No Internal HD DVD Plans

Tony Hynes: "Rumors of a built-in HD DVD sku are greatly exaggerated. We're proudly launching the HD DVD Player as an accessory this holiday. Turns out you want a say in how you spend your entertainment dollars. So who are we to burden every customer with the cost of expensive movie technology?"

[Marriot VP]

Like I said...

[Anerythristic26]

It has one of those " was there ever any doubt " feels to it.

[BIadestarX]

I wonder if sony pays people to start some of these rumors.

[THAMMER1]

They just get this stuff going to promote what they love and that is SONY. I'm glad they will not use the HD DVD player for games that would split the user base.

[calderra]

Microsoft announced ages ago that even IF BluRay takes off, Microsoft would just release an external 360 player for that too. Who cares about the HD format wars at all at this rate?

See also: (Toshiba?) is already well on the way to having a hybrid DVD/HD-DVD/BluRay drive. There goes the exclusivity problems.

And also, a classic argument: If space is such a problem, how come freakkin' Oblivion fits on one 360 DVD with room to spare? Smart compression is the answer- not filling up a BluRay disc with gigs and gigs of worthless uncompressed movies and textures.

Microsoft and 360 are going to be just fine regardless of how the format war goes. If BluRay wins, they release another external. HD wins, they say they were first. If neither wins and DVD keeps on chugging, Microsoft released the cheaper base console and never wasted money on unproven technology, at least on the base console.

When you can't lose, you win.

[PS360WII]

I like that spin they used. How will you spend $600 on the 360 this season?

[NextGen24Gamer]

An xbox 360 premium and the HD Dvd Add on drive with 2 free HD Dvd Movies

[Donkey Slayer]

Sad to read some profiles who let the consoles just do that. Pathetic really.

Let the games dictate what consoles you play, not the other way around. Most gamers do indeed to that though, which is why the PS2 with the most games also has the largest installed userbase.

[Jay da 2KBalla]

Interesting how 360 will have the most games this gen.

[kmis87]

Thats not true, most games come from Japanese devs who will not be making many games for Microsoft. Overall, Sony or Nintendo will probably have the most games. As far as games released in America or Europe...well nobody really knows.

[EVER OLVERA]

Whether or not that fact is true most Japanesse developed games never make it beyond mediocre...

[Jay da 2KBalla]

BTW Oblivion has over 200 hours of gameplay and is only 4.2 gigs.

[kmis87]

But much of the gameplay is repetitive. Out of all the 90 or so Oblivion gates, there are only 5 different maps, and many of the cave maps are procedurally generated, saving disc space.

[Jakens]

It had to load every so offen. I'm glad there will be no internal HD drive for games. I however, would like a bigger hard drive.