Chazz said:
"Do you feel that the DVD format is holding the Xbox 360 back in terms of its lifespan?"..
That's the question he was asked. And the answer pertains to that. The xbox 360 was low(whereas PS3 was high). DLC has taken off greatly, and now all consoles offer streaming.
Even sony is VERY interested in delivering games via download only. Blu ray, is not needed for the 360 continued success and he listed the reasons. They don't see a reason for Blu ray( ya, as a format...for the 360. Read the name of the website conducting this interview.). I completely disagree, as I stated in that very link. Video games need formats like Blu Ray, but I'm not gonna badger Microsoft for having a different PoV.
Ok, fair enough. I stand corrected. But I will tell you this, and its common knowledge:
Everybody knows Microsoft has always been against Blu-ray due to its fight in the console market with Sony. It's hard to adopt a format from the company that makes the competitor to the very product you're trying to add that format to.
You can't seriously believe Microsoft considers Blu-ray a "dying" format... for its console, do you?
Blu-ray is slowly becoming the standard, and that's a fact. It's much harder to make streaming media appeal to the mainstream because not everybody can watch a 1080p movie with their current connection. Blu-ray, as a hard format, is able to overcome this by using the Blu-ray players. No Internet, no lag.
Of course, both technologies have their pros and cons, but in a era where Blu-ray is being released for every movie, and where Blu-ray players are as inexpensive as they'll get, Blu-ray is definitely the best choice. MS knows this, but as I stated on my second paragraph, it's simply hard for them to do/admit.