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Rumor: Xbox 360 will have internal HD-DVD drive by late 2008?

Posted Oct 19, 2007 at 6:17AM EST by QJ Staff

Listed in: Xbox 360 Tags: Australia, Microsoft, Singapore, Sony, Toshiba

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Rumors often reflect the demand of the market so it's not surprising that this one has resurfaced: Microsoft, according to unnamed insiders, plans to release a new Xbox 360 model with an internal HD DVD drive. An intriguing notion but still only rumor for now so don't get your hopes up just yet.

According to Smarthouse's source, an unnamed senior Toshiba executive in Singapore says that:

An Xbox with a built in HD DVD drive is critical. They and we are working on it. It also has to be more than a gaming machine. Microsoft recognizes this. A version of the device may also be sold under the Toshiba brand name.

The idea seems to be given strength by a comment from Scott Browning, Marketing Director of JB HiFi, Australia's second largest consumer electronics retailer:

The device is ... essential for the HD DVD camp. We are told that one is coming. The PS3 has been extremely successful for Sony in getting Blu-ray off the ground and for Microsoft, the omission of a built in HD DVD player is set to hurt sales going forward as consumers are aware that the PS3 comes with a Blu-ray player.

It doesn't stop with just the internal HD DVD drive: Smarthouse also says that Microsoft may also include an HD TV tuner, EPG capability and a docking port for an MP3 player. Smarthouse suggests that Microsoft is vying to compete with the PlayStation 3's strengths as a media hub (and, consequently, the Blu-ray format).

The new Xbox 360, if it is indeed in the works, is expected to appear in the market by late 2008 or at the 2009 CES show in Las Vegas. We can expect more news (or more rumors) to surface in the following months. Microsoft recently announced that there's no new HD DVD drive in the works, but they never mentioned anything about an internal one so it's not out of the question.

Via Smarthouse

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The problem I see with this is twofold.

1. They still cant release games in HD-DVD format since older xbox's cant play them (or they'll have to release 2 versions of everything

2. I'm not saying the war will be over by then...but I am just saying that this addition may not matter as much by then.

Kudos if they make the improvements, i just dont see it mattering much. My 2 cents.

# LOL wow — Stealth! 2007-10-19 10:06

MS must be desperate. The war will end way b4 this comes true or not. But i think its too little too late, they should have done this from the start.

Well like jrm125 stated b4 its not going to matter by then.

# A Little late — el_perron2 2007-10-19 11:21

Microsoft is a little late to do that,

# ... — Jobo50 2007-10-19 12:12

it's a frickin rumour, and it's also a rumour that just ain't gonna happen.

# They better improve HDDVD playback first — Oracle 2007-10-19 13:42

If they do they better improve HDDVD playback on the 360 first, it's by far the worst HDDVD player out there at the moment.

# MS has gone back on their words before — Oracle 2007-10-19 14:36

Remember when they said there was no need for HDMI?

# ... — DVSDevise 2007-10-19 15:53

I wouldn't be surprise if this is the next generation xbox that will be launching in 2010. Microsoft have already said they are working on it.

If it is for this generation. Big deal, I don't want a HD movie format. If I did I would buy the add-on or a nice slick standalone player.

Personally I have no problem with hardware changes as long as they don't affect anything related to how you play the existing games. I hope MS bring out a slimline 360 like Sony did with the PS2. That would be kinda cool.

# :P — C0ns0Lo 2007-10-22 07:02

'It's got nothing to do with us. But we know Microsoft doesn't want to include the HD DVD drive so as not to limit the user's experience.'

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