We don’t even have to wait until tomorrow to find out that the Xbox 360 isn’t getting Blu-ray.  Why?  Because Robbie Bach was asked if Microsoft had plans for Blu-ray to appear in the next generation Xbox (Via Engadget) and answered “No. There is nothing to even talk about right now with regard to the next generation. That is so far out that there isn't anything to talk about.”  Now I’m sure some of you will tell me that he didn’t deny Xbox 360 with Blu-ray and instead just talked about the next generation, but trust me Blu-ray is not coming to the Xbox 360 tomorrow or anytime soon.  He also touches on Xbox 360 lasting longer than the previous Xbox as I also talked about today.

Robbie also went on record again saying the ZunePhone (eg. first party hardware) isn’t happening, but does suggest that a Phone+Zune software might be on the way as I suggested a few months ago.  I can actually say it will be happening and that I know Microsoft is currently trying to get OEMs on board.  The Zune software (or a variation of it) will appear on several different OEMs handsets.  Not sure if it will just be Windows Mobile, but I’d love to see them open it up to other platforms.

Lastly on the mobile side, Bach said “We don't make phones ourselves. We don't have any plans to make phones ourselves” which I thought was interesting considering Microsoft now owns Danger.  Danger isn’t a hardware company per-say, but I guess it can shine a bit of light on what Microsoft isn’t planning to do with their new acquisition.