Today you can get the HD DVD drive for Xbox 360 for $50.
Looks like people are trying to get these shelf warmers into a happy home.
Follow the link and order your own.
Hopefully it will not be long before ALL retailers drop to the cost of less than a game.
Reports from Microsoft have come in regarding the fate of the Xbox 360 HD DVD add on drive. And the reports are, Microsoft is officially out of the HD DVD business. According to Gamerscoreblog, which is Microsoft's official blog regarding the Xbox 360, Microsoft will no longer continue to manufacture the drive. Good, now maybe I will stop seeing it advertised even after Toshiba said they are out of the HD DVD business. Now bring on the Blu Ray add on!
Well, we can't say that we haven't seen it coming. Blu-ray has been stomping a mole hole into HD DVD's ass for a while now and in a huge way when 2008 started. Toshiba has finally thrown in the towel stating today that they are going to cease production of their HD DVD stand alone players and recorders by April. The company said, "Toshiba will begin to reduce shipments of HD DVD players and recorders to retail channels, aiming for cessation of these businesses by the end of March 2008. Toshiba also plans to end volume production of HD DVD disk drives for such applications as PCs and games in the same time frame, yet will continue to make efforts to meet customer requirements. The company will continue to assess the position of notebook PCs with integrated HD DVD drives within the overall PC business relative to future market demand." Microsoft says that they are waiting on the word from Toshiba on whether or not to cease production of the Xbox 360 HD DVD drive. So far, nothing has been said. I think it is almost safe to say that the format war has ended. Blu-ray has just about become victorious.
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Blu-ray has done it again, yet another retailer has gone blu-ray exclusive as a huge hit against Toshiba's HD DVD format; but none quite as big as this. Wal-Mart! That's right, the massive retail chain, Wal-Mart has stated that they will be blu-ray exclusive by June this year. It's only a matter of time before Toshiba throws in the towel now.
