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"To put it bluntly, Microsoft wants both Blu-ray and HD-DVD to fail..." [gamesindustry.biz]
Posted by 4season on June 29, 2007 at 15:55:13:
In Microsoft's worldview, there's no space for a next-gen DVD format. Instead, the firm wants the transition to high definition to occur alongside a transition to digital distribution - and even while making a HD-DVD drive available, the firm has been pushing Xbox 360 consumers towards a clearly preferred model where they pay to download video content to their console's hard drive.