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The last we heard from Microsoft regarding the Blu-ray situation was a big, fat NO, but have the tides turned ? According to this latest X-bit labs report Microsoft have contracted Toshiba-Samsung to manufacture external Blu-ray drives for their Xbox 360 games console.
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Toshiba-Samsung Storage Technology Corp., a joint venture between Samsung Electronics and Toshiba Corp., has been contracted to manufacture external Blu-ray disc drives for Microsoft Xbox 360 game console. While the exact specifications of the product are unknown, it is rumoured that Microsoft aims at $100 - $150 price-point for the device in order to compete against Sony PlayStation 3 with Xbox 360 + external Blu-ray drive combination.
Additional sources:
- Report: Manufacting contract awarded for external 360 Blu... (videogaming247.com)
- Xbox 360 to get external Blu-ray disc drive - report (gamesindustry.biz)
- Toshiba-Samsung Contracted to Build External Blu-ray Dri... (1up.com)
- Microsoft has Xbox 360 Blu-ray drives ready to go (news.cnet.com)





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one. toshiba were the guys behind HDDVD, they made it
two. after blu-ray's victory, toshiba announced that they stopped production of HDDVD players, and had no intention of producing blu-ray players
Anyway, I don't see why you would want to trade in the PS3 for an external add-on. The PS3 is a superior blu-ray player. It is also from what i have seen a superior DVD player. It supports BD live something that I doubt the 360 will do, or do well if it does. Just seems that with an external add-on you would have built in weaknesses.
Plus you already have the PS3 and even if there aren't a whole lot of games there are still some. I really only get exclusives on the 360 and I tend toward the PS3 for multiplatform titles. Doesn't hurt to keep it even if you only get a few games for it now and again.
This will only mean more sales for M$. Sony might see more troubled times from this.
Plus it takes up quite a bit of space, If its not doing anything and you can basically get the same thing and make some cash back.
I would opt for that over BD live or a slight increase in quality.
I still think Microsoft will eventually opt for digital distribution (internet). The HDDVD vs Blu-Ray thing and this 360 add-on (if it does prove to be true) are just ways of buying the company time to lay a foundation for their next business venture. I get the feeling that Microsoft just isn't taking this seriously... I mean, with how much money they have, they could have pushed HDDVD even harder, bought out competitors, and yet they didn't?
Just rambling.
PS3 >>> 360 blu-ray add on.
After all the PS3 is $400 right now. If the add-on comes out at $150 the cheapest 360 is $200. Meaning to get a 360 with blu-ray is still $350. Hardly a compelling difference to people that don't own either system. And if the PS3's blu-ray system is still superior it is even less compelling.
In the end this add-on does little to help or hurt either system. It still comes down to the games and features each one offers.
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