According to "industry sources" speaking to DigiTimes, Lite-On is developing built-in Blu-ray Disc drives for the "next generation" Xbox 360 game console. Lite-On is expected to begin shipping the new BD players for assembly in the second half of 2008. DigiTimes also claims that the new, presumably smaller Xbox 360 will reduce the power supply from 210-watts to 170-watts. So... care to comment, Microsoft?
Also Microsoft in the US have told us that they have already configured a standalone Blu-ray player fully compatible with the software giant’s Xbox 360 videogames console.
There are also suggestions that Microsoft’s emergent Blu-ray External player could well hit retail around May 2008.
Michael Ephraim, MD of Sony Computer Entertainment Said “We would welcome Microsoft to the Blu-ray stable,” in the SmartHouse report. “In fact it is quite logical for them as the PS3 has been very successful in driving consumers to Blu-ray. In fact we believe that it has done more to win the format war than traditional Blu-ray players.”
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