Leaving Michael Bay out of it I think its been very clear for a long time that MS wanted BR to fail and weren't that enthusiastic about HD DVD either.

MS made it clear they were investing in downloads/streaming for content, and are firmly behind DVD for the moment as a low cost medium for physical games content.

Old news.. they talked about MS wanting both formats to fail well before the HD-DvD player attachment came outfor the 360.

Bill and many others has been pushing Downloadable Content for years.

He wants, instead of going to the movies, you pay like $39.99-$49.99 for the movie to come to your living room the day the movie hits theaters..

I think that's a great idea.

I pay $35-$45 at the movies for the family as is.

This way I don't sit in a movie theater next to some ass coughing up a storm because they have the Flu, and to ignorant to stay home and wait to they feel better to sit in a crowded movie theater.

Let me explain how badly MS sabotaged the PS3 by backing HD-DVD.....

HD-DVD/Blu-ray war finaly ended January of '08. The war was still raging Christams '07 though, keeping PS3 sales under control in the US because people didn't know if blu-ray was going to win. The PS3 blu-ray victorious sales bump was in January/February and NOT the much bigger Christmas season.

Christmas '08, the first holiday season that Blu-ray was victorious. Also the first year that stand alone blu-ray players were substantialy cheaper then a PS3. PS3 sales fall, in part due to competition with cheaper blu-ray players.

MS held off blu-ray long enough for the players to get cheap, thus blunting the advantage of the PS3 playing blu-rays.