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post #1 of 21
5/3/08 at 10:20pm
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It seems there was some big announcement, Ballmer apparently officially revoked Yahoo Bid, and announced 360 w/ internal blu-ray bout to begin production slated for early fall release!!!!

slashdot linked thru to Toms... go find it- Im too lazy

Discuss.....


Oops thats Blu-ray not Bly-ray hehe
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post #2 of 21
5/3/08 at 11:37pm
I thought they would NEVER do that.

But what does this mean for you early adopters? If they start putting games out on Blue Ray what are they going to do for you guys?
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post #3 of 21
5/4/08 at 12:07am
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Good f'n question

I dont htink they will at first or will force a dual release, theres no way they could possibly alienate the entire customer base(not just early adopters)
Theres no way they wont piss alot of people off though who already own one even if its just movie only.


Saw some peeps claiming this is still rumor, but Toms is no rag, so IM gunna stand on thier rep for this one.
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post #4 of 21
5/4/08 at 12:15am
Should be interesting. They're sure its not just another external?
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post #5 of 21
5/4/08 at 12:24am
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Toms report is that its internal.
Which will be interesting b/c 360 currently is not capable of supporting HD audio.
Wonder if this new sku will have an upgraded audio subsystem to be fully blu-capable, or will M$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ just wait 6 months and release that under a new sku.
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post #6 of 21
5/4/08 at 12:36am
i didnt see anything from Ballmer yet, I did see a day or two ago some manufacturer announcing in their local news that they had won a bid to build blu-ray 360's
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post #7 of 21
5/4/08 at 1:13am
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Originally Posted by archalien View Post
Toms report is that its internal.
Which will be interesting b/c 360 currently is not capable of supporting HD audio.
Wonder if this new sku will have an upgraded audio subsystem to be fully blu-capable, or will M$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ just wait 6 months and release that under a new sku.
Honestly at this point I kind of think that they would screw everyone with dual sku's. But this could be a good thing because it will also help with normal dvd play back (hopefully) which the 360 is horrible at.

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Originally Posted by The Anaconda View Post
i didnt see anything from Ballmer yet, I did see a day or two ago some manufacturer announcing in their local news that they had won a bid to build blu-ray 360's
Link?
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post #8 of 21
5/4/08 at 1:47am
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Originally Posted by DarqWang View Post
I thought they would NEVER do that.

But what does this mean for you early adopters? If they start putting games out on Blue Ray what are they going to do for you guys?
I wouldn't say two years is early. They'll have an external add-on, just like the hd-dvd drive.

Now about blu-ray games? I don't know.
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post #9 of 21
5/4/08 at 1:48am
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Originally Posted by The Anaconda View Post
i didnt see anything from Ballmer yet, I did see a day or two ago some manufacturer announcing in their local news that they had won a bid to build blu-ray 360's
http://www.dailytech.com/Report+Xbox...ticle11674.htm

Asus won the bid.
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post #10 of 21
5/4/08 at 1:49am
GBQ the people that bought it day one still get screwed as hard as the people that buy it this weekend.

ASUS thanks that is what I wanted to know. Hope they make a good drive for the 360.
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post #11 of 21
5/4/08 at 1:56am
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Originally Posted by DarqWang View Post
GBQ the people that bought it day one still get screwed as hard as the people that buy it this weekend.

ASUS thanks that is what I wanted to know. Hope they make a good drive for the 360.
They'll make an add-on. It'll be like the fx chip thing on nintendo. For the uber elite fx starfox game. Or something.
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post #12 of 21
5/4/08 at 2:43am
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Originally Posted by GbrilliantQ™ View Post
They'll make an add-on. It'll be like the fx chip thing on nintendo. For the uber elite fx starfox game. Or something.

Add-on wtf??? your own link says internal!!!
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post #13 of 21
5/4/08 at 3:50am
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Originally Posted by archalien View Post
Add-on wtf??? your own link says internal!!!
my link was for which company won the bid, not on whether or not they were going to make an add-on. I'm just going by what they've done in the past. Sold an HD-DVD add-on.

So don't get your panties in a bunch.
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post #14 of 21
5/4/08 at 2:56pm
Wonder if they are paying royalties for blu ray...
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post #15 of 21
5/4/08 at 3:27pm
Cool
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post #16 of 21
5/4/08 at 11:04pm
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Originally Posted by Steve@NBF View Post
Cool
Yeah we'll see how cool it is when I nearly get banned as an Anti M$ and 360 fanboy when I rail them both for offering a less feature complete bd implementation than what PS3 offered from day one and their what 300th 360 sku.

Go figure, oh the irony.....hahaha
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post #17 of 21
5/5/08 at 12:16am
Hey I already got my popcorn ready for that moment.
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post #18 of 21
5/5/08 at 1:32pm
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post #19 of 21
5/5/08 at 5:20pm
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Yeah big announcement from M$ 2day denying it.....hmmmm
Maybe just free 360 presss for them by letting a *fake rumor slip out.

Whats up with Toms....?
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post #20 of 21
5/5/08 at 5:23pm
http://www.gamepro.com/news.cfm?article_id=182288

microsoft's denying it again
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