“Microsoft Corp is not in talks to include Sony Corp’s Blu-ray high-definition DVD technology in its Xbox 360 video game console, an executive said on Wednesday,” Scott Hillis reports for Reuters.
“The comments by Aaron Greenberg, group product manager for Xbox 360, poured cold water on recent speculation that Microsoft could support Blu-ray after Toshiba Corp, backer of the rival HD DVD format, gave up when key movie studios and retailers abandoned the technology,” Hillis reports. “‘Xbox is not currently in talks with Sony or the Blu-ray Association to integrate Blu-ray into the Xbox experience,’ Greenberg told Reuters in an interview.”
MacDailyNews Take: Mickeysoft must think Blu clashes with their patented Red Ring of Death.
Hillis continues, “The software giant also expected that supply problems for the Xbox 360 meant the machine was outsold in the U.S. market by Sony’s PlayStation 3 console in February for the second month in a row.”
Full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Brawndo Drinker” for the heads up.]
XBOX is blu
F*ck Blu-Ray. Download only for me. People actually drive to pick up computer files on discs still? WTF?
“the Xbox experience”
“Are you experienced?
Uh! Have you ever been experienced?
Well, I have.
I know, I know
You’ll probably scream n’ cry
That your little world won’t let go!
But who in your measly little world are trying to prove that
You’re made out of gold and uh, can’t be sold?”
@Macintosh: “F*ck Blu-Ray. Download only for me. People actually drive to pick up computer files on discs still? WTF?”
Yikes! I remember sneaker nets. The only time I get physical media is when some one is passing on a huge file of photos or videos.
So XBox won’t have the ability to play movies or the new games produced on these Blu-Ray disks! Can you imagine the colplexity and richness that games on Blu-Ray can benefit from?
What are the thinking?
I’m getting the 160gig Apple TV tomorrow… should be cool.
this has nothing to do with nothing…. just mentioning! lol
One more reason not to buy Xbox
Congrats, NeverFade!
quick short me to 111
Good think i don’t drive to a store, i order all my blu rays online and have them delivered to my home. I have over 20 blu rays and the thought of having everyone of those movies on my computer or appleTV is scary. Shoot my 20 blu’s is already about 1,000 gigs. Why would I want to have all that file space taken up on my computer.
@Macintosh,
People like me don’t drive to get discs, but instead use Netflix. I never thought I would like a service like that, but I love it. I guess if you are an impulsive movie watcher, it might not be for you. But it works great for me. It has by far the best selection and you can’t beat the price. I end up paying less than $2 per movie, and there is no time limit on when or how many times I can watch them. When iTunes can compare with the selection, price, and viewing terms I might give Apple TV a try.
@Macintosh,
Yes dear! I backup my work on disks as flat and loadable as possible. I know 1To HD are now quite affordable… but piling them is still not as easy as with DVD likes!
@cptnkirk:
Yeah, games make more sense… I am leaning towards downloading of movies. It’s obviously headed to a download only scenario, just like music is now. I just think Blu-Ray will slow that down a little… People will go buy stand-alone Blu-Ray players and such…
@ John B:
I had Netfilx for a year or so, and I agree that iTunes needs a catalog of movies comparable to Netflix. That seems to be in progress now.
One thing that I didn’t like about Netflix is my mood while selecting movies online, and my mood when they arrived never matched. I would be Mr. Drama guy or something while selecting, but the next day maybe I felt more like watching an Adam Sandler comedy…
@ Macintosh:
Blu-Ray is perfect for OWNING movies & seasons. Top quality, special features, and easy transport.
This just proves that what everyone suspected about MS’s support of HD-DVD is true. That they could not care less about giving the consumers access to HD content, and that it was really all about some mutual back-scratching with their manufacturing friends and screwing Blu-Ray (and PS3), out of a “win.”
It was all a big dodge to try and bankrupt Sony and stop the PS3 from horning in on Xbox. Now they have lost, they don’t care about HD content or their customers who want to see it at all.
Microsoft won’t add Blu-Ray to XBox 360 because it’s planning to release XBox 720 in time for Christmas – all new games (well, sequels to old games), a 10″ cooling fan, cool pale yellow and neon orange colors with hot-swappable faceplates, and Blu-Ray, all for the low, low price of $697 at Wal-Mart.
Oh, and Microsoft gets sued by AT&T;for making the “X” in XBox orange and too similar to the defunct Cingular logo.
@Jeremy
Yup.
Plus they can’t bear to select their enemy for replacement and conceed defeat.
They will probably try to come up with another HD format instead of Blu-ray.
Something like HD++DVD-Ultra Pro XL.
Gee they really dont want people to buy theire stuff do they. I just need some money and then its a PS3 for me – should look nice next to my fullsize PS2 with silent fan.
Oh please, that headline is misleading. Microsoft did not say “No” to Blu-ray. They just said they aren’t pursuing it.
It’s like saying a guy said, “I didn’t win the lottery.” And you report, “Man says he doesn’t want to win the lottery.”
Journalism 101 – never assume.
Xbox outsold by PS3 due to “supply problems”. Riiiiiiight.
Who cares? I don’t!
Xbox outsold by PS3 due to “supply problems”. Riiiiiiight.
Yes, supply problems.
At this point why would anyone stock or handle the clearly-doomed Xbox 360, when there are better things to sell?
Someone get Gene Munster on this case, because there are plenty of Xbox 360s where I shop. This “supply” issue is just FUD to explain why Xbox 360s have already been taken over in sales by the PS3. There’s no real “supply” issue, it’s a demand issue.
I think people talk about disks being passe and download only just so they can feel superior and cutting edge.
Guess, what. Disks are here for a while. Probably another 10 years.
Guess what else, When you get a head crash on your hard drive and all your files are gone, then what ya gonna do Sparky?
Disks aren’t so bad. I like downloads, but seriously, a disk is an auto backup in hand.
In a related story, Sony says no Xbox for Blu-ray….