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Originally Posted by newtekie1
1.) Not everyone wants to watch their HD movies on their computer monitor. Most have HDTVs that are much bigger, in their living rooms, not connected to their computers, and have more comfortable seating(at least for groups of people). Plus, if pricing is similar tot he HD-DVD add-on it will be less expensive than a reader for the computer, or right around the same price.
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True, but not many people want to watch HD movies anyway, lol. Either way, why can't a game console be just for games? I don't see any huge need for the 360 to have an add-on.
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2.) It does have a tiny market share compared to blu-ray movies. DVDs had a tiny market share compared to VHS tapes when they first came out, CDs had a tiny market share compared to cassettes when they first came out, and cars had a tiny market share compared to horses when they first came out. What is your point exactly?
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My point is that there is no need to jump on the bandwagon when it hasn't even taken off yet. The vast majority of people are still happy with DVDs (as evidenced from sales figures), so everyone saying this is a very stupid move, I just don't understand. It's not like they are missing out on anything now, or in the near future.
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3.) Amazon lists some blu-Ray movies for under £6(Spiderman 3 is just one of the, I'm not talking the cheap no name movies). They aren't really that expensive. Usually you can pick them up for $5-10 more than the DVD, which is well worth the picture qaulity, IMO. Though I understand there are some out there where it isn't, in that case a Blu-Ray drive would not be targetted at you. The drive would be marketted towards people that want a Blu-Ray player and don't want to spend insane amounts of money for a stand alone player.
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The movie price might have come down since the last time I looked
Either way, why does the stand alone player cost loads and an add-on drive is cheaper? Surely the actual hardware in the machine is exacly the same? All you need in the standalone is the software, right?
I'm not a HD-DVD fanboy, or a 360 fanboy or anti-sony or anything like that... I just don't see any desperate need for the 360 to have a blu-ray drive. The demand isn't there and frankly I would rather that MS put their time, effort and money into getting more great games to the 360, as well as finally sorting out its hardware problems
