Whilst Sony confirms that it is in talks with tech rival about Xbox 360 add-on
From the moment Toshiba confirmed the death of HD-DVD many have been expecting an Xbox 360 Blu-Ray drive to be announced – and whilst we’re still waiting Microsoft does now seem to have moved a little closer to such a development.
SeattlePi.com quotes Microsoft’s chief executive Steve Ballmer as stating: "We've already been working on, for example, in Windows, device driver support for Blu-Ray drives and the like.
"I think the world moves on. Toshiba has moved on. We've moved on, and we'll support Blu-Ray in ways that make sense.”
The news follows the apparent confirmation from Sony that it is in talks with both Microsoft and Apple concerning the uptake of Blu-Ray in their devices.
It seems that Xbox 360 support for Sony’s format is inevitable, though it is still unknown whether it will be an integrated feature or a device similar to the now-dead HD-DVD add-on.
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Big Man
At the end of the day, its all about the money. Sony Corp will do a deal with M$ for the xbox, it has nothing to do with Sony's playstation division (well yes it does, but not directly). It makes sense for M$ to support blu-ray in the coparate world. Gamers however have their own world.
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