Microsoft's GDC keynote speaker, John Schappert has announced that the Xbox 360 has reached another milestone, over 18 million units sold worldwide.
"I think that we've sold 18 million, the last time I've checked. 18 million hardware units worldwide," said Schappert. He would not however, project sales for the rest of 2008.
The speaker also went on to say that the company would probably ... [ read the full article ]
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Originally posted by Onibon: Maybe microsoft should try to make a new hard drive that is compatible with blu ray as well, if microsoft and sony could get a contract together then maybe sales for blu ray would b better. It is a long shot but possible since hd dvd is out the window now that toshiba has stopped making them, and warner bros. has taken payment from sony to stop making hd dvd.
......................... my comp geek died with this
"Maybe microsoft should try to make a new hard drive that is compatible with blu ray as well"
The Hard drive is indapendant, however how the HD interfaces with the 360 and its OS is...totally fcked, because it locks the HDD and is unable/unwilling to write on the USB port so they can sale overpriced mem cards.... its fcking sad....
It prolly could make microsoft and sony more money in the end tho. Microsoft would sell more consoles becuase of the price difference between the ps3 and 360, and sony would make more money off blu ray dvd sales. It could b a win win if it was played out right.
Quote:Ya but the HDVD drive can't do HDCP so in 2-4 years when all movies went HDCP..... besides the 360 is a solid console if you don't have a solid PC...if you have a uber rig(or something like it)..the 360 is pitiful....
I wouldn't call it solid... My Commodore 64 is more solid then that...
solid in software but ya the 360 is a broken mess and sony has made the PS3 more viable.
Originally posted by limelight: It has a low attach rate because most people didnt want to spend money on the format war. Now that theres a clear winner, its a no brainer to create a BR drive.
Exactly what I was thinking. Now that the war is over they need to bring out either an external drive or make new consoles with the blu-ray drive built in.
