Microsoft to announce Blu Ray add on for the X360?

[LivingMetal]

twesterm said:

LivingMetal said:

Xen said:

LivingMetal said:

Xen said:

LivingMetal said:

Xen said:
Not again...
For MS, it would be a betrayal to their DD commitment.

But what if it's just for Blu-Ray movie playback while all games are DD only?

MS is building a huge catalog of movies/shows to be offered digitally. BR is not it.

And where are those movies and shows right now?

On XBL, where else?

Sorry.  My point was that Blu-ray is still the best route for uncompressed video and audio.

The problem with that argument is you think most people care about that.  Believe me, most people don't and if you told most people that, they would either stare at you blankly or nod their head only pretending to understand the buzz word.

Even if you showed most people a 1080p streamed movie from Zune and the Blu-Ray, they wouldn't see the difference.  Hell, a lot of people don't even care about HD, how do you think those people feel about 1080p vs 1080p?

If I were to guess, I would guess that MS is wary about another expensive addon people won't buy (talking about the HD-DVD player, not something else :-p) that also competes with their DD approach.  Adding a Blu-Ray doesn't really get them that far and it's not that important of a buzz word.  Things like Zune, Netflix, and download are much better words for them.  That approach also moves people to buy the expensive addon people will buy-- hard drives.

The problem with that argument is that you think that I think that most people care about it.  I never said it, I never implied it.  When properly implemented, Blu-ray playback is awesome.  Plain and simple.  Those "few" Xbox 360 owner without a Blu-ray player who are interest will have that opportunity, that advantage.  I don't care what Microsoft's approach is.  Business, business trends, and business tactics change.  If Microsft can offer Blu-ray via Xbox 360, more power to everyone.  No excuses.