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Microsoft To Drop HD DVD

Posted by kdawson on from the quelle-surprise dept.

HockeyPuck writes to let us know that Microsoft has decided to stop making HD DVD players for the Xbox 360. No word on supporting Blu-ray on the platform though. "Microsoft said Saturday it would continue to provide standard warranty support for its HD DVD players. Toshiba President Atsutoshi Nishida last week estimated about 300,000 people own the Microsoft video player, sold as a separate $130 add-on for the Xbox 360."

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  1. don't buy into formats backed by microsoft by hxnwix · · Score: -1, Troll

    any questions?

  2. Re:Poop by The+Ultimate+Fartkno · · Score: -1, Troll

    Considering it's Sony and Blu-Ray that won, I think at least one person should have the stones to mod the parent +1 insightful.

  3. Re:Now that that's over by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    And it will be a total pile of fucking shite.

  4. My wii is a winner by Crazy+Taco · · Score: 0, Troll

    Props to Sony. Whatever their other evils, they clearly kept their eye on the ball.

    Lol... they didn't keep their eye on the ball. They missed the entire Nintendo blue ocean revolution. Going with the baseball analogy, it's like they missed the Roger Clemens fastball, but were able to hit granny's consolation toss at the end of the game. My Wii beats both consoles in sales and overall fun, and it did it without having a next gen player.

    The appropriate response to Microsoft and Sony is not good job or tsk tsk depending on which player they picked. The response for both should be, "Good try guys, but you both sucked it up. Better luck next time around."

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