Golvellius on 09 June 2008
| papflesje said: Perfect. MS stands its ground regarding BR while Sony can keep BR as a sales pitch. It was the most logical thing that could've happened. Glad to see logic prevailed for once. |
I couldn't agree more.
The current situation is that Blu-ray is a niche format. Only very few consumers demand it, so MS essentially doesn't lose customers by not offering a playback facility.
On the other hand, by offering a BR playback device they would help spreading their competitor's product and simultaneously undermine their own VoD service.
Thus, logic tells me that a BR addon for the Xbox is an absolute impossibility for the time being. It would be different if BR was a widespread standard, then MS would have to act in order to meet their own claim of delivering a full-fledged media center.
