Microsoft not ruling out BD drive for Xbox

[ericmey]

Originally Posted by w_tanoto

i would not support that addition of BD drive. that would hurt PS3

While I recognize the importance of the PS3 in the format war, who cares if xbox has a blu drive? As far as gaming systems go, the xbox is a far superior product when multi-player gaming is concerned. Having a blu-player would only help push the format even further.

The same way that the fate HD-DVD rested on the decision of Warner Bros., the fate of Playstation 3 depends on its ability upgrade the multiplayer capabilities and to keep exclusive RPG titles that would render it a required piece of gaming equipment to most console gamers. Square is already launching a large RPG title for the Xbox 360 and I suspect if it is a success there is a chance that PlayStation could lose Final Fantasy exclusivity. If that would happen, I can foresee the death of the PlayStation console.

Before I get murdered alive for my comments, I would like to say that I fully support Sony and the Blu effort. I just think that they really need to kick it up a notch as far as the gaming/multiplayer portion of the PlayStation is concerned and I don't get behind supporting the inferior product just because of brand loyalty. If that was the case I would be in the HD-DVD camp.