Like how most are saying in this thread. Its not bad if most that don't own a 360. But if Microsoft allows developers to use the HD-DVD Player for games, then its a whole different story. I would lose mad respect for them. But if not, well everything is good with Microsoft.

I doubt they would.

Plus no dev is dumb enough to limit their user base like that.

Interesting but one major roadblock I see with regard to using HD DVD for XBox360 games, is that the HD DVD drives which have been sold so far are only half the speed of the PS3's Blu-Ray drive.

Also developers would probably still have to worry about breaking up their games to span on multiple regular DVDs, so that defeats many of the benefits provided by the larger storage media. Developers are still likely to make sacrifices.

If they ever release a HD-DVD enabled 360, I'm predicting that it will be a monumental flop:

1)The 'average joe' consumer couldn't care less about high definition movies, and will have no interest in a higher priced 360.

2)The home theater buff consumer will shun it because of the lack of "next-gen" (Dolby Digital True-HD, DTS-HD, DTS-MA, multichannel PCM) capability on the 360's part, as well as the fact that the stand-alone hd-dvd players will probably be cheaper.

I suppose it would also depend on exactly how much more it would cost - if it was, say, $30-40 or so more, it might work...but if they choose to add close to the price of the add-on to the console, it won't work. 

They didnt say it was a 360. What if it is a new machine an announcement in 09 could mean release in 11?