want to, they were founding members of the Blu-ray Disc Association and I'm sure they carry a lot of weight there (considering blu-ray wouldn't of succeded without Sony).  And i don't think Microsoft would grudge paying a fraction of every games profits to Sony (no matter how small). 

There are plenty other easier/better options open to Microsoft.  They don't HAVE to use blu-ray so I can't see them doing so.

1. Sony does not own BluRay. Actually BluRay needs every help it can get. Sony can't say we don't MS to use BluRay. Well they can say it but it won't matter
2. Every BluRay-player is required to support VC-1, a codec developed by Microsoft. So MS makes money with BluRay as well. Sure, just a tiny bit but anyway.
3. The Advanced Access Content System (AACS) is a standard for content distribution and digital rights management. It was developed by AS Licensing Administrator, LLC (AACS LA), a consortium that includes [...] Microsoft. (from wikipedia)

Well I don't know if MS uses BluRay in the future. It might happen it might not. But I do know that Sony is not the one to decide this. This is a MS only decision.