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Xbox to be Blu

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Around the Internet, we hear that Sony and Microsoft are in talks over an Xbox Blu-ray disc drive. No surprises here, HD-DVD lost and Xbox picking up Blu-ray will force the consoles to battle on the merits of their games.

This all seems still a little up-in-the-air, non-confirmed and liquid but I did hear a little rumor from another source – scribbled on my whiteboard when I got into work! Apparently they’ll be here by Christmas and cost NZD$400 – a whopping $150 more expensive than their HD-DVD drives. Also, they’ll work on your Vista PC over a USB connection, as the HD-DVD drive did.

If true, this levels the playing field between PS3 and Xbox360 a little. Although PS3 will still be the cheapest BD-Live (Profile 2.0) player. Xbox360 Arcade edition + BD player will be ~$750 when the PS3 is around about $650 at the moment. Should be interesting to see if anything comes of this and if my whiteboard was correct, or just making things up.