Internal HD-DVD for Xbox360 ? Msft says no
Joystick has a post saying that:
IT Wire in Australia has spoken with Mark Whittard, general manager of Toshiba’s Information Systems Division in Australia, about the possibility of an internal HD-DVD drive making it into next generations of the Xbox 360 before the end of the year.
More speculation than reality at this point, but given all the cluter we have in our own living rooms, it makes perfect sense to move this HD-DVD USB add-on into the actual console itself.
Here is the quote from the Toshiba GM that has everyone excited:
“The Xbox [360] is coming out with an HD-DVD player towards the end of this year. … I would imagine that there are plans in place to put an HD-DVD drive internally in future revisions of the product. They’re not speaking about it publicly at the moment but I would expect them to do that and fairly soon.”
Could be a good PR move to have that ready before the PS3 ships.
7/7/06 Update: Microsoft is flat out denying this: Cesar Menendez of the Microsoft’s Global Games Marketing Team wrote in the team’s blog:
Saw a few stories online about an Xbox 360 with a built-in HD DVD drive: not true. We have no plans to release an Xbox 360 with an internal HD DVD. What we showcased at E3 was an external HD DVD drive, and we’re sticking with that.
1 comment July 3rd, 2006