Xbox 360 built-in Blu-ray drive or external?
Filed under: Gaming, Xbox 360 | By: Daniel
Posted on: June 27, 2008 | 22 Comments
There still seems to be a lot of confusion to what a DVD can do on the Xbox 360 and what it cannot, some people believe that if Microsoft were to upgrade their 360 games console with a Blu-Ray drive, then game developers would not be limited to the storage capacity of a DVD.
Microsoft knew this in part and that’s why they added an external HD-DVD drive, but as HD-DVD is now defunct, Blu-ray is the next obvious step and many owners of the Xbox 360 cannot wait for this to happen. One issue that might be obvious, if this is the case Xbox 360 owners want an external Blu-ray drive and new 360 buyers would want a built-in Blu-ray.
So lets raise a couple of questions, would you want an Xbox 360 to have a built-in Blu-ray drive like the Sony PS3 or an external version? and also let us know why you make that choice.
Some people will never want a Blu-ray drive and they feel that the 360 does not need it, its hard to believe that a DVD can handle all that is needed in today’s advanced games, but still some gamers believe a DVD does just fine. In the end, it does seem logical that Microsoft will add the Blu-ray option and it will likely be in both an external for existing owners and a built-in Blu-ray for new buyers.
Are you happy to keep having DVD’s for games that you buy for the Xbox 360 or do you see a need for Blu-ray discs?
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I am wondering, with the cost of external bluray drives for pcs being so inexpensive, couldn’t one of those be used with the xbox 360? Even if plug and play is not capable, I imagine that Microsoft could offer some type of patch (either with the current pc drives so consumers who purchase one for their pc can also use it with their 360s) or as a download from their website. I mean, think of dvd players and tvs. These electronic items now have the capability of having their firmware “upgraded” through the net. So why not our 360s? Then I imagine you WOULD be able to plug and play an external Bluray drive that is originally intended for the pc. Just some food for thought…