Xbox 360 Blu-ray console shipping Q3.

On May 10, 1:56 pm, "Eric" <nos... DeleteThis @nospam.nnn> wrote:
> Hmm.
>
> When I proposed over a year ago that the DVD drive in the XB360 should have
> been modular so users could swap it out for HD-DVD/BluRay when the time
> came, I was told that was a stupid idea.

It was and still is a stupid idea.

> Now everyone is bitching that they will have to buy a whole new XB360 to get
> a BluRay drive...

No, everyone is explaining why it's insanely stupid for Microsoft to
release a Blu-Ray Xbox 360 now.

> Doesn't really matter to me anymore though. I have a PS3 that I use only
> for BluRay and media. I own zero games for the PS3. My XB360 (Elite) is
> strickly for games and Microsoft is now locked into games only being on DVD.

On May 10, 2:05 pm, "Eric" <nos... RemoveThis @nospam.nnn> wrote:
> "The alMIGHTY N" <natle... RemoveThis @yahoo.com> wrote in messagenews:a569425b-89f0-4897-afa4-a6920570afe5@k37g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
>
> > If this is true and it's not to allow developers to use Blu-Ray as the
> > game storage format, why on Earth would they bother with internal Blu-
> > Ray drives?
>
> To put a check mark in the BluRay feature.

A check mark that would be much more easily, more feasibly and more
intelligently accomplished by creating a Blu-Ray add-on drive.

There is *no* logical reason to create a new SKU with an internal Blu-
Ray drive just for Blu-Ray movie playback purposes.

> Many people, including myself, bought a PS3 strickly to use as a BluRay
> movie player.