I'd be shocked if an Xbox 360 is released with with an internal Blu-ray drive because of the seek times. There might be some games previously written for the 360 that never took the load times on a 2x Blu-ray into account, and they'd probably take forever to load on a Blu-ray Xbox.
When I read a rumor about "Xbox 360 consoles equipped with a Blu-ray Disc ROM drive," I immediately tune it out. "Bundled?" Maybe.
After the experience of owning a Dreamcast, I moved on to the Xbox and the Xbox 360 over the Playstation 2 and 3 because I wanted to play games that were developed with the Western market as the primary focus and not an afterthought/not-a-thought.
The first thing I did when I fired up the Dreamcast on 9/9/99 was to pop in SOUL CALIBUR... followed by the futile hunt for the non-existent English dubbing. Throughout ownership of that system, I got tired of Asia-first release dates, poor localization, and the Eastern-influenced library.
And, oh yeah... Jesus wants you to buy American!
(Especially two months after 9/11... North American release date first!!!)
'The Amazing Race' - 'You're Like Jason Bourne, Right?'
Apr 5th 2010 8:54PM (AOL TV)Forza 3 sales surpass 1m units; premium DLC released
Dec 9th 2009 7:27PM (Joystiq)Also, visit the JPAG on Facebook... I'm giving away a Joystiq Corvette!
Amazing Race vs. Survivor: Why one works and the other doesn't
Mar 26th 2009 9:51AM (AOL TV)You see a lot more "mud" on THE AMAZING RACE than on SURVIVOR... it's all up there on the screen.
Someone buy the production team a case of those $1000 HD camcorders!
Microsoft denies Blu-ray Xbox 360 for umpteenth time
May 5th 2008 6:21PM (Joystiq)When I read a rumor about "Xbox 360 consoles equipped with a Blu-ray Disc ROM drive," I immediately tune it out. "Bundled?" Maybe.
Grand Line Auto: Almost failure to launch (Boston edition)
Apr 29th 2008 8:46AM (Joystiq)Best Buy's GTA IV midnight opening list
Apr 29th 2008 12:40AM (Joystiq)I guess it's sleep, then.
Best Buy's GTA IV midnight opening list
Apr 25th 2008 5:53PM (Joystiq)How do you decide which console to play?
Mar 26th 2008 11:49AM (Joystiq)The first thing I did when I fired up the Dreamcast on 9/9/99 was to pop in SOUL CALIBUR... followed by the futile hunt for the non-existent English dubbing. Throughout ownership of that system, I got tired of Asia-first release dates, poor localization, and the Eastern-influenced library.
And, oh yeah... Jesus wants you to buy American!
(Especially two months after 9/11... North American release date first!!!)
Microsoft: Xbox 360 back compat 'winding down'
Jan 10th 2008 5:44PM (Joystiq)