Captain obvious alert!
Microsoft Corp. said it will stop making HD DVD players for its Xbox 360 video game system after Toshiba Corp. ceded the high-definition video format battle to Sony Corp.'s Blu-ray.
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.
"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," Blair Westlake, a corporate vice president of Microsoft's media and entertainment group, said in a written statement.
And here's me thinking that Toshiba discontinuing HD-DVD wouldn't affect the XBOX
Microsoft Corp. said it will stop making HD DVD players for its Xbox 360 video game system after Toshiba Corp. ceded the high-definition video format battle to Sony Corp.'s Blu-ray.
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.
"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," Blair Westlake, a corporate vice president of Microsoft's media and entertainment group, said in a written statement.
And here's me thinking that Toshiba discontinuing HD-DVD wouldn't affect the XBOX
And yes, I got the joke
Last edited by Raa on 25 Feb 2008 - 14:27
didn't you get the joke?
Can Sony withhold the license from MS to produce Blu-Ray players? Do you even need a license to produce Blu-Ray players? This could be a major coup for Sony.
(Disclaimer: I would like to see both the Xbox 360 and PS3 destroyed, in case you are wondering whose side I'm on. I'm on the PC gaming side. The Wii doesn't bother me, since it's doing its own thing.)
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You really didn't get the joke
Given that the HD-DVD drive isn't needed to play any game, it doesn't.
What was the drive's purpose other than to play HD-DVDs?
Given that the HD-DVD drive isn't needed to play any game, it doesn't.
What was the drive's purpose other than to play HD-DVDs?
Not to mention who do you think makes the actual drive inside that pretty white case?
TOSHIBA
Yay I’m a statistic.
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