Major Nelson squashes 360 Blu-ray dreams |
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| BY Chad George Oct. 22nd, 2009 | More on: |
Just as quickly as it came, so it is gone. Major Nelson has firmly squashed the rumor, furthered by Steve Ballmer, that the Xbox 360 would have a Blu-ray drive as an accessory. On his blog, Nelson said that Ballmer was referring to “Blu-Ray accessories for the PC.”
He continues that Microsoft has said in the past that there are no plans for the Xbox 360 to have a Blu-ray anything, and then directs our attention to the fact that the console will soon have instant-on streaming 1080p movies, and that is where the future of home entertainment lies.
October 23rd, 2009
at 9:32 am
This kind of backs up what Michael Bay said. Remember he was bithing about Transformers not coming to blu-ray He claimed that Microsoft was only trying to slow down blu-ray so that they could offer HD digital videos. Instead of squashing the idea of a blu-ray player on xbox Major Nelson uses this opp to further advertise the streaming HD feature in the xbox 360.