Well, we all knew that it was coming really didn't we. Microsoft have finally confirmed that they're looking into introducing Blu-ray functionality to the various Microsoft products that would benefit from it. Including the Xbox 360.

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said, "We have already been working on, for example, in Windows, device driver support for Blu-ray drives and the like, and I think the world moves on. Toshiba has moved on. We have moved on, and we will support Blu-ray in ways that make sense."

It was bound to happen eventually really. With HD-DVD essentially now dead and buried, and with the price of both the Xbox 360 player and stand alone players dropping considerably, it was just a case of definitive confirmation.

In good news, you can bag a cracking HD-DVD player along with 7 films for around £79.99. So the format might be dead, but such a player will still upscale your standard DVD's, and you'll no doubt find HD-DVDs themselves in all the bargain bins for a few quid each soon enough.

Source: TechTree
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