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Xbox 360 Blu-ray Drive Rumors Persist
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.
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Xbox 360 and its HD DVD drive—will there be Blu-ray soon?

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October 09, 2008 | by Arlen Schweiger

In terms of the big computer manufacturers, we’re not sure if Microsoft rumors tend to be as spot on as some of those regarding Apple (big surprise when the new Nanos came out!), but PC hardware watchdog X-bit labs says look for an Xbox 360 external Blu-ray drive soon.

Like really soon—perhaps by the holiday shopping season, but more likely a CES debut in January (Vegas, baby!) that’s sure to receive plenty of buzz, X-bit says its “market sources” report.

The rumormill also has Microsoft targeting a $100 to $150 price range for the external drive, which should be an appealing price for gamer nation, including those who may have spent that much on the Xbox 360’s HD DVD drive last year.

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 along for the production drive.

Whatever may happen, we’ll be following this one closely as it picks up steam. X-bit noted that neither Microsoft nor TSST have commented on the story.

Via: Sound and Vision



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Posted by mike  on  10/10/08  at  03:04 PM

I wish this story was true, but why would a company that doesn’t manufacture blu-ray drives all of a sudden manufacture them specifically for the xbox. Doesn’t really make sense.

Posted by DC  on  10/10/08  at  01:15 PM

Wow, Microsoft are digging up HD-DVD’s grave to bang in a few more nails! Well done :-)

Seriously though, this will be good if its $100.00 for the die hard 360 fans who want to keep adding to their movie collection, rather than end it with the Transformers.

Posted by Brad  on  10/09/08  at  05:33 PM

I’m assuming no blu-ray games will be able to be played on this. That’s a big disadvantage.

Posted by Aaron Edman  on  10/09/08  at  04:35 PM

Yawn. I love my 360 and all but after getting a PS3 with its hum quiet disc drive, I can never watch a movie on my vacuum cleaner 360 again.



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