External Blu-ray reported coming for Xbox 360
The new Blu-ray player will likely be similar to the obsolete Xbox 360 HD-DVD player.
According to a report by Xbit Labs, Microsoft will be releasing an external Blu-ray player for the Xbox 360 console.
The report claims that Microsoft will sell the device within the $100-150 U.S. range in order to compete with the Sony PlayStation 3, which has a built-in Blu-ray player.
Rumours of a Blu-ray player for the Xbox 360 have been around ever since the demise of the Microsft-backed HD-DVD format, and the consequent Blu-ray victory in the format wars. The Blu-ray device would replace the external HD-DVD player that Microsoft pulled in February 2008.
[UPDATE: Microsoft has since denied this claim.]
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