Two things Microsoft could have done to Crush Sony in the console war...

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mrstickball said:

 

#1. If Microsoft chose to incorporate the failed HD-DVD drive into the 360, I really wonder what championing a failed drive would do. Without mass production of the drives by various 3rd parties, Microsoft & Co. would of had to bear the entire brunt of proper HD-DVD R&D and production. This could lead to higher costs for the 360 beyond what Microsoft already pays. Not only this, production of the said disks could also be a bit costlier due to the lack of producton outside of Microsoft's factories (could you imagine how difficult producing millions of HD-DVD disks in 1 or 2 factories for every 360 game would be?) I agree on the whole "oh, the 360 could of used a bigger storage medium than DVD-9", but HD-DVD, as well as BR-DVD was rather new when MS produced, and sold the 360. With the fail rates of the early 360s, one can only question how awful the HD-DVD drives would of been (and how expensive, too).

 

 No way on earth would HD DVD have been a failed drive if it was built into 360.  360 sales would have been lower (probably much much much lower) than they are now but there would have been more HD DVD players than Blu Ray players.  The studios that were Blu Ray exclusive that caused HD DVD to fail would have also released on HD DVD and some would have even been HD DVD exclusive.  The only studios that would have been Blu Ray exclusive would have been those owned by Blu Ray.