Microsoft / Blu-Ray???

According to a report in the Financial Times. Microsoft is already in talks to adopt Sony's Blu-ray high-def DVD technology for its Xbox 360 console. However, Microsoft have denied that it was negotiating with Sony. Microsoft was put on the spot after Toshiba bowed out of the high-definition DVD fight with Sony a few weeks ago.

The British business newspaper reported that Microsoft was already in discussions with rival Sony to license Blu-ray for the 360 which is putting Microsoft in the unusual position of having to pay a market rival to use its technology. It also said that there was a possibility that a Blu-ray drive would be incorporated into a new, high-end version of the games machine.

Microsoft had backed the wrong horse in the format race, Toshiba's HD DVD technology, over Sony's Blu-ray. However, Microsoft, with its Xbox 360 games console competing directly with Sony's PlayStation3 probably made the right commercial decision at the time.

While the PS3 comes standard with a Blu-ray drive onboard, the Xbox 360 has a standard DVD drive, a plug-in HD DVD unit was the only way to get high-def content out of the console, So it comes as no surprise to find out that Last week the software giant had no choice but to pull the pin on the drives.


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