Xbox 360 Blu-ray Drive Rumors Persist

[MJA]

Microsoft is rumored to be prepping a Blu-ray drive, in the $100 to $150 range, for the Xbox 360 with the release date soon.

"Another intriguing note is that apparently the company that’s been contracted to manufacture the BD drive is Toshiba-Samsung Storage Technology Corp (TSST). We know Samsung’s pretty comfortable making Blu-ray drives, but maybe as part of this joint venture that was formed back in 2004, Toshiba—the holdout of all HD DVD holdouts—is happy to tag"

http://www.electronichouse.com/article/xbox_360_blu_ray_drive_rumors_persist/C175

[yoda313]

That's good news if it was true.

However since I have a ps3 and a pc bluray drive I won't be buying it.

But it makes a lot of sense if they do it.

[Noahtuck]

I'm not into x-box, but i thought they already had an add on drive for highdef dvd's ??

Or did they just have a drive for HDDVD ??

I never really payed attention

[yoda313]

It was an HD-DVD drive only. Which I do own. It works just fine and is a usb drive that can also work on the pc (assuming you have the high def version of powerdvd or windvd).

Now that bluray settop drives are hitting the 300.00 mark I wonder if this will be as appealing as it was before. Granted if you have an xbox 360 this is a great option if they go through with it. 150.00 for a bluray settop addon is a great way to go rather than a pricier and bulkier unit.

What I like about the hddvd drive is it has extra usb ports. They come in handy for rockband (although I don't really use them).

[Noahtuck]

Okay, thats what i thought but i was not sure.

I'm still happy with my PS2 and 54" SD tv 8)
So i have not really payed much attention to all the HDDVD/BLURAY crap, luckily for me seeing as one format seem's to have caved to the other, because i would have bought into the NON sony format just to spite them!!
LOL!!!

I figured maybe next summer, when and if, they have some more games that i would like to play for the PS3 that i would pick one up and pick up a new HD TV for the living room.

[Ai Haibara]

I don't know... Microsoft's insistence that they wouldn't release a 360-compatible Blu-Ray drive aside, I'm not really sure they'd consider it at this time, unless they were debating the possibility of games on Blu-Ray discs. (Which would probably annoy a range of 360 users...)

[yoda313]

@al haibara - yep game console add-ons designed for a different class of games that require the add on have rarely been succesful.

Sega CD anyone????

[Ai Haibara]

Actually, the SegaCD did okay enough in Japan (MegaCD). Sega of America just didn't seem to make the right decisions in regard to it, if I remember correctly (including not seeming to know which games to market for it, which carried over to the Saturn... and then, there was the 32x...)

[FulciLives]

I read a few months ago that Microsoft was prepping a new XboX 360 with Blu-Ray built-in and that NO add on Blu-Ray drive was in the works.

Course this was total rumor LOL :P

Very happy with my PS3 purchase

- John "FulciLives" Coleman