Microsoft denies Xbox 360 Blu-ray reports yet again

We're beginning to lose count of how many times we've been around this carousel, but just in case you thought yet another rumor would bring the Blu-ray-infused Xbox 360 any closer to reality, Microsoft's out to put the kibosh on your wildest hopes and dreams. Following up on the latest round of whispers that surfaced last Friday, Redmond proclaimed to GamePro: "As we have stated, we have no plans to introduce a Blu-ray drive for Xbox 360." The statement also noted that "games are what drive consumers to purchase game consoles, and we remain focused on providing the largest library of blockbuster games available." Right -- which totally explains your prior relationship with HD DVD.

[Hate Everything Posted May 6th 2008 11:02AM]

One quick comment about Xbox Live & movies... you understand that if you make a purchase (NOT a rental), that you can delete said purchase at any time and be able to download it again as many times as you wish, right?

As long as you're profile is loaded and connected to Live, you can re-download anything you've ever paid for. Arcade games, download packs, etc.

In other words... you run out of room, then just DELETE something. If you got 5 or 6 movies on your HDD, I doubt you are watching ALL of them, right? And hey, let's say you're having a movie festival in your living room... you can download one while watching another. Delete the one you just finished watching, start downloading the next while you start up the next flick.

And someone earlier said it right as well: Are you people claiming you ONLY have a 360? or you ONLY have a PS3? That's hard to believe... I have XP Media Center, Xbox 360 w/ HD-DVD (oh wait... let me check... well look at that, it still plays HD-DVDs even though it's 'dead', amazing!), video iPod (iTunes), a PSP, Netflix... etc. The point is... don't be down on one thing, rather, take advantage of EVERYTHING!!!

Heck... you want to take it a step further? I can use AnyDvd software and rip my HD-DVDs using the very same HD-DVD drive for my 360. I could hypothetically go out and purchase a BD burner for my PC and re-author the ripped HD-DVD to BD. I can convert any of them to MP4 to use on my PSP or iPod. I can keep the original ripped file on my PC and stream it to my 360 to watch. So many possibilities exist.

[ChrisAre Posted May 6th 2008 8:24PM]

They keep saying "gamers buy systems based on games, and we have the widest selection of games"- that may be true, but it doesn't change the fact that after I purchased my Wii, the tie breaker for my decision between the PS3 and 360 was totally based on value- I get a Bluray player and a game system. I would have purchased a 360 (because they do have a better selection) but I want Bluray.