Toshiba-Samsung to manufacture Blu-ray drives for Xbox 360 |
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| BY Jeremy Hill |
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Ever since the format war between Blu-ray and HD DVD resulted in an unanimous victory for Blu-ray, speculation about the possibility of Microsoft joining the Blu-ray community has popped up at times. There hasn’t been a definite answer, but perhaps a story from X-bit labs can shine some light on this situation.
According to X-bit, Toshiba and Samsung have teamed to fill a contract that will enable the companies to manufacture external Blu-ray disc drives to use with the Xbox 360. The report also states that Microsoft may be planning to sell the drives between $100 and $150. Microsoft has not confirmed or denied (as it tends to do when asked questions) this deal to the public.
Bringing Blu-ray movies to the Xbox 360 would be a serious thorn in Sony’s spine. If it did sell for $100, then we could purchase a 20GB Xbox 360 with a Blu-ray drive for a little over $350, which is still cheaper than than a PS3. Microsoft’s continuing efforts of wittleling away at Sony’s exclusive products and technology could give Microsoft a leg up in retaining its #2 position in home console sales.




October 8th, 2008
at 2:35 pm
I knew it!
October 8th, 2008
at 6:39 pm
I always thuoght all the rumors had some truth in them but I figured they were working on getting a Blu-ray drive for the next Xbox, since they couldn’t possibly go with a DVD drive again.
October 9th, 2008
at 1:14 am
Say it ain’t so Joe. This would be a terribly horrible blow towards Sony.