Would Microsoft have crushed Sony if the Xbox 360 had had HD DVD built in?

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Onyxmeth said:

starcraft said:

MontanaHatchet said:
Perhaps, except HD movie sales were and still are far too low to convert studios to the cause. The majority of the movie studios supported Blu-ray during the format war, so the PS3 would have still had the advantage of having the format destined to win. If the 360 had an HD-DVD player, it could have been a disadvantage.

But Blu-Ray only became relevant after the PS3's launch.  If there were already 3 or 4 million HD DVD players out there for a year or so, on top of MS and Toshiba forking out millions for exclusivity, do you really believe studios would have stuck with Blu-Ray?

 

I don't think a $600 price tag would have worked out too well for the 360. Sony luckily had a brand name they could run through the mud to catch on with Blu Ray. Microsoft didn't have that luxury coming off the Xbox.

 

 

 yeah that's pretty much my feeling.

 

I like the thought you put into the thread though.  Good job.