The latest post-DVD-war rumor is that Microsoft is set to “dump HD DVD and bring out a Blu ray Xbox 360 by as early as May 2008”, according to smarthouse. The authors say that they have learned this from insiders at Microsoft. The article ends with “Both Intel and Microsoft have been supporters of the HD DVD format that is set to be killed off this week.”
First of all, Intel was supporting both formats. Secondly, Microsoft is a software company so they couldn’t really care less about which format wins. Finally, they were smart enough not to use HD-DVD in the Xbox 360 – a console that will live on for many, many years to come. So, all in all, HD-DVD is a non-issue for Microsoft.
Now, this would be news-worthy if the Blu-Ray drive was internal to the Xbox 360. However, in that case, don’t count on having many games come out in Blu-Ray format becausethe DVD installed based of the 360 is simply too large to ignore.
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