Originally Posted by
asiandoood
so the new elite doesnt come HD-DVD built in?...i thought that was the whole point?
No it doesn't which is why I don't get why their price is increasing. All they're doing is adding a 120gb hard drive + hdmi out and possibly a new chip. This doesn't warrant such an increase in the pricing IMO. 100 Dollars over the current premium for HDMI out + 120GB hard drive blah.
Originally Posted by
e3NiNe
Oh absolutely. The Xbox360 is turning into a modern day Sega Genesis with all the major hardware upgrades.
Because of the installation base of close to 11M consoles that don't have the HD-DVD standard, MS can't just start putting games on that format.
Release a Halo3 HD-DVD version, and you'll ignite riots.
They were trying to be competitive with the price because we all know if HD-DVD was standard then their price would be the same as the PS3. Problem is now HD-DVD is not winning the format war which they could have been if the 360 had it from the beginning. Since they aren't winning the format war I wouldn't expect anyone to be purchasing any HD-DVD's and them phasing it out like they did BETA.