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No HD-DVD For 360 In The Near Future

Posted by Zonk on from the bigger-media-means-more-room-for-sequels dept.

While IGN originally reported that the 360 would see a HD-DVD update in 2006, they quickly released a response from Microsoft saying that as of the moment there are no plans for such an update. From the article: "Microsoft, in both America and Japan, has not announced anything regarding the possibility of a next generation DVD drive being placed in the Xbox 360 ... There are currently no plans to release an Xbox 360 equipped with a next generation DVD player."

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  1. Re:Well, duh... by corcoranp · · Score: 2, Informative

    I agree. Another example of Microsoft's "clever" marketing. What's interesting though is that Gates made a comments back in July saying they were looking at incorporating HD DVD. teamXbox has a story on it here

    The PS3 will support HD-DVD out of the box so Microsoft will have to support it at some point next year just to keep up with the PS3.

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    Peter Corcoran
  2. Re:No suprise by eht · · Score: 2, Informative

    Only a single 9GB dual layered DVD? Try four

    http://www.joystiq.com/entry/1234000903070963/

    "According to Game Informer, nearly every developer they talked to at X05 expressed difficulties fitting their launch titles onto a single disc."