^The Xbox 360 has already launched and there is no HD-DVD drive inside.
I personally think people are overstating this format "war". At the moment Sony has all the movie studios backing Blu-Ray, along with all of the PC distributers. HD-DVD doesnt have a fraction of the same support. At this rate HD-DVD could easily fizzle out from lack of support before either format ends up on shelves.
@Comment# 18: Of course thats the genius behind it. Think of the situation we had back in 2000, most DVD players costed from $400-$600 and thus most of PS2's early success was built on being a cheap dvd player. The effect this time around can only be even more effective considering the larger price gap.
Now we should all know why this first BD player(I should say first american) costs $1000, because of the early adopters. The first people to get a hot new product will always pay the most. As a BD drive only costs $100 to make.
Samsung's BD-P1000: first U.S. Blu-Ray player
Jan 5th 2006 1:02AM (Engadget)I personally think people are overstating this format "war". At the moment Sony has all the movie studios backing Blu-Ray, along with all of the PC distributers. HD-DVD doesnt have a fraction of the same support. At this rate HD-DVD could easily fizzle out from lack of support before either format ends up on shelves.
Samsung's BD-P1000: first U.S. Blu-Ray player
Jan 4th 2006 9:35PM (Engadget)Now we should all know why this first BD player(I should say first american) costs $1000, because of the early adopters. The first people to get a hot new product will always pay the most. As a BD drive only costs $100 to make.
Xbox 360 inches closer to piracy with bootable, modifiable kiosk DVD
Jan 2nd 2006 7:09AM (Joystiq)