Since it’s been official that the HD-DVD player was dead, rumors were floating arround the internet that Microsoft would release a Xbox 360 external Blu-ray player.

Microsoft’s Group Marketing Manager Aaron Greenbern stated in a Reuters interview:

“Xbox is not currently in talks with Sony or the Blu-ray Association to integrate Blu-ray into the Xbox experience”

After being questioned on their plan for HD movies, he states:

“We’re the only console offering digital distribution of entertainment content”

This pretty much means that Microsoft abandoned having HD movies on disc being played on the Xbox 360 console. They will concentrate their efforts into digital distribution thru the Xbox Live Marketplace.

This entry was posted on Thursday, March 13th, 2008 at 2:48 pm and is filed under Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.