Neil Thompson says there’s still no market for Blu-ray movies
Neil Thompson, UK Microsoft Xbox boss, refuses to acknowledge hints that the Playstation 3’s built-in Blu-ray drive gives the machine tactical advantage over the Xbox 360. Whilst the PS3 is a big, heavy truck requiring a big, heavy engine, the Xbox remains a much more nimble box that uses its architecture in a much more nimble way, according to him.
Possibly igniting fanboy spats everywhere, Thompson wonders of the PS3,
Do I want to make people pay £ 200 extra for a machine with discs that have storage space I don’t need? My answer’s no, I don’t need to do that today. And I don’t think I’m going to need to do that for quite a while.
Thompson says that the nimble Xbox 360 could adapt to anything that the PS3 has in its arsenal. He says that he’s not sure that the market has evolved to high definition movies yet, a reference to the PS3’s Blu-ray drive. But when market finally adapts to high-definition movies, the Xbox 360 has means to go with whichever way the market wants.
The PS3’s Blu-ray drive has been cited as one of the reasons for the system’s heavy price tag. The Xbox 360 is less expensive than the PS3, but could not play next-gen movies. Then again, Thompson says that the Xbox 360 has been developed to deliver HD gaming – not to drive really complicated engines to get Blu-ray players into the market.
Neil Thompson, UK Microsoft Xbox boss, refuses to acknowledge hints that the Playstation 3’s built-in Blu-ray drive gives the machine tactical advantage over the Xbox 360. Whilst the PS3 is a big, heavy truck requiring a big, heavy engine, the Xbox remains a much more nimble box that uses its architecture in a much more nimble way, according to him.
Possibly igniting fanboy spats everywhere, Thompson wonders of the PS3,
Do I want to make people pay £ 200 extra for a machine with discs that have storage space I don’t need? My answer’s no, I don’t need to do that today. And I don’t think I’m going to need to do that for quite a while.
Thompson says that the nimble Xbox 360 could adapt to anything that the PS3 has in its arsenal. He says that he’s not sure that the market has evolved to high definition movies yet, a reference to the PS3’s Blu-ray drive. But when market finally adapts to high-definition movies, the Xbox 360 has means to go with whichever way the market wants.
The PS3’s Blu-ray drive has been cited as one of the reasons for the system’s heavy price tag. The Xbox 360 is less expensive than the PS3, but could not play next-gen movies. Then again, Thompson says that the Xbox 360 has been developed to deliver HD gaming – not to drive really complicated engines to get Blu-ray players into the market.