Microsoft executive says,” Who needs Blu-ray?”

[PaulGo]

Microsoft executive says,” Who needs Blu-ray?”

http://www.gamertell.com/gaming/comm...needs-blu-ray/

[bhampton]

I say "Who needs Microsoft?"

That's a company worth avoiding if you ask me.

[kpkelley]

Here's his portrait:

[bobbydrugar]

at least unlike apple Microsoft hasn't closed the door completely on the possibility of Blu-ray on the xbox 720 (provided that with backwards thinking like that they may never get the chance to release it).

Thanks,
T

[Rob71]

Originally Posted by kpkelley

Here's his portrait:

He's just bitter that Kevin Butler gave his wife a puppy.

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[JC_20010]

X-Box's don't need Blu-ray because that would be one more thing to break on those unreliable pieces of junk. I'll stick to my PS3, which is more than reliable.

[Batman1980]

Originally Posted by JC_20010

X-Box's don't need Blu-ray because that would be one more thing to break on those unreliable pieces of junk. I'll stick to my PS3, which is more than reliable.

Yeah I don't want an X-Box anyway so this is fine by me, let Gates' company continue to be backward thinking and silly.

[Grand Bob]

Originally Posted by kpkelley

Here's his portrait:

Funniest post I've seen in a while. I'm still laughing!

[kpkelley]

Originally Posted by Grand Bob

Funniest post I've seen in a while. I'm still laughing!

You're welcome.

Go enjoy your Johnny's....

[acritzer]

Boy, there are sure a lot of people that get fired up about Sony vs. Microsoft (Xbox). I read the article and didn't think it was all that bad. The online services that MS has are pretty nice. The Netflix streaming was available a long time before stand alone players, or tvs had it, I think. Same thing for PS3, had one of the first affordable BD players in it. Things are evening up though as the technology ages. Obviously MS is going to downplay Sony's advantage with BD, big woop.
Each company and each system offer a slightly different flavor of the same type of entertainment. Preferring one over the other doesn't mean the opposite one is junk.

[bogo5]

Blu-Ray is one of the biggest God send technologies ever. Almost everything I use made from MS fails so horrible its disgusting. Pay for a console, it breaks unacceptable, pay for an expensive bloated os, its infested with problems.

[Petra_Kalbrain]

Microsoft executive says,” Who needs Blu-ray?”


Ya... well... Blu-ray.com member says, "Who needs Microsoft?"

Funny thing is that my statement probably holds more water than his!

[dialog_gvf]

Originally Posted by Petra_Kalbrain

Microsoft executive says,” Who needs Blu-ray?”

Ya... well... Blu-ray.com member says, "Who needs Microsoft?"

A salient point that more and more people are considering.

If you believe the stock market is any way a sign of collective opinion, then what can be concluded from a Microsoft stock that is the same price as it was a decade ago, with Apple having blown by Microsoft in market cap?

Microsoft is now fourth in mobile OS, which clearly the market thinks is the future (smartphones and tablets). And Windows Phone 7 smacks of desperation.

[maximiza]

We must fight them in the Air, Land and Sea, HD-DVD must die die die.

With ISP caps you cannot stream HD with good audio. Sore loosers. Even Jodi Sally came around and saw the pure awsome and stimulation in blu-ray.

[P@t_Mtl]

Originally Posted by maximiza

We must fight them in the Air, Land and Sea, HD-DVD must die die die.

hehe it's Winston Blurchill

[Petra_Kalbrain]

My favourite part of that article,

"Microsoft is trying very hard to market the Xbox 360 to a more casual audience."

There you have it. Microsoft now views their console as more of a product to replace the Wii now that it is beginning to lose steam. So, that leaves Sony as the only company who views their console as a powerhouse for EVERY demographic and not just the semi-coordinated 10 year old potty mouths across the globe!

Could this be the first step towards Sony claiming victory in the console war much the same way that Blu-ray was able to claim victory over HD DVD?

[maximiza]

Its interesting that gaming consoles were used in a format war. I think it was the first and last time. I remember back in the format wars attachment rates were everything. The thing that hit Xbox down was that it never had a HD-DVD drive built in.(thank god)

[KingLeonidas300]

I'm sorry but the streaming of Netflix on the XBOX360 doesn't compare to the video or audio quality on a blu ray. So, he can preach all he wants that you can get HD through the XBOX but the quality doesn't even compare.

[prerich]

Originally Posted by Petra_Kalbrain

My favourite part of that article,

"Microsoft is trying very hard to market the Xbox 360 to a more casual audience."

There you have it. Microsoft now views their console as more of a product to replace the Wii now that it is beginning to lose steam. So, that leaves Sony as the only company who views their console as a powerhouse for EVERY demographic and not just the semi-coordinated 10 year old potty mouths across the globe!

Could this be the first step towards Sony claiming victory in the console war much the same way that Blu-ray was able to claim victory over HD DVD?

I'm not really interested in the console war but right now it really belongs to the Wii. However the PS3 is playing a good catchup with the new controller that I saw on tv the other day - nice, reminds me of the Wii controller. I believe that will help introduce the PS3 to the demographic that the Wii captured. Off topic, I still have a relic from the war - as most of you know I was purple, but I discovered today that my BH-200 can internally decode TrueHD 5.1 and output it as LPCM 7.1 now that was a nice leftover from the war!

[Rob71]

Originally Posted by maximiza

We must fight them in the Air, Land and Sea, HD-DVD must die die die.

With ISP caps you cannot stream HD with good audio. Sore loosers. Even Jodi Sally came around and saw the pure awsome and stimulation in blu-ray.

She never really looked that enthused in her press conferences. I think she was a closet Blu the whole time.