Xbox 360: With or Without HD DVD? - Softpedia

Xbox 360: With or Without HD DVD? - Softpedia: "After the successful launch of its new gaming console, Xbox 360, Microsoft is in a dilemma. Better said, the company doesn't know if the Xbox 360 console will get in 2006 an HD DVD optical unit upgrade. If Xbox would have a HD DVD unit, users would watch movies directly form the console in the new format, but the software giant is said no to launch games on the HD DVD support.

Various Internet publications claim that Microsoft will not launch games on HD DVD discs, although its next operating system, Windows Vista, will support this format. Other sources state that the Microsoft Japan officials suggested that HD DVD will be present in the next generation of Xbox 360, but only for movie playback. Moreover, it seems that Microsoft went to a final stage of negotiations with Toshiba for a HD DVD compatible gaming console. This new console is expected in the second half of 2006, according to rumors."