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Xbox 360 Gets A Blu-ray Drive Says Steve Ballmer?
I4U News —
... That comes out of now where. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer says in a new interview just published on Gizmodo that the Xbox 360 gets Blu-ray drives as accessories. Since the whole HD DVD disaster Microsoft always said no to Blu-ray drives and put streaming movie services as the valid alternative. Steve Ballmer might have said too much about the Blu-ray Xbox 360 drive as the official word Gizmodo got from the Xbox team is that Blu-ray quality video is coming this fall via the Zune Video HD streaming. So possibly we can forget about the Xbox 360 getting a Blu-ray drive or ...
Ballmer confirms Xbox 360 Blu-ray accessory?
SlashGear —
... ; they keep pestering Microsoft for one, and Microsoft keep rolling out the same “we have no plans” excuses. Now, finally, the company appears to be changing its tune, though it takes some between-the-lines reading of outspoken CEO Steve Ballmer in order to fathom it. Talking to Gizmodo, Ballmer told interviewer Wilson Rothman that “you’ll be able to get Blu-ray drives as accessories”. ...
Xbox 360 supposedly getting Blu-ray add on
Tech Ticker —
... On the other hand, when the same question was asked to the MS PR, they did have a different comment but neither confirmed or denied Ballmer’s statement.
“Our immediate solution for Blu-ray-quality video on an Xbox 360 is coming this fall with Zune Video and 1080p instant-on HD streaming. As far as our future plans are concerned, we’re not ready to comment.”
No comments for Ballmer’s statement. Shall we take it as a yes?
[Via Gizmodo]
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Blu-ray add-on coming to the Xbox 360?
Crave: The gadget blog —
... Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told Gizmodo in a recent interview that a Blu-ray accessory could be coming to the Xbox 360.
"Well I don't know if we need to put Blu-ray in there," Ballmer told Gizmodo, responding to a question about Blu-ray in the ... Originally posted at The Digital Home
Blu-ray as an Xbox 360 Accessory, Says Ballmer. Wait, What?
Technologizer —
... Is Microsoft planning a standalone Blu-ray player to go with the Xbox 360? It would appear that way from a quote Gizmodo dug out from its interview with Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer. ...
Will Xbox Get Blu-ray?
Home Theater RSS Feed —
... By Mark Fleischmann [image] November 3, 2009 One of the key distinctions between PlayStation and Xbox is that Sony's game console has Blu-ray support and Microsoft's game console is Blu-less. However, change may—may—be in the wind. [image] In a series of interviews with Gizmodo , Microsoft's Steve Ballmer was asked whether Xbox would join PlayStation in the Blu-ray universe. His response was equivocal but left room for a glimmer of hope: "Well I don't know if we need to put Blu-ray in there—you'll be able to get Blu-ray drives as accessories." So it appears that Microsoft ...
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