HD DVD Statement from Microsoft

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Microsoft’s PR team sent out this statement regarding the recent developments in the HD DVD camp and rumors that there will be a Xbox 360 Blu-ray add-on drive in the future:

“We do not believe the recent reports about HD DVD will have any material impact on the Xbox 360 platform or our position in the marketplace. As we’ve long stated, we believe it is games that sell consoles and Xbox 360 continues to have the largest next-gen games library with the most exclusives and best selling games in the industry. We will wait until we hear from Toshiba before announcing any specific plans around the Xbox 360 HD DVD player. HD DVD is one of the several ways we offer a high definition experience to consumers and we will continue to give consumers the choice to enjoy digital distribution of high definition movies and TV shows directly to their living room along with playback of the DVD movies they already own.”
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But exactly how many more HD DVD-ROM drives can Microsoft expect to sell when it's becoming more clear by the month that HD DVD's figurative goose is cooked? Pulling a Sega 32X might help in clearing out the existing inventory to a point, but still...

I think it may be only a matter of time before Microsoft announced a Blu Ray drive for the 360 if there is enough demand for it...
 
Kendrak said:
That is exactly what they said, between the lines that is :p
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I agree, but the wording almost indicates that they don't really care that much. Maybe they're happy with pushing 720p downloads?

Since any drive would be an add-on, they could make them cheaper than a stand alone player. An HD DVD/BR combo drive is around $250 @ retail and straight up BR reader around $150. Throw in the remote, pws and a firmware update for the 360 and $200 doesn't sound unreasonable.
 
Mr. Bluntman said:
But exactly how many more HD DVD-ROM drives can Microsoft expect to sell when it's becoming more clear by the month that HD DVD's figurative goose is cooked? Pulling a Sega 32X might help in clearing out the existing inventory to a point, but still...

I think it may be only a matter of time before Microsoft announced a Blu Ray drive for the 360 if there is enough demand for it...
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MS could always partner with Toshiba and make HD-DVD a proprietary xbox360 format for distribution of huge games and the like.............. have their own format, like SEGA with the GD-ROM.............. of course this would piss off existing xbox360 owners without HD-DVD drives............. and look where SEGA is now as far as gaming hardware goes............... MS must be taking the "this isn't happening" stance..........
 
Mr. Bluntman said:
But exactly how many more HD DVD-ROM drives can Microsoft expect to sell when it's becoming more clear by the month that HD DVD's figurative goose is cooked? Pulling a Sega 32X might help in clearing out the existing inventory to a point, but still...

I think it may be only a matter of time before Microsoft announced a Blu Ray drive for the 360 if there is enough demand for it...
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They don't care. The drive is a check-box on a list of features.

Ultimately buying content on shiny discs is pretty much doomed.
 
If it was games that sell a console than how is it MS was outsold by PS3 last calendar year with the PS3 supposedly having the worse library?
 
if Microsoft doesn't make a Blu-Ray add-on for the X360 soon ...then I'll be picking up a PS3 and maybe even sell all my X360 stuff and just go exclusively with the PS3 then... :(
 
ThreeDee said:
if Microsoft doesn't make a Blu-Ray add-on for the X360 soon ...then I'll be picking up a PS3 and maybe even sell all my X360 stuff and just go exclusively with the PS3 then... :(
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You don't need to sell your 360, just play it until you get the RROD and buy a PS3 then as a replacement :D
 
deeznuts said:
If it was games that sell a console than how is it MS was outsold by PS3 last calendar year with the PS3 supposedly having the worse library?
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HUH???

I would like to see an add on BR 360 drive to hopefully provide a more cost effective alternative.. The prices for BR players are still just ludicrous..
 
M$ should choose Blu-Ray right from the beginning because M$ and colours fit together well(blue screen of death and red ring of death) :p
 
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