Redmond (WA) - Microsoft has issued a statement saying it has not made a decision on whether or not to continue to support HD DVD on the Xbox 360.

"We will wait until we hear from Toshiba before announcing any specific plans around the Xbox 360 HD DVD player," said Microsoft.  Microsoft offers the HD DVD add-on for around $130.

Additionally, Microsoft is behind the HDi technology, which powers the advanced features on HD DVD.  However, the format is all but dead with major announcements from retailers and movie studios that they will be abandoning HD DVD, including pioneers of the format Toshiba and Universal.

Earlier this week, Microsoft also announced that it did not believe the fall of HD DVD would negatively impact the Xbox 360 as a whole.  "We do not believe the recent reports about HD DVD will have any material impact on the Xbox 360 platform or our position in the marketplace," said the software giant on Monday.

Better focus

Feb 21, 2008 15:40     

Perhaps Microsoft can now devote more resources towards developing a version of the XBOX 360 that does not have a 16% failure rate. Its a brilliantly loud console that provides an awesome gaming experience, provided you turn up the sound loud enough and don't mind sending it in for repair on a routine basis.
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add-on

Feb 22, 2008 09:20     

micorsoft had been selling xbox and 360 like a computer, everything is a addon... harddrive, wireless, keyboard,HD DVD player... your are duped to buy it just like a low price computer but once you want more out of it, you upgrade the hack and end up paying more.
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