Nickname said:
Also, MS did release the seperate hd-dvd drive for xbox (lol i know)
IF MS cared about the consumer (they don’t), they would release a bluray drive for xbox, or better yet the 360 slim wouldve included the bluray built in a la ps3. MS really did have the chance to make PS3 irrelevant with that but completely dropped the ball.
Ok lets say they did make the attachable external blueray for xbox and it came out now. The cost dif. between the blue ray attachment for xbox and a stand alone blueray would prob be not that much and it would only provide a minimal convenience to the consumer over a stand alone unit. Their best bet was to put it in the slim but there is a prob with that.
They would have never put it in the slim since the addition of it this late in the game would not be beneficial to MS. The xbox will still only play DVD games due to compatibility issues with older xboxs so the built in blueray becomes this bonus addition for consumers that MS cant get royalties from. Why would they waste the money when they are already making a new unit that is more stable and smaller . After all that is what people wanted in first place.