Blu-ray Coming To Xbox 360 - Rumor

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According to the rumor section of the August 2011 edition of the Xbox 360 Mag Italy, Microsoft is supposedly gearing up to release an external Blu-ray drive for their highly successful Xbox 360 console.
If proven to be factually correct, the enticing addition of a Blu-ray drive could be a direct measure to counter the PS3′s rising momentum – following the highly publicized price cut announced by Sony at Gamescom 2011. An interesting selection of rumors have surfaced over the years relating to the possible introduction of an add-on Blu-ray drive for Xbox 360, with SmartHouse previously reporting that Microsoft intended to release both an external Blu-ray drive and also a fully-fledged, Blu-ray-enabled console.
“Insiders at Microsoft in the USA have told SmartHouse that Microsoft has already configured a standalone Blu-ray player that can be connected into an Xbox 360 and that subject to internal marketing and sales approvals the model could be on sale within 3 months,” stated Smarthouse back in 2008.

The magazine did not elaborate on whether the rumored Xbox 360 Blu-ray drive would be utilized solely for the viewing of high definition movies, or whether the drive would usher in the availability of an increase in disc space for gaming.
The Blu-ray drive will most likely be a simple add-on for the console, as the idea of segmenting the user-base is absolutely insane to say the least.

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KikotronPosted:

Waste of money if you ask me.

xSHiiFTPosted:

I want to get a blu-ray player so i can watch 3d movies, but i still dont want to drop down a good amount of money for one.

3OH3Posted:

It's not the blu-ray that's giving the ps3 momentum... It the fact that everyone that gets banned from xbox live (or gets their console banned) ends up turning to Sony and the ps3. I know for a fact that if I get banned I'm switching and selling all of my xbox stuff so I assume others would think the same.

LissandraPosted:

koolmang66 considering the image looks incredibly fake i don't bielive this but eventualy xbox will add blu ray

Dude of course the image was fake. They just made it like that so it's saying "Blu-Ray on Xbox360?"

crazy-modderPosted:

Im sure if they do actually release a blu ray drive, it will only be for viewing movies. Since the new xgd3 format is out.

koolmang66Posted:

considering the image looks incredibly fake i don't bielive this but eventualy xbox will add blu ray

MexipinoPosted:

Cutting out PS3 little by little.The victory is almost won,Microsoft will soon have everything of the PS3 plus more.