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    'No plans' for Xbox 360 Blu-ray

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    Microsoft has no plans to release a Blu-ray add-on for the Xbox 360 and is instead backing digital delivery, the head of Xbox in the UK has said.
    Microsoft stopped production of its HD-DVD player following the decision by Toshiba, the format's creator, to concede victory to rival Blu-ray.
    BBC NEWS | Technology | 'No plans' for Xbox 360 Blu-ray
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    Re: 'No plans' for Xbox 360 Blu-ray

    Oh well looks like PS3 has won the all-in-one media crown

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    Re: 'No plans' for Xbox 360 Blu-ray

    Of course they don't... MS would far rather push their downloadable content than pay Sony royalites on every Bluray drive they might ship.
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    Re: 'No plans' for Xbox 360 Blu-ray

    Quote Originally Posted by Salazaar View Post
    Of course they don't... MS would far rather push their downloadable content than pay Sony royalites on every Bluray drive they might ship.

    the downloads are the big point imo, the whole industry seems to think that in 5 years or so digital downloads will be the main way of doing things...

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    Re: 'No plans' for Xbox 360 Blu-ray

    Ever since they lost the war they have been plugging for digital downloads, that has been known for a few months now, but the problem that also has been highlighted is the internet speeds that the averge joe gets, this is where it could take longer than expected to bring this system into play, that and the poxy 13gb hard drive you get with normal models.

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    Re: 'No plans' for Xbox 360 Blu-ray

    Quote Originally Posted by YorkieBen View Post
    the downloads are the big point imo, the whole industry seems to think that in 5 years or so digital downloads will be the main way of doing things...
    if we can get decent download speeds by then..
    the average SD movie would take around 4 or 5 hours to download on todays average line-speed.. nevermind HD.

    but i suppose there's hope with BT's new network thing they're planning.

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