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In the wake of Microsoft's CES announcement of a peripheral HD-DVD drive for the Xbox 360, the company's gaming division boss Peter Moore has revealed that a Blu-Ray drive could also be on the cards for the system.
Speaking with Japanese website ITMedia at the huge electronics show in Las Vegas last week, Moore said that a Blu-Ray drive for the Xbox 360 could be released if the Blu-Ray standard, which is backed by Sony, wins the next-generation DVD format battle.
Microsoft currently supports Toshiba's rival HD-DVD specification over Sony's Blu-Ray, but the company uses standard DVDs for Xbox 360 games and will only support HD-DVD movies with the release of the new external drive later this year.
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While Microsoft appears to be taking a better approach by waiting to see which next generation DVD format wins the battle first, unfortunately the console is still at a disadvantage by being limited to the DVD-ROM’s capacity for games. For example, even if Blu-ray fails to take off as a movie format, this does not mean it will fail to do well as a format for holding games. The original Playstation 1 done exceptionally well, yet it cannot play movies.
Speaking with Japanese website ITMedia at the huge electronics show in Las Vegas last week, Moore said that a Blu-Ray drive for the Xbox 360 could be released if the Blu-Ray standard, which is backed by Sony, wins the next-generation DVD format battle.
Microsoft currently supports Toshiba's rival HD-DVD specification over Sony's Blu-Ray, but the company uses standard DVDs for Xbox 360 games and will only support HD-DVD movies with the release of the new external drive later this year.
Full Story Here
While Microsoft appears to be taking a better approach by waiting to see which next generation DVD format wins the battle first, unfortunately the console is still at a disadvantage by being limited to the DVD-ROM’s capacity for games. For example, even if Blu-ray fails to take off as a movie format, this does not mean it will fail to do well as a format for holding games. The original Playstation 1 done exceptionally well, yet it cannot play movies.