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Sony in talks to burn Blu-ray on Xbox 360
By Darco | March 7, 2008
The Financial Times this week reported that Sony Corp. and Microsoft Corp. are in talks to offer a Blu-ray disc drive for the Xbox 360 video game console. Stan Glasgow, Sony Electronics U.S. president, told the publication that the two companies are discussing a possible adoption of Blu-ray technology for the Xbox 360 successor.
The option could vary between a Blu-ray drive built-in to an Xbox 360 console or an external peripheral.
Microsoft Corp. in Feb. said that will end the production of the Xbox 360 HD DVD Player following an announcement from Toshiba Corp. that it will exit the HD DVD business.
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