Moore: Blu-ray Xbox 360 add-on possible

Gamespot report "Xbox marketing chief says Microsoft could release peripheral for the Sony-backed disc if HD-DVD loses format war". All these add-ons for the Xbox 360 are gonna cost a bob or two!

At Microsoft's big CES keynote address last week, Bill Gates announced that the company will release an add-on peripheral to read HD-DVD discs on the Xbox 360. Considering that console rival Sony is a primary backer of the competing Blu-ray format of high-capacity discs, it came as little surprise that Microsoft would side with Toshiba's HD-DVD standard. The company's support for the HD-DVD camp has been apparently strong, with reports from late last year suggesting the company is offering cash incentives to PC makers that adopt HD-DVD drives into their systems.

However, despite the obvious preference for HD-DVD, it seems Microsoft isn't willing to completely tie its fate to the format just yet. During CES 2006, Microsoft's Xbox corporate VP of worldwide marketing and publishing Peter Moore told Japanese site ITmedia that a Blu-ray Xbox 360 peripheral could appear for the system if the need arises. Moore admitted that Microsoft isn't sure of the next-generation format war's outcome, with the worst-case scenario being a repeat of the Beta vs. VHS war of the '80s.

However, he suggested that whatever the outcome of the HD-DVD/Blu-ray war, the Xbox 360 can adopt the dominant format since its uses an external drive. He also suggested that it's a weak point for PlayStation 3, saying Sony's system is stuck with Blu-ray. Microsoft hasn't announced how the HD-DVD peripheral will connect to the Xbox 360, but it's most likely going to use one of the system's USB ports. While the PS3 may come with Blu-ray out of the box, there's no apparent reason an external HD-DVD drive couldn't be hooked up through that system's USB ports.

Moore once again confirmed that the HD-DVD add-on for the Xbox 360 is only for watching movies, and there are currently no plans to use it for games, nor are there plans to release an Xbox 360 with an internal HD-DVD drive.

News Source: Gamespot.com

Looks like 360 degrees of uncertainty...

maybe while they're at it they can make a ps3 add on drive too,
that way they'll be covered in case the one system that sony is
launching ends up beating the 4 or 5 that microsoft seems to
want to go with...

Originally Posted by oldirtdog

maybe while they're at it they can make a ps3 add on drive too,
that way they'll be covered in case the one system that sony is
launching ends up beating the 4 or 5 that microsoft seems to
want to go with...

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Right ON!

why do fanboys always do this. If you don' like something why waste your time reading or writing about it. I love my 360. But chances are (sorry xbox fans) the ps3 will be better. But not expotentially. Just MO though. I mean it's coming out a year later. Any one who thinks sony is going to stick with their timeline is a fucktard. I mean they have no completely buily 1 yet. Not even one. yet they will have millions in a few months. Yeah ok. But the point is it could be better they have the time. Same as the reason the original box was better than the ps2, it came out a year later. They just 1uped their competition. It doesn;t take rocket science to put 2 and 2 together folks.

Personally I love games still but I'm tired of supporting every game system so I have my 360 and the ps3 won't even flicker in my mind. Ken Kutaragi even said and so did allard that this time around the power differences will be so minute that it's up to the games. So stop hating.

Stop hating and begin to love, got to got to buy them all!!!! Got to buy them all, poke console!!!!!!!!

COLLECT ALL THE 3 NEW NEXTGEN CONSOLE'S AND AFCOURSE ALSO THE 2 NEW HANDHELDS, YOU GOT TO HAVE THEM ALL!!!!!

Ps: also buy all 360 add-ons that M$ sells for its nextgen console xbox360


When it only will play movies and not games i wont buy any of it.

Also i have a xbox ps2 and gamecube now(includes xbox360 also) so yea i gonna get them all,i know i am crazy.(have to watch less pokemon)

Also my girlfreind is not happy about this,she also know i wanna get them all. ....................wel exept the ugly ones tough.

There is no way in hell the ps3 will be released this year. My guess is japan around xmas. US next summer and Europe fall of 2007.

Nintendo revolution will probably released about the same time.

I hope your right tought,already spent to mutch money on 360.

I will get a ps3 anyway but if it comes out in like 3 months i will not get it that fast.

Revolution mebay faster if its real cheap as the say :-)

If the xb360 did have a blu-ray add on that just shows defeat Sony will love it and get as much money as possible out of MS so I dont think it would be very good for consumers.