I don't own an Xbox 360. I almost considered getting one in the second hand market, but careful inquiry and analysis told me to go against that decision. Even though I'm a Playstation gamer and owner, there are several games that lull me in the prospect of purchasing the console, with exclusives like the Halo series and Mass Effect being the most obvious among choices. Truth be told, I could live without the console, but recent developments in the gaming news sites have revealed a potential development in the console that adds fuel to the fire of the already rampaging console war between Microsoft and Sony.
According to 1up.com, Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer confirmed that the 360 may eventually get a Blu-Ray add on drive. Since Sony won the format war more than a year ago, Blu-Ray has been the defining entertainment medium and standard to which many films and PS3 games are making the transition to, and it seems that Microsoft is finally trying to make the jump to it as well. The post also goes to detail that the Blu-Ray itself won't be built into the console. Rather, it will be sold as a seperate external drive accessory. Microsoft still hasn't made an official announcement yet, so even with the CEO's word, players can only speculate what the future of 360 will bring. You can read up the rest of the article in the link here.
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