Stephen McGill, UK Xbox top dog has spoken about the lack of Blu-ray on Xbox and seems to think the format is already dead. He was asked if the lack of Blu-ray was holding back the 360 and answered,

“I think people may have spoken about that originally, but that’s long gone.

I think people now recognise what a smart decision it was to keep the pricing low, and actually Blu-ray is going to be passed by as a format. People have moved through from DVDs to digital downloads and digital streaming, so we offer full HD 1080p Blu-ray quality streaming instantly, no download, no delay.

So, who needs Blu-ray?”

Mr. McGill may have a point when it comes to movies but numerous developers have stated that creating games on multiple DVDs for the Xbox can be tough, most recently Mecury Steam discussed ‘storage problems’ for the console.

As for movies, Avatar broke all records for Blu-ray sales in the UK and has sold a stunning 6.2 million copies. Blu-ray disc sales in Q1 2010 almost doubled those of 2009 and the current outlook for the format is ‘bullish’.

HMV recently announced a 12% profit rise, some of which they attributed to the popularity of Blu-ray.

Sources: X360Achievements / Gizmodo / The Telegraph

http://www.thesixthaxis.com/2010/09/22/uk-xbox-boss-who-needs-blu-ray/

Its just as good as asking who cares about games like Metal Gear Solid 4, Uncharted 2 or GOd of War 3...and even like asking who gives a damn on Avatar's Blue-Ray...

"As for movies, Avatar broke all records for Blu-ray sales in the UK and has sold a stunning 6.2 million copies. Blu-ray disc sales in Q1 2010 almost doubled those of 2009 and the current outlook for the format is ‘bullish’."

Well...

That's that. 6.2 Million copies in the UK alone eh? I wonder how many people have downloaded it on the 360 in the UK

edit: umm my bad after research why why do i trust wiki 

anyways 

Blu ray is the future and Microsoft has to accept it 

Ok, seems like this thread is the one to post in now, so I write it here again:

I love Blu-ray movies, streaming is nice but I seriously don't have room on my system for movies. The hard drives and wireless speeds need to increase. 

Meh.. that's probably WW... Avatar broke record for Blu-Ray AND DVD sales at 6.7 million copies in NA in 4 days... 4 million DVD and 2.7 Blu-Ray... UK sales for Avatar Blu-Ray where 220.000 first day and  0.5 million after two weeks.. highly doubt it has reached 6.2 million in 3 months in the UK...

BD is certainly not a requirement for gaming. The best game in decade, NSMB:Wii, takes how much? 400Mb of space I think? Here you go.

Why people keep saying the same old lie that Sony can block the use of a Blu Ray drive to MS or Nintendo? Sony is one of multiple companies in the Blu Ray consortium, they don't have veto.

who would buy avatar on DVD, what a waste