Blu-ray sulla Elite?
Console tribe news - Blu-ray sulla Elite?
di: Giovanni MancaStan Glasgow, presidente di Sony Electronics US, ha dichiarato che Sony e Microsoft stanno discutendo sulla possibilità di dotare di un lettore Blu-ray la XBOX 360: il nuovo lettore potrebbe essere integrato nella console ammiraglia, la XBOX 360 Elite, oppure esterno via usb come l’ormai defunto HDDVD. Secondo Stan Glasgow questo renderebbe sicuramente la console di Redmond molto competitiva rispetto alla PS3, ma aggiungerebbe grossi introiti alla divisione elettronica di Sony.
A Blu-ray drive in a 360 would make Microsoft more competitive with the PS3, but it would also mean extra revenues for Sony?s electronics division. It would also add further cost to the 360, meaning a premium edition of the console could be necessary.
A Blu-ray drive could be incorporated in its top-of-the-range Elite Xbox, or Microsoft could again offer a drive as a plug-in peripheral.
Mr Glasgow, speaking at a media dinner, added that discussions were also taking place with Apple, which has not offered Blu-ray drives on any of its computers so far and has focused on digital media via downloads and streaming through devices such as its Apple TV.