October 8th, 2008

Xbox 360 Blu-Ray!

I don't know if I recall it well, but I think Microsoft said a few months ago they have no plans to bring the Xbox 360 and a Blu-Ray drive together. Correct me if I'm wrong, nobody knows everything...but let's see what's happening with the Xbox 360+Blu-Ray combo, because things are changing a lot these days for everyone, it seems. I don't know if Microsoft finally decided to listen closely to its customers, or there's another reason behind this, but...

...the latest rumors are saying this: Microsoft got in touch with Toshiba-Samsung Storage Technology Corp, asking them to help with the Blu-Ray unit missing in action for the Xbox 360 users. Well, the rumor goes even one step further,

saying that the price of the device is somewhere between $100 and $150. I don't know how much is this going to affect the price of the Xbox 360, but I am surely happy to hear that Toshiba is going to be in charge - if you ever had one Toshiba optical drive, I am sure you know what am I talking about here!

For now, there's no official confirmation of these rumors, but nobody denied them, either, so I guess the Xbox 360 & Blu-Ray are not very far. Maybe we'll have them together for Christmas? I can't tell yet, but I really hope to see this coming true...