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Microsoft reversing course on HD-DVD ? Blu-ray on Xbox 360 ‘possible’

January 12th, 2006

As we discussed the HD-DVD add-on the other day, we had no idea that Blu-Ray was even a posibility.
But Peter Moore, Microsoft’s dean of all things Xbox, made some shocking statements to a Japaneese site called ITmedia. Moore was quoted as saying that Microsoft would offer their external DVD player in Blu-Ray format if somehow the standard war settled on Blu-Ray.

Microsoft reps were quick to go in to damage control saying:

“Microsoft firmly stands behind the HD-DVD format as the best choice for our consumers, the question of whether the Xbox 360 has the flexibility to adapt to consumers’ needs is a different issue entirely.”

The statment also mentioned that the Xbox 360 is:

“a future-proofed system–one that allows us to add features as consumers demand them.”

This next gen DVD format war will be interesting to watch - that’s for sure !

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