skip on 20 May 2008
the 360 was launched months before the first hddvd player was up for sale.
The Xbox 360 was released on November 22, 2005, in the United States and Canada
On March 31, 2006, Toshiba released their first consumer-based HD DVD player in Japan at ¥110,000 (US$934),[31] beating Blu-ray to the market by about three months.[32] HD DVD was released in United States on April 18, 2006,
