Blu-Ray would make no sense at all. It would make their current install base obsolete.

Microsoft...Just make a new system and use Blu-Ray.

Suck it up.

Don't do anything more to kill your current install base.

You gave me Red Ring once.

I, for one am not trusting you again.

Didnt everyone claim that DVD9 was enough for the 360? And now theres talk of a new format for the 360. I just find it so funny that this has happend. They probably will reduce the copyprotetion on the 360s DVD. But they will never get the same size as a bluray though.

This seems like an improvement, but this video game hardware generation is almost half way over with so why is microsoft all of a sudden deciding now to implement a new disc format? .

I mean they could just do a software patch to possibly bypass the storage reading limitations of the current xbox 360 disc drive and save their customers some money, but if they cant remedy the issue on the software side they will probably resort to a new type of disc drive which will force their customers to upgrade their xbox 360 disc drives in which knowing microsoft that they will not be giving at least their current customers the new disc drives for free if it comes to a hardware issue.

The good thing about blue-ray technology is that unlike past disc formats it can constantly be improved upon with higher and higher disc capacity as time goes on. I would not doubt that sony could use blue-ray for the ps4 without any disc capacity problems whatsoever due to the nature of blue-ray technology.

The only other disc format that I know of that is comparable to the blue-ray disc format is the hvd format( http://en.wikipedia.org/wik... ) and those I think are even more expensive than the blue-ray disc format to produce.

Guys ,.. they are just fiddling with disc protection,..
maybe reducing their footprint (how much do they reserve ,.. like almost 3Gigs?) it is retarded,.. if they can shave off 2 gigs ,.. that is 4 gigs for 2 discs,.. And developers and publishers will be happy (at least Carmak says he could probably fit Rage on 2)

You know no one wants to publish a multi-disc if they don't have to,..production costs are small but they have to pay royalties,.. 2 is maybe ok,.. 3 and more means quite a loss (of potential profit),..

They can just put in Bluray Drive,.. or HD-DVD Drive,..
Not even Microsoft expects you be so fucking dumb to keep re-buying new Xbox360,.....
O wait,..

Launch 60gigs PS3 Beast mofos!

lol

a few things:

- it couldnt be blu-ray. how do you guys think that the people who get in to the preview program would manage to run a blu-ray disc on their current 360? theyre not given new 360s lol, they just get to update their console to the new beta firmware. you cant just create a blu-ray reader out of software updates.

- microsoft wouldnt have any problem paying licensing to get blu-ray for their next console. they pay licensing for dvd, whats the difference? every blu-ray disc sold gives Microsoft royalties too - their own in-house developed codec, VC1, is what is used on every blu-ray disc. remember, sony and microsoft arent sworn enemies - theyre just competing against each other in this ONE market. what operating systems do Sony Vaios use? Windows.

- microsoft wouldnt alienate 50+ million console owners by bringing out games on a new format that the old consoles cant read. thats just stupid.

all it will be is a change in how the data is stored on a regular DVD. the end user wont notice a thing.

DVD has proven to be sufficient for this generation.

I remember reading over a year ago a Japanese Scientist discovered a way to cram as much info (or more) on a DVD as a Blu-ray with current DVD readers... it was the way the discs are produced that added the extra space... this is the only thing I can think of that would fit what MS can do without selling a new system... if you fiddle with disc protection you still cannot get as much info on a DVD as a Blu-ray so that isnt it

-what is this 2008? i haven't seen a news article with that title in years!! LAME! a_a

No blu-ray? Failllll

God you guys always act so immature, seriously why comment if you got nothing good to say at all?

"It's not Blu-Ray"

No, really? There's me thinking a few lines of coding could magically turn my DVD drive into a Blu-Ray drive. ¬_¬

Do people seriously need to be told this? It's common sense.

MS will never this, Sony will never that...DVD9 sucks! Blu Ray is doomed, D/L is the future!!

blah, blah, blah...

Why can't gamers just be happy MS are trying to make more space available for their consumers and developers. This is a good thing RIGHT?

So why the negativity? ..its getting very boring!!

*I'm a PS3 user BTW.

bluray from a FW update? nobody can be this dense...

I can't believe anybody thought it would be Blu-ray...

it's VHS tape

As I stated in another article we knew blu-ray can't come to the 360.

Blu-ray 1.0 the first standard of blu-ray REQUIRES 1080P NATIVE DISPLAY. The 360 CAN NOT DUE THAT. It can do upscaled(software/hardware resolution) but it can't due native 1080p. It was M$ fault for rushing to beat the PS3 out the door. It was a double edged sword.

For real/for real....who cares!?!

Did Blu-Ray project Sony into the next realm and increase their sales? Did it make it easier for programmers? How many studios have benefited from using it? How many BR movies do you actually own? How many times have you watched those movies after purchasing it? Does it hurt or better the system considering you have to install all your games in order to minimize the wear on your BR drive? Sony gimmicks every new console they come out with, so there's really nothing new here. I like my PS3, but it isn't GOD.

PS(CD Player)
PS2(DVD Player)
PS3(Blu-Ray Player)

Do you see a trend? I am happy with digital downloads. Give me a bigger HDD and keep your BR Player

DVD-18 format maybe?

This is a waste of time! Of course it isn't Blu-ray, who is stupid enough to think that?!

dont understand is that there has been different types of technologies for a long time now that still shows that DVD can hold something like 500gb and also holo discs etc yet why did blu-ray ever come out? And why didnt Microsoft do more to secure a format that held such high capacity??

Nothing makes sense.

If it's not, then it will still SUCK!

Lol, no shit! Blu-Ray is owned by Toshiba and SONY.

all points are well argued but the gaming is basically the same i play all systems i notice the differences between the capabilities when it comes to motion gaming Microsoft has the lead with their dancing games when t coms to exclusives nintendo has had that field since mario when it comes to online interactions Sony has the field with Play Station Home.

Clearly anti-piracy measures, anybody who thought it was Blu-Ray is an idiot.

I'm more concerned with rising game prices than format mediums. I see no evidence D/L is value, some D/L exceeds the packaged games cost??

Of course it's not a bloody Blu-Ray update, it's a firmware update - nothing more!

How the hell are they going to magically turn DVD drives into Blu-Ray drives with a firmware update... Sheesh.

Good. I don't need or want Blu-ray on the Xbox 360 and I don't see an overwhelming chorus of people who actually own the console asking for it. It hasn't done really anything for gaming.. DLC is still sold outside the disc and the thing is left empty most but not all of the time. Dev's aren't packing every Blu-ray full of content.

It would end up being an add-on or a new console and this far in the game it's better just to wait until you are launching a new system. Doesn't sound like MS are in any way eager to jump on the Blu-ray bandwagon beyond driver support for their OS.

who in their right mind even thought it was blu-ray?

Where would anyone get the idea that it would be Blu-ray anyway? I don't think Microsoft wants to pay Sony so that they can use Blu-ray.

Why do some people think it's Bluray. You can't trick a DVD laser reader into reading Bluray all of sudden. This is something new they're been working on. A new type of format that can hold more storage with a DVD reader.

"It hasn't done really anything for gaming"

Really? Blu-Ray has not done anything for Gaming?

OK just to name a couple thing's:

Blu-Ray has scratch resistant disc's, one of Which is better than Standard DVD's scratch resistance.

another an is really important, I see many seem to always point toward the 50 GB Blu-Ray disc, which may be good but the real strength is the 25 GB disc's for Blu-Ray.

the reason being it's cheaper to put 2 DVD 9's worth of data on one 25 GB disc! Its single sided single layer an still has room left over. that real strength is if your game was going to need to be shipped on 2 DVD9's because say it's open world with unique art an sound an texture game assets there is plenty of space an you only need to ship on one disc, an the disc is scratch resistant to boot.

it's cheaper to produce your game on one single sided single layer disc than it is on a DL due to manuf. cost's in time an packaging needed for 2 disc's rather just one.

also Blu-Ray has a much higher bit rate than standard DVD

54 Blu-Ray to 10 for DVD

Has it benefited the Consumer that's based on Opinion, but on scratch resistance alone, many people would agree it has.