Justin

i think u guys are all missing the point between the comparison between the the HD-DVD drive and the 32x...

the comparison is simply based on the fact that the 32x came out and bombed and the HD-DVD drive will come out and bomb becase HD-DVD is most likely going to lose the DVD format because its is inferior to BR.

Sure it my be around for a while but there is a real good chance, and im betting, that it will end up losing the format war.

therefore this add on drive will be obsolete and will have bombed just like the 32x became completely obsolete after like 10 games and bombed...the comparison is as simple as that...some of u people get way to deep into the meanin of this.

i also have another prediction for you people. MS expected the shelf life of the 360 to be what? 10 years at least?

I really really doubt games will be on DVD9 in half that time, 5 years. Look at oblivion all kinds of rumors that it wasnt going to be on one disc and they just confirmed they were able to "squeeze" it on to a single disc and it has no CG renderings that im aware of.

if a game like Oblivion is pushing the DVD9 single disc limit for a game then forget about it theres no way in 5 years games will still be coming out on DVD9 unless u want to buy games that come on 5 discs.

Sony has already future proofed there system with BR. Now MS is sayins the HD-DVD is strictly going to be for movies well guess what...incorrect. Wether HD-DVD loses the format war or they are able to hang with BR the drive is eventually going to be needed to play games. It's almost common sense.

I wouldnt be surprised, after a few 360 price drops, to see an XBox360.5 or XBox360HD or something like that come out that will bump the price back up to 399 but include the HD-DVD drive.

sorry this is so long but to sum it up regardless of wether HD-DVD wins or loses the format war this drive will be essential to play games at some point duing the life span of the 360