Bach reminds us why the 360 won't get Blu-ray

The Xbox 360 Blu-ray rumors will never end, no matter how many times Microsoft denies their interest in Sony's Blu format. Now with CES in full swing and tech on everyone's mind, Microsoft's Robbie Bach got the chance to all out crush any hopes of Blu-ray coming to the Xbox 360 in any form. Mainly because it isn't a feature that gets a lot of requests.

In an interview with TechFlash, Bach gave three big reasons why Blu-ray wouldn't be a good fit for the Xbox, starting with it not being a "feature we get a ton of requests for." Secondly, "it doesn't help us in the core of what Xbox does, which is in gaming. We can't have publishers produce games on Blu-ray disc." The third reason Blu-ray and Xbox will never make technology love, "it costs a lot of money." There, maybe that'll stop those pesky Blu-ray rumors from popping up. Doubt it though.

[Via Kotaku]

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watch the video ..the eyes don't lie..& keep in mind that this is for showcase...lol...EPIC FAIL..RROD

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REAL STATS: Blu-Ray Vs HD

Nielson VideoScan Data for Week Ending 1/13/08

Source: Nielson VideoScan via http://www.homemediamagazine.com/

Weekly sales: Blu-ray leads HD DVD 85% to 15%, 100:17.6, or 5.67:1

YTD sales: Blu-ray leads HD DVD 74% to 26%, 100:35.1, or 2.85:1

Since Inception sales: Blu-ray leads HD DVD 63% to 37%, 100:58.7, or 1.70:1

Wow!!! For anyone who didn't think the Warner news wasn't going to put an end to the HD DVD format, this week's Nielson's data should seal the format's fate. This is the first week's data following the announcement, and, as you can see, Blu-ray trounced HD DVD by a record-breaking 5.67:1 for the week.

so keep posting your BS comments ..give me a source that shows that info you have & i'll take as it is like you all should this year & from now on..cause u aint got no game's & no Blu-Ray movies for real HI-DEF..not no netflix..BS..& HD aint selling..your system can't handle RED FACTION..i want to see the SHITBOX..blow playing that game.LOL..IT CAN'T HANDLE IT not even HALO (SH!T) WARS...lol enjoy 09..cause we PS3 owners will starting with KZ2...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlOGSl13O1k

watch & see your HD sales crumble to a......
EPIC FAIL( & GOW2 ..lol)

this year is going be fun.IT's....PBT

you should also watch this 2 it will let you get to know you console more RROD..lol

watch both videos..enjoy..cause I did..lol

http://www.gamertagradio.com/vbportal/forums/showthread.php?t=9140

You're a n00b. No one cares. Move along.

Fine for now, but the Xbox 1080 (sounds better that 720) better have Blu-Ray.

Danger Bullshit Alert:

There is no such thing as "Blu-ray Gaming".

Blu-ray gaming means inflated audio files that could conceivably be ANY size, mandatory installations, and a more expensive drive.

The audio files are what get me. ALL audio files are compressed, even the allegedly "uncompressed" ones. To get a audio file into a computer, some compression has to happen. You can't represent a complete wave form in a binary number system.

@PS3
you sure do spend a lot of time here running your mouth for someone that has both systems... you'd think with such an awesome machine in the ps3 you'd be too busy playing games and watching hd movies to come here and act like a child

i love my ps3. hope crapbox goes out of business. (i saw the playstation light since it came out) you will too my friends.

xbox360=$200 (crap features, core?) lol

They haven't seen sh!t yet...Silverarms

(Guerrilla say's: We haven't use 100% of the PlayStation 3 power yet 'We can get more out of the PlayStation 3 then we did with Killzone 2. And this will happened in future Guerilla projects')...OMG..& Sh!Tb0x is MAXED OUT ALREADY... Ps3 is only 3 years..( November 17th, 2006..USA ) in market & has already surpass the performance of the SH!TB0X..wait for GOW3..lol..I will pray for the dead right now..cause all I can is NOT 100% used & KZ2 using in game CG is like that ..I rest my case..

Blu-Ray looks a lot better than streaming HD, no doubts. Not sure why fanboys viciously defend MS not having blu-ray, it would be a great add-on that would sell quite well, and obviously a lot of people want it theres a new thread almost every day at xbox.com of someone asking when its coming.

Microsoft reps lie all the time... Remember all the denial about a larger hard drive? Remember all the denial about HDMI? How about the promise of full backwards compatibility, hmmm?

Blu Ray for me is movies.. and sure the PS3 got some games coming out that the 360 cant handle due to storage, but Blu Ray is first and foremost a movie concept. And if you want to watch Blu Ray movies you'd prefer a unit that dosent wake up your neighbours while you're watching Batman on the telly... So i cant see the 360 with a Blu Ray addon any time soon since the sounds it makes just drives me crazy. Id never watch movies on my 360. The PS3 is my first choice in that matter.

Exactly what turnip truck do the MS folks think everyone fell off of?

3 reasons for no Blu-Ray, eh? Hmmm..

"Don't get a ton of requests for it" - then why are you having to constantly issue denials of rumors?

"Doesn't help us ... in gaming" - Well, why did you produce the HD-DVD external drive, then?

"Can't have producers producing on Blu-Ray" - Ummm, again, you produced the HD-DVD and touted how you could have one box for gaming and movies.

...and they wonder why the rumors keep coming. Why not try the TRUTH sometime? Just say it - "we don't get licensing fees for Blu-Ray so we don't want to fill Sony's coffers". At least people would believe you.

Ok, IF they were to make a Blu-Ray drive, it would have to be external. So, they would do what happened with the HD-DVD drive, it would be for movies ONLY. Part of the reason is copy-protection.
In addition, most games are rather large and still fit on a single DVD. I said most, not all. The space "issue" is not really there.
As pointed out before, Sony would end up making money if there was a Blu-Ray add-on. Why would MS help them?
What about the people who got an HD-DVD add-on, and want to keep and use it? Would it even be possible to have both a HD-DVD and Blu-Ray add-on connected at the same time?

Really, overall, there are too many negatives for MS to make a Blu-Ray add-on. I would like it, but I don't see it happening.

sony has basically won, from a hardware standpoint. Not to say that microsoft isn't doing practically everything else better.

BUt if M$ put in a Blu-Ray add-on it will just like admitting they were wrong in choosing hardware (which they were to be fair)

Xbox was a better system than the PS2. Games looked better... blah blah. PS2 was better though.

Tables were turned this generation. PS3 games "LOOK" better,(debatable) than 360.

PS3 sucks, its for morons with over-sized TV's that brag to their friends about how they can see their movies in 1080i. (WHO CARES.)

Bach reminds us why the 360 won't get Blu-ray

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