If HD-DVD had been properly supported by the 360 (i.e through an internal drive), maybe the format war would still be on. After all, the PS3 has to take a lot of the credit for the success of blue ray. Its sold 10.5 million units, so thats 10.5 million players already in people's homes. It seems MS were only thinking about their production costs, and obviously weren't concerned about the next gen optical media format war. I guess you could say fair enough, as the 360 is a games machine primarily (and a great one). Still, its a coup for Sony. The PS3 now has the next gen optical drive of choice, and the 360 is stuck with a last gen drive.
I think it would have made an impact but not sure how significant though. If MS had done so, that's almost 18 million more HD DVD players in people's homes. I would have preferred it too but I bought a 360 regardless because I had more issues with my PS2 than I did my Xbox. Even more than I have had with my Xbox 360! I'll probably get a PS3 though because I'm a gamer and not a fanboy. LOL. :)
Microsoft would have never integrated the HD-DVD drive. Looking at the parts in the Xbox 360 anyone with common sense can easily conclude that Microsoft used the cheapest approach to releasing their console, thus the problems (3ROD).
Putting in an HD-DVD drive would have easily added $150 to the cost of the Xbox on release in November 2005.
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