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So Toshiba and HD-DVD ‘Lost’ the High-Def disk format war. Toshiba bowed out last week and said that they would no longer be building for the format. What did this mean for gamers? Well firstly it ment that the PS3 wouldn’t be as useless as everyone thought, and second that Xbox360 owners who brought a HD-DVD add on, suddenly had a very expensive paperweight.

But all is not lost as on Thursday Microsoft spoke out on the subject at the ‘Mix08 Internet conference’:

“We’ve already been working on, for example, in Windows, device driver support for Blu-ray drives and the like, and I think the world moves on,” Ballmer said. “Toshiba has moved on. We’ve moved on, and we’ll support Blu-ray in ways that make sense.”

So things look promising for those Xbox360 High-Def Junkies, although no direct mention of A Xbox360 Blu-ray addon and no announcement yet. I’d say it’s a safe bet it’s going to happen.

Hey on the bright side, HD-DVDs are now really cheap…

Paris

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