Does this mean they are going to be coming out with something in the near future...lol. This article was pretty interesting, especially when asked about the Zune-Xbox job lisitng...he didn't know...WTF kinda answer is THAT...HULLO...it's your division...I'm not saying he should know the intricate details of every listing, but you should damn well have a pulse on all projects, so I'll call the BS flag on the non-answer. On the brd issue, I agree, it's WAY DOWN on my list of wants, and I'm not interested in paying the higher cost, as I'm happy with upscaling DVDs...period.
http://www.techflash.com/QA_Microsofts_Robbie_Bach_on_games_phones_and_Zune_glitch37268609.html
"A lot of reasons. It’s not a feature we get a ton of requests for. We really don’t. When you ask people the list of things they want to see us spending time creating in Xbox, Blu-ray is way, way down on the list.
The second thing is, from a technical perspective, it doesn’t help us in the core of what Xbox does, which is in gaming. We can’t have publishers produce games on Blu-ray disc. Because then they won’t play on the 28 million Xboxes we’ve already shipped. So it doesn’t help us in the core gaming space.
The third thing, and this maps to all three of those, is that it costs a lot of money. And so the scenario is, OK, let me get this straight: I’m going to add something to the product that’s going to raise the cost, which means the price goes up, consumers aren’t asking for it, and by the way, my game developers can’t use it.
Oh, and by the way, I have an even better way for you to get high-definition content straight to your TV, between the combination of what we’re doing with Netflix, what we’re doing with (video on demand), we have a great Xbox Live solution. In a way it’s a little bit of a technology looking for an answer. We just have no plans in that space."
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