techflash.com - 1/9/2009
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LAS VEGAS -- Robbie Bach, president of Microsoft's Entertainment & Devices Division, was gearing up for last night's Consumer Electronics Show keynote when I spoke with him yesterday at the company's booth at the show. He addressed a wide range of topics, including how the economy is affecting ...
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Bach: Nope, still no Blu-ray Xbox 360 planned
DriverHeaven.net —
... he's said Blu-ray isn't coming to the Xbox 360. Just for the sake of tradition, TechFlash asked the question again and Bach balked saying, "We have no plan to do that." ...
Microsoft: Blu-Ray Support Is Not a Requested Feature
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... game consoles are acquired to play games, but while the PlayStation 3 can play BD movies and Wii can be controlled by motion-sensing controllers, the Xbox 360 can support neither technology. It s not a feature we get a ton of requests for. We really don t. When you ask people the list of things they want to see us spending time creating in Xbox, Blu-ray is way, way down on the list, said Robert J. Bach, president entertainment and devices division at Microsoft, in an interview with TechFlash web-site. Microsoft itself is trying to sell content using its own Xbox Live ...
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