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Jason Andrews on 24 April 2009

I did wish the Xbox360 came with the HD-DVD player built in so that at that time in the gaming world - we didn't or wouldnt have had to pay extra to see HD-DVD Movies and developers had more disc space for extra content.

I believe if the Xbox360 had of had the HD-DVD player built in then HD Movies wouldn't have died off on that format. There are now 30 million Xbox360's in the world! so things could have been very different... since Blu Ray won the format war for HD, then when Microsoft scrapped the HD-DVD add on player then YES I wish a Blu Ray player came out because saves me having to rig the PS3 up to watch a movie.



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Bladeforce on 24 April 2009

Blu Ray's only selling point is getting a decent storage backup size on a blank disc. For games & movies it's a complete waste of time and space. I havent burnt a disc for months now as I'm sure a hell of a lot of people here havent too. Hard Disc media Ughh



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ZenfoldorVGI on 24 April 2009

If it was the same price, hell yeah. I'll take anything for free.



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It feeds the rich while it buries the poor.
You're power hungry, spinnin' stories, and bein' graphics whores.
I don't need your console war.

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Wyku on 24 April 2009

Just like I don't care that my Wii can't play DVD's, I don't care that my 360 can't play Blu-Ray's (or that it plays DVD's). I use my DVD player to play DVD's since it's nice and quiet compared to the 360, and the Wii for that matter.

I do agree that having the XBOX use HD-DVD's as standard would have prolonged, and quite possible changed, the outcome of the high-def medium "war". This probably would have required all launch versions to have an HDMI port, though which of course also didn't happen. This would have also effected price, but not to the effect of adding a blu-ray player.



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Hephaestos on 24 April 2009

Nope I don't care about BR...

and i'd add, if 360 and PS3 were the same price, I would have gone PS3. (though I got my 360 for the equivalent of €60 so....)



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