Talk:X-Box 360 (Groß-Deutschland)

Microsoft would not make HD-DVD a requirement in the 360 so late in the cycle. It would make the millions of systems sold without HD-DVD obsolete and require the purchase of an addon or additional console. Unless Microsoft provided a free add-on to everyone who purchased a system without the HD-DVD addon it would cause HUGE consumer backlash. This would be nearly impossible as it would be impossible to determine who bought one and had the add-on, and who bought one without, and would be an enormous loss for the company just giving out $200 accessories. Which is why they didn't do this OTT. The only way HD-DVD would have survived is if Microsoft adopted it as the standard format for the 360 before launch, but this would have made it the same price as the PS3, only without built-in wifi, a hard drive a 3rd the size, and no HDMI. This would have had a huge effect on 360 sales and the outcome of the 360 vs PS3 battle would have been much different. Its possible with the two competing at the same price, the PS3's brand recognition and extra features would have made it the console of choice, and with more 3rd party developer support Blu-Ray would have become dominant even earlier.--Oerwinde 19:27, December 30, 2009 (UTC)