Ballmer: "We'll support Blu-ray"

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bron: http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=33905

Microsoft chief executive says it's time to move on from HD-DVD

Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer has admitted that the company is working on ways to support Blu-ray, the next-generation DVD format.

Although he did not talk specifically about the format in relation to gaming, he did concede it was time to move on following the collapse of the HD-DVD format earlier this year.

"We've already been working on, for example, in Windows, device driver support for Blu-ray drives and the like, and I think the world moves on," said Ballmer at the Mix08 conference

"Toshiba has moved on. We've moved on, and we'll support Blu-ray in ways that make sense," he said

Many are expecting Microsoft to announce a Blu-ray peripheral for the Xbox 360 in the near future, following the demise of the HD-DVD format and Microsoft's decision to end production of a HD-DVD add-on for its console

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Blu-ray on Xbox 360? Microsoft hasn't heard about it
Posted Mar 12th 2008 11:09PM by Richard Lawler
Filed under: Blu-ray, Other hardware, Sony, Internet

Those hot/cold "Blu-ray coming to Xbox 360" rumors just cooled off a bit again, with product manager Aaron Greenberg telling Reuters "Xbox is not currently in talks with Sony or the Blu-ray Association to integrate Blu-ray into the Xbox experience". Clear enough? He also dropped the nugget that Microsoft expects to trail the PS3 in sales again in February, but should have things turned around by April, just in time for the GTA IV launch, which should also be right around the time this rumor rears its head again. In the meantime, digital distribution anyone?

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[EdwinB]

blijkbaar weet men bij microsoft nog niet hoe men juist moet communiceren

Ik verwacht niet dat Microsoft een BD-speler voor de Xbox 360 zal uitbrengen, dat wil echter niet zeggen dat Microsoft Blu-ray niet zal ondersteunen in een of meer van hun overige produkten (waar Steve Ballmer volgens mij dan ook naar verwijst).