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Xbox 360 to have HD-DVD, Eventually

Posted by timothy on from the 360-view-of-nothing-yet dept.

thebaboon writes "Bill Gates announced that the Xbox 360 will have an HD-DVD drive, just not for launch. From the article: "According to the statements made by Bill Gates in Japan, Xbox 360, the new gaming console, will include HD-DVD drives. Considering that such a decision would postpone the launching date, Microsoft will equip the initial models with classic DVD drives, and only after the new HD-DVD are ready, the Xbox will incorporate them."

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  1. YAY! by Evilhomer2300 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yay! I just paid out my rear end for this new 360, and now, a BETTER ONE is released later on. I'll just buy a new one, cause I have so much money. It's sorta like the plus pack for Windows XP, only this upgrade is worth more then half a soggy cookie.

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  2. Regarding Early adoption of new console.... by hine_uk · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...Foot, Gun, Shoot!

  3. Re:HD-DVD "Games" are the problem by Stonent1 · · Score: 4, Funny

    And BTW, nobody would accept a Dual-Sided DVD. Do you know how annoying it would be to be told every few minutes to flip your disk over? Someone's never owned an Apple II...

  4. Re:Not very smart by TeknoHog · · Score: 2, Funny
    No modern game requires more than the 8GB of space that a dual-layer DVD can provide. Few console games even need more than the 1.5GB provided by Gamecube's discs.

    Yeah, and 640KB ought to be enough for everyone.

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