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Softpedia | by Softpedia News (Andrei Dumitrescu) | Wed, Oct 21

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One of the advantages that the PlayStation 3 has publicized since the beginning of the console battle of this generation has been the presence of an integrated Blu-ray drive, which allows for bigger capacity disks to be used and for the game console to play high-quality movies. The Xbox 36...

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Thumbnail Last Week, Softpedia News (Andrei Dumitrescu) from Softpedia says (in Ballmer In The Dark About Xbox 360 Blu-ray) It's all beginning to feel a lot like deja vu. A few days ago, Steve Ballmer, the Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft, had an exclusive interview with Gizmodo, in which he touched on the subject of the Xbox 360 gaming console and the company's future plans for it. The Microsoft boss seemed to...

Thumbnail 2 Weeks Ago, Posted by wes213 from Hq.Com says (in Analyst: 'Xbox 360 consumers are not begging for Blu-ray') Until then, Microsoft will continue to promote digital high-definition in the attempts to undermine the Blu-ray format as a standard for high-definition deliver," he says.

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And XanTium from Xbox-Scene says (in Ballmer Talks Natal, Says Blu-ray Add-On for Xbox Coming) From gizmodo.com:
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In the first segment of our exclusive Steve Ballmer interview series, the Microsoft CEO and I talk about Natal, the blurring of console generations, and the surprising assertion that "you'll be able to get" Blu-ray add-on drives for Xbox 360.

Thumbnail And Wilson Rothman from Gizmodo says (in Microsoft Says No Xbox Blu-ray Drives Period, Says Ballmer Was Talking About PCs [Microsoft]) Steve was referring to Blu-ray accessories for the PC. As we have said in the past, we have no plans to introduce a Blu-ray drive for the Xbox 360. In fact, the future of home entertainment starts this fall when Xbox 360 becomes the first and only console to offer instant-on 1080p streaming HD m...

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