Comments on: Microsoft Never Loved HD DVD Like Sony Loved Blu http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/02/microsoft_never_loved_hd_dvd_like_sony_loved_blu-2/ the Gadget Guide | Technology and consumer electronics news and reviews Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:35:38 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Ben Anderson http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/02/microsoft_never_loved_hd_dvd_like_sony_loved_blu-2/comment-page-1/#comment-4511 Ben Anderson Tue, 19 Feb 2008 07:40:21 +0000 http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/02/microsoft_never_loved_hd_dvd_like_sony_loved_blu-2.html#comment-4511 <p>Yes, but if you add the price of the HD-DVD add-on to the price of the 360 console, the PS3 has always come out as being the more expensive console overall. Unless you got a really bad deal from somewhere.<br /> </p> Yes, but if you add the price of the HD-DVD add-on to the price of the 360 console, the PS3 has always come out as being the more expensive console overall. Unless you got a really bad deal from somewhere.

]]> By: Macri http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/02/microsoft_never_loved_hd_dvd_like_sony_loved_blu-2/comment-page-1/#comment-4510 Macri Mon, 18 Feb 2008 21:18:36 +0000 http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/02/microsoft_never_loved_hd_dvd_like_sony_loved_blu-2.html#comment-4510 <p>Sorry MS, but you had this coming. Who ever came up with the bright spark idea of "hey lets undersell PlayStation 3, but instead of giving people a HD player, lets make them fork out $250AUD (At the time) on top of the console price"</p> <p>In business, numbers speak. Had MS included the HD players, they would have had that to bring to the table "we can show that we have sold X number of Xbox 360's worldwide, each having a HD player". Instead, we sold little over 3000 HD players in Australia alone. Its a damn shame....</p> Sorry MS, but you had this coming. Who ever came up with the bright spark idea of “hey lets undersell PlayStation 3, but instead of giving people a HD player, lets make them fork out $250AUD (At the time) on top of the console price”

In business, numbers speak. Had MS included the HD players, they would have had that to bring to the table “we can show that we have sold X number of Xbox 360’s worldwide, each having a HD player”. Instead, we sold little over 3000 HD players in Australia alone. Its a damn shame….

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