That eminently creditable source, “insiders at Microsoft,” has suggested that the fan-favorite Redmond company is working on a Blu-Ray flavor of the 360. Sony says they’d love to “welcome Microsoft to the Blu-Ray stable,” which has uncomfortable connotations and implies a pimp-like status for Sony. Well, maybe they have the right after Toshiba did its thing the other day. We’ll be on the lookout for further news on this strangely friendly rumor.
Blu-ray Xbox 360 Planned By Microsoft [Smarthouse]
Don’t believe the rumor. David Richards, the article’s author, is a noted plagiarist. see: http://tinyurl.com/yvwv3p
I looked it up myself because i don’t trust random tinyurls, but it looks like you’re right. However, if it’s copied copy, I’ll correct the link myself later to point to the actual source. Unless the quotes are fabricated (a pretty likely possibility) I’ll leave it as is. Thanks for the heads up, though.
Readers, google “david richards plagiarism” if you’re curious.
Not just a plagiarist but it seems like he makes up quotes and news to get a “scoop” over legitimate journalists and news sites. It doesn’t matter whether it’s true. He can always delete the articles later (or edit them) if the facts don’t suppotr his made up news.
All of the Smart House and Smart Office sites (Australia) are full of crap – they’re all owned by David Richards, who is not only the publisher, but the editor and lead journalist as well. Tell me that’s not a conflict of interests.
You do your readers a disservice by referring to this person and his sites as a news-worthy source of information.
You know, at this point I’m starting to wonder what the differences are between the XBox 360 and a really powerful gaming PC. I always thought one of the main arguments in favor of console gaming is a standardized platform; one which doesn’t add or remove features on a quarterly basis. Its one thing to add a blu-ray drive as an add-on, but to integrate it with the console? Seems a little silly to do that, and then turn around and tell developers they can’t use the format to make games for.