Sony, Microsoft Planning Blu-ray Drive For 360?

From FinancialTimes via Engadget: According to Stan Glasgow, Sony Electronics US president, "Sony is in talks with console rival Microsoft about offering a Blu-ray drive for the Xbox 360." This doesn't necessarily mean anything other than that they are talking; but it would be an interesting development if the rival to the PS3 were to offer an add-on drive to play movies on Blu-ray Disc. Currently Blu-ray playback is built into the PS3, making it the only game system that plays HD movies out of the box. Microsoft had offered an HD-DVD drive as an add-on until it was recently discontinued after the HD-DVD format was killed by Toshiba.

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