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Microsoft officially ditches HD-DVD

Posted on Sunday, 24 February 2008 by Speed, source: Gamerscoreblog
Over at Gamerscoreblog, Microsoft has issued an official statement to announce they're dropping support for HD-DVD and will no longer be making any HD-DVD add-ons for the Xbox360

As a result of recent decisions made by Toshiba, Hollywood studios, and retailers, Microsoft plans to withdraw from HD DVD. Xbox will no longer manufacture new HD DVD players for the Xbox 360, but we will continue to provide standard product and warranty support for all Xbox 360 HD DVD Players in the market. As we stated earlier, we do not believe this decision will have any material impact on the Xbox 360 platform or our position in the marketplace. 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.
Honestly I would have been surprised if Microsoft were to continue production of the HD-DVD add-on for the Xbox360 seeing that even Toshiba has stopped making players...
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3 Comment(s)

Majithise

Majithise

Now the question is, will they make a Blu-Ray add-on?
Now the question is, will they make a Blu-Ray add-on?
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Posted on 22:37, February 24th 2008
Speed

Speed

I doubt it. They didn't sell the HD-DVD add-on that much so I don't think they'll spend money on making a blu-ray add-on
I doubt it. They didn't sell the HD-DVD add-on that much so I don't think they'll spend money on making a blu-ray add-on
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Posted on 23:25, February 24th 2008
StormGuy85

StormGuy85

What's the point? DVDs read faster and you can always put a game on multiple discs. Honestly, I think the whole thing is rather silly.
What's the point? DVDs read faster and you can always put a game on multiple discs. Honestly, I think the whole thing is rather silly.
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Posted on 08:36, February 25th 2008
 

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