Xbox's Euro Manager Interviewed, gameSlave

Wednesday, April 19 2006

Xbox's Euro Manager Interviewed by James W at 20:43

German website Spiegel Online have interviewed Chris Lewis from Microsoft about the Xbox 360's problems in Japan, Sony and Blu-ray. As you'd expect its biased to MS but an interesting read all the same.

SPIEGEL ONLINE: But the PS3 will contain a Blu-ray DVD-player -- which might actually attract customers ...

Lewis: Blu-ray right now reminds us of another technology from Sony: Betamax. A bit like VHS -- we think that HD DVD is the format that consumers, film studios and publishers will embrace. As you're mentioning the cost of Blu-ray -- we think it's about giving consumers choice, we think it's about not necessarily asking them to pay over the odds for a technology that, at the moment, is unproven. It's an interesting bet to play -- we're watching what goes on, but I think we're offering a broader, more flexible choice that doesn't burden the consumer with a cost element that may be wasted.

SPIEGEL ONLINE: Is the HD-DVD-drive for the Xbox 360 still in the pipeline?

Lewis: Absolutely, yes. We'll say a little bit more about it at E3. It will give people access to HD DVD.

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Comments
Mani Posts: 6957 Rank:	19 April 2006 20:50
	Asuming HD/High Speed Downloads kick off sooner or later, both of those formats may well fail completely, we certianly won't see another format war after this one.
bogie Posts: 112 Rank:	19 April 2006 23:38
	Toatlly agree with you mani, the DRM HDMI shit is all gonna go pear shaped. The sooner they realise the better. Who would want to buy something that they cannot manipulate to get the most out of it. Its like buying a locked door without the key.

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