Microsoft’s Aaron Greenberg antwoordde snel op de vraag “Gaat de Xbox 360 iets met Blu-Ray doen?”. Het antwoord was krachtig en overtuigend “Nee”, volgens Greenberg zou het namelijk goed kunnen dat de Blu-Ray de nieuwe UMD wordt.
- “We believe that we shouldn’t force people to pay for things they don’t want. We also believe that the future’s digital, and that’s why we’ve invested in a massive library of entertainment content, that’s why we’re bringing things like Netflix to members in the US, that’s why we’re growing our library in Europe, that’s why we’re adding all types of entertainment experiences around the world.
And Blu-ray: who knows? I’ll tell you one thing: if you look at retail sales and availability, there’s not a lot there, and what is there is at a premium. No one knows what Blu-ray will be. It’s pretty clear it’s not the next DVD, right? The days of one physical format being the standard I think are gone… We’re not sure if it’s the next UMD or DVD.
I went to Sony’s booth at TGS, and it used to be that their whole booth was Blu-ray. It just keeps shrinking down. Now it’s just this little corner and there’s no one there and it’s like, there’s a heart sign and it’s got ‘Blu-ray’ and some movies. It’s interesting.”
Aldus Aaron Greenberg in een recent interview met Major Nelson. Microsoft heeft inmiddels de HD-DVD speler laten vallen en heeft dus ook toegegeven niks met Blu-Ray te gaan doen. Wat wordt dan wel volgens hun statements wél de nieuwe DVD? Internet?