Next Xbox will use Blu-ray - report

Microsoft's next home console will use Blu-ray discs, catching up with Sony's PlayStation 3, according to Kotaku sources.

The Xbox 360 currently has a DVD drive - meaning a 9GB limit per disc, compared to Blu-ray's 50GB capacity.

The site's sources also claimed that Microsoft is planning on including technology in the new machine that will somehow combat used games, though didn't provide specifics on exactly how that will work.

You might like to take that one with a pinch of salt. Retailers would be up in arms if true, as might budget-minded gamers.

As per tradition, Microsoft declined to comment on rumour and speculation.

Kotaku's report also mentioned that the system will ship with a refined version of the Kinect peripheral - as reported by Eurogamer last November.

Earlier this week, a separate report emerged claiming that Microsoft's new console is being built around a Radeon HD 6670-like GPU and will be roughly six times more powerful than the Xbox 360.

Source: Eurogamer

If true, I'm wont be surprised about this.

Blu-ray was a given really, unsure on this Kinect 2 shite though

WTF is Kinect anyway?

i am still using my HD DVD player with my xbox

No surprise about Blu Ray - its a given for the next gen tbh.

Apparently Kinect 2 should will see huge improvements over the current version as it will have its own dedicated input and board controller - the original relies on USB and is hamstrung as a result as it has to share bandwidth etc across all the other slots even if they arent being used. As such the resolution is restricted.

The new one will work at a much more sophisticated level and allegedly will be able to lip read...

Still doesnt interest me though but I daresay, if we want the next M$ console it will be forced compliance as it will be bundled in

Finally they buckle to the power of bluray, this will see the Xbox go to the top of the charts as ps3 is only there due to its bluray abilities.
You can keep I have no interest in that.