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Next Generation Xbox and Playstation Consoles Will Have Optical Drives

Posted by timothy on from the may-the-circle-be-unbroken-and-shiny dept.

First time accepted submitter dintech writes "The Wall Street Journal reports that while Sony considered online-only content distribution for its next-generation Playstation, the manufacturer has decided that the new console will include an optical drive after all. Microsoft is also planning to include an optical disk drive in the successor to its Xbox 360 console as the software company had concerns about access to Internet bandwidth."

3 of 206 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Reminds me of the old quote... by ninjackn · · Score: 5, Funny

    As a gamer I generally care more about latency than bandwidth.

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  2. Re:Offer a SKU that does not have an optical drive by localman57 · · Score: 4, Funny

    and how am i supposed to watch blu ray's without an optical drive?

    The same way you make toast, despite the fact that your PS3 doesn't have an integrated Toaster slot.

  3. Re:Offer a SKU that does not have an optical drive by marcosdumay · · Score: 5, Funny

    The last time I tried to watch a blu-ray disk the same way I make toast the disk didn't support it very well.

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