Format War Over; Blu-ray Wins
Thats it, the format war is finally over. Coming as a hard hit to Toshiba and all of the HD DVD early adopters out there, Toshiba has announced that they are beginning processes to cease support for both HD DVD software and hardware. While this doesn’t really come as a surprise considering all of the support HD DVD was losing (Netflix, Blockbuster etc.) it is sad to see this short lived format go. Now what does this mean for us gamers, in particular, Xbox 360 owners? Well, the PS3 is going to be left untouched, obviously, but this announcement of HD DVD’s death could force Microsoft into releases a Blu-ray add-on (a la HD DVD add-on) or even releasing a console with a built in Blu-ray drive.
February 17th, 2008 at 12:23 pm
Where is the proof that the wars are over? I know Toshiba is hurting after the Wal Mart decision (that was the main factor) but I don’t see many places saying this as well yet.
February 19th, 2008 at 1:24 pm
not surprised
February 19th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
let me guess you bought an HDDVD player. u should’ve seen it coming from the start of this format war
February 19th, 2008 at 5:27 pm
good thing i own a ps3 and not a 360
February 20th, 2008 at 5:16 pm
@Eric
Have you been living under a rock?
February 20th, 2008 at 7:56 pm
@Eric
Wake up, man. Don’t make a fool of yourself.
February 21st, 2008 at 12:36 am
hey jeff yes i have lol, it’s a shame i like toshibas product alot more
February 25th, 2008 at 8:52 am
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