well this is just a rumour how bout u wait till gate make his speech
n then confirm on buying the killer

Not one to emerge from the corporate shadows to comment on rumours - beyond the obligatory 'we don't comment on rumours' statement - American software giant Microsoft has this week broken form by responding to speculation surrounding the imminent unveiling of the HD-DVD-equipped 'Ultimate Xbox 360.'


While Net chatter has suggested that the 'Ultimate' model of the Xbox 360 is to be announced by outgoing Microsoft chairman Bill Gates at next week's CES 2008 show in Las Vegas, the Redmond-based tech company has moved to crush the growing rumours underfoot.

"We have reiterated multiple times since launching the Xbox 360 HD-DVD Player that we have no plans to integrate an HD-DVD player into the Xbox 360," a Microsoft spokesman said in a GameSpot report. "We feel that offering the drive externally is the best way to give consumers the ultimate choice to create their own high-definition experiences."

Interestingly, Microsoft's reiteration arrives alongside news that Hollywood media behemoth Warner Bros has decided to sign its HD movie content exclusively to Blu-ray from May of 2008. Blu-ray is the native high-definition format hosted as standard in the PlayStation 3 videogame console.

According to Warner Bros, consumers "have clearly chosen Blu-ray" in the HD format war, and a two-format landscape is only promoting "consumer confusion and indifference toward high definition."

Those keen to keep the rumours alive to some degree will note that Microsoft has stated that the 'Ultimate' Xbox 360 will not be announced during CES 2008, just that it definitely won't contain an onboard HD-DVD player.

According to the initial burst of speculation, which was sparked by a report in Stuff magazine, the 'Ultimate' Xbox 360 - should it exist - will arrive with 1080p, HDMI video output, built-in Wi-Fi connectivity, cool-running 65nm architecture, a "near silent" fan system, and a rather hefty 320GB hard drive.

Bill Gates is scheduled to give his final CES keynote as Microsoft Corp. chairman tomorrow (Sunday, January 06) at 6:30pm.

This thread is spouting more and more BS , I LOL so hard .

Get realistic dude , the title that they are developing for the next xbox , is drawn on a piece of kid's coloring book .

Not to mention the next xbox prototype now is being built using Lego .

*cough , out b4 flames .

in the end, u made ureself look stupid.

everyone knows by now that bluray won the war

if anything, ms is gng to make a super 360 with bluray, and not HDDVD.