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Xbox to stop making HD DVD add-on | |
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Microsoft has decided to stop making the HD DVD add-on for its Xbox 360 games console after Toshiba abandoned the high definition DVD format. | Microsoft has decided to stop making the HD DVD add-on for its Xbox 360 games console after Toshiba abandoned the high definition DVD format. |
Toshiba estimated last week that about 300,000 of the add-ons had been sold. | Toshiba estimated last week that about 300,000 of the add-ons had been sold. |
Microsoft was one of the key backers for the HD DVD format, competing with Blu-ray, which was the format available in Sony's rival PlayStation 3 console. | |
Microsoft said it would continue to provide warranty support for the $130 (£115 in the UK) HD DVD add-on. | Microsoft said it would continue to provide warranty support for the $130 (£115 in the UK) HD DVD add-on. |
Last week, Toshiba said it would stop production of HD DVD players and recorders after major film studios decided to back Sony's Blu-ray format instead. | Last week, Toshiba said it would stop production of HD DVD players and recorders after major film studios decided to back Sony's Blu-ray format instead. |
Toshiba said the tipping point came last month when Warner Brothers decided to release its movies only in Blu-ray. | |
The Xbox add-ons sold represented 30% of the one million HD DVD devices that were sold worldwide. | |
That compares unfavourably with the 10.5 million PS3s sold by Sony, which come with a built-in Blu-ray drive. |
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