Rumor: Blu-ray Xbox 360 This Year

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http://blog.wired.com/games/2008/05/rumor-blu-ray-x.html

Rumor: Blu-ray Xbox 360 This Year
By Chris Kohler EmailMay 02, 2008 | 12:55:25 PM

Bluray_logo755087Take this with several grains of Lawry's Seasoned Salt, but the latest rumor going around is that Microsoft will have a Blu-ray version of the Xbox 360 ready to go for this Christmas.

Kotaku reports from a Taiwanese tech news site that a manufacturer in the country has already taken orders from Microsoft for a version of the console with a Blu-ray drive inside.

Since the general wisdom seems to be that the Blu-ray drive in the PlayStation 3 is driving sales of Sony's console this year, this move would at least make sense.

By way of verifying these claims, I looked at the Chinese original and note that it does say "blue light Xbox," but of course for all I know, it just means that they'll be on sale in Sunday's K-Mart circular.

Okay, so: Let's assume this happens, and they announce it at E3. Good idea? Bad idea? Why? Show your work.

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I'll buy one then. If not, PS3, baby!