Microsoft: No Blu-Ray drive for Xbox 360
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer recently stated in an interview that customers would soon be able to buy Blu-Ray drives as accessories.
The company has now clarified that he did not mean it with respect to the Xbox 360 gaming console.
Microsoft Xbox 360 comes with a DVD drive. Microsoft [...]
Blu-Ray drive for Xbox 360? Microsoft still denies.
Chinese language Economic Daily News had recently reported that Pegatron has won an order from Microsoft to manufacture a variant of Xbox 360 with Blu-ray Disc ROM drive.
The report further claimed that the software giant is going to launch this version before the end of the year.
The latest [...]
GORMLEY, Ontario , Canada – February 5, 2008 – Ready your laser gun for a cutting-edge high definition gaming experience when Space Ace arrives on
Blu-ray from Digital Leisure. The follow-up to last year’s release of Dragon’s Lair, Space Ace has been completely restored and enhanced with an all-new 5.1 surround sound mix.
From legendary animator Don [...]
Microsoft: No Blu-Ray drive for Xbox 360
Software giant Microsoft has said it again. They have no plans to offer a Blu-Ray attachment for their Xbox 360 gaming console.
Instead the company intends to focus on digital delivery of media content to the users of the gaming console.
They have already stopped manufacturing the HD DVD drive for [...]
PlayStation 3 would soon allow downloads of games, video and ringtones
Sony has revealed that the upcoming firmware update for their Playstation 3 would allow the gamers to download digital material from the web.
Gamers would be able to download games, videos and ringtones.
This update is also going to bring support for Blu-ray Disc Profile 2.0 [...]
BD-LIVE support coming to Sony Playstation 3
Sony has said that the upcoming firmware upgrade for the Playstation 3 gaming console would include a variety of new features.
One of the major enhancements would be the support for interactive Blu-ray movie features which are part of the Blu-ray Disc Profile 2.0 (BD-LIVE).
This would allow the owners of [...]
Microsoft not working on Blu-Ray drive for Xbox 360
Rumors in the market stated that Microsoft was in talks with Sony to develop a Blu-Ray drive add-on for their Xbox 360 gaming console.
The company has categorically stated that no such thing is happening currently.
A Microsoft representative said: “Xbox is not currently in talks with Sony or [...]
Reports: Microsoft wants a Blu-Ray drive for Xbox 360
Microsoft and Sony are major rivals in the videogame console market.
Microsoft has the Xbox 360 console fighting it out in the market against Sony Playstation 3.
Sony ships their PS3 console with a Blu-Ray drive. Microsoft has stopped the production of the HD DVD drive for the [...]
Sony Playstation 3 outsells Playstation 2 in January
Sony had a very good month in January as for the first time ever they managed to sell more PS3 units compared to PS2.
In fact the console even managed to outsell the competing Microsoft Xbox 360 console.
Market analysts believe that now that Blu-Ray format has won the war [...]
Microsoft: HD DVD losing the format war won’t hurt Xbox 360
Microsoft Xbox 360 currently offers only a HD DVD drive as an add-on. Customers cannot get a Blu-Ray media drive to connect to this next generation gaming console.
Sony on the other hand ships all their Playstation 3 consoles with an integrated Blu-Ray drive.
Toshiba has just [...]
