Xbox 360 Fanboy

hmm this might be sensible it will stop potential ps3 buyers aka 360 owners without blurays to rethink there ps3 purchase as a bluray player.Question is will sony allow it?

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AntiCrawl i couldnt agree more.Anything more and its a expensive pc with features you wont use.

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Ya know, I bought the HD-DVD drive and currently, my heart feels broken. I got at least 8 + titles currently in HDDVD and if, ha, when the format switches over, shouldn't we get an apology or something? Maybe even a discount on a possible Blu-Ray Drive? Having an obsolete piece of hardware sux. Oh and Netflix? Cmon man, Im tempted to cancel my service with them. The people need to vote with their money. Im starting there.

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To those saying you should get a discount on BluRay or whatever, that is silly. Microsoft did it via the addon route to begin with because EVERYONE knew BluRay and HD-DVD were competing and one would (likely) lose. You went into it knowing that, no one lied to you or said HD-DVD WOULD win the war. Not to mention, that in any other format or standard war, the people who bought into the side the lost, did they get rebates/refunds/discounts/etc? No. Why would this be any different?

Further - Microsoft did NOT have a vested interest like Sony does with BluRay. Yes, they participated in and support HD-DVD, but if it loses, it wont hurt them in the least - oter than having to pay Sony for licenses to use BluRay on the 360 - something they CAN do - and Sony CANNOT stop.

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If they are going to do this, they need to announce something fast. I am planning on buying a PS3 for the bluray player some time in the next 2 months. I will buy this instead if the price is right and they announce it soon enough. I'm willing to bet now that the format war if over, a lot of people are going to pull the trigger and get a bluray player. MS needs to hurry and get on the market.

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Still waiting for a built in player. =\

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@ TiltedCircle:

That's what happens to early adopters. Sometimes we get screwed.

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Several good points being made here. I've been leaning towards getting a PS3 when the new 80 Gb replacement SKU hits for the Blu-Ray drive only. I'd MUCH rather get an add-on for my 360 any day of the week.

Taking cues from other posts, I'd like to see maybe some sort of mail in rebate for current HD-DVD add-on owners where maybe they can get 2 free Blu-ray movies when you upgrade to the new drive. Doubtful anything like this will happen but you can absolutely count on PS3s being bought by 360 owners within the next year if they don't drop an add-on soon.

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Built in player is a bad idea movies equal drive failures.And how does sony not have any say in who creates a bluray player they have every right to deny the hardware licensing to microsoft.Altho sony is a publicly traded company i doubt stockholders hold say in the matter more ceo's.

well see what happens i guess.

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Sony doesn't own Blu-Ray as far as i know they have no say as to who can use Blu-Ray players.

This wont affect me in anyway, don't care about HD.

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Looks like a pretty solid rumor. I bet Microsoft started working on the Blu-Ray add-on right before the first price cut on their HD-DVD player. It didn't take a genius to realize blu-ray would win. So I'm sure Microsoft has realized it for a long time now, and planned accordingly.

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That was inevitable

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Why are people answer saying that they would rather buy a PS3... get a grip just for Blu-Ray player that will cost you $400, when the add on for the $360 may not be more than $249 the most. You get a console worth having/keeping and a Blu-Ray player at $150 cheaper than a useless console that plays Blu-Rays. Th PS3 will still be a lacking videogame powerhouse... developers are not warming up to it, there are no exclusives on the horizon worth going out to get a PS3, need I say more? Get real, everyone is trying to justify the once king of console's comeback... it has been out over a year and has not come close to the worthiness the 360 has accomplished after one year of its launch. How long will the Spny loyalists make an excuse that they are still learning how to code to the PS3... u PS3 famboys are ridiculous. And no I am not 360 fanboy by loyalty to MS. I am loyal to myself and what product gives me more for my money... and PS3 doesn't come close.

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With the ever present fear/possibility of my Xbox RROD'ing I'm not sure I want to boot that baby up and have a 4 hour movie watching session on it.

Considering I'm not big on watching movies anyway I'm reserving my Xbox purely for gaming action

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Si, we have no idea how much this will cost, but I think it would have to be less than $200 for me to be able to justify it. Why would you pay $249 for a Bluray player when you can get a Bluray player and a game system for $400? I am not a big Sony fan and the PS3 doesnt have a lot of great games yet, but for $150 price difference I'd say its worth it. I would still use the 360 as my primary game machine, but the PS3 has Metal Gear coming up and a few other exclusives.

Oh well, we will see what happens.

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Hmm... it's a bit crap for Xbox then isn't it? Because they can't have the Blu-ray drive as internal drive...
By the time I'll ever actually need Blu-ray, the internet speed will be fast enough to be able to stream high definition movies hopefully anyway!

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dey need 2 bring it out asap so i can buy dis shit yah ayah

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