The HD format war is an icky mess of ickiness, with numerous companies taking sides, making money, losing money and acting like hormonal teenagers in high school. It's bad. And Microsoft has always been a backer of HD DVD for its own business reasons, but what if the format were to fail?That question was posed to the big M recently when they were asked if they would release a Blu-ray peripheral for the 360 (similar to the already released HD DVD player) if Blu-ray were to win the HD format war. Microsoft's answer, sure, why not. Group manager for Xbox hardware Albert Penello said that the HD format "should be consumer choice; and if that's the way they vote [Blu-ray], that's something we'll have to consider". That's a very open minded stance by Microsoft on the issue, but why are they so flexible? Well, because they don't see the HD format war affecting their gaming rivalry with the PS3 and Wii, so if Blu-ray were to win, they'd consider supporting it. And it wouldn't be like they'd have a choice, one company can't save a media format. Just don't bank on a 360 Blu-ray player anytime soon.
[Thanks, NukeAssault]
