As Toshiba announced their withdrawal from the HiDef wars, gamers have been watching Microsoft with great anticipation. The death of HD-DVD at the hands of Sony’s Blu-ray technology has left a gaping hole in the peripheral capabilities of the leading next-gen console. While many insiders have hinted at the unavoidable move to Blu-ray for the Xbox 360, the MS faithful have held on to the hope that the gaming giant had another trick up their sleeve. Today, at a press conference in Redmond, they got the news they were hoping for. Kind of. All the details, after the jump.
Not willing to concede defeat, but faced with the death of their adopted HD vehicle, Microsoft has decided to go old-school, rather than put a dime into the pockets of Sony and its Blu-ray partners. This afternoon they unveiled the HD-Cassette tape, and a low-cost peripheral cassette deck, for the Xbox 360.
Microsoft’s technology spokesperson, Walt Oppah spoke with us briefly, via telephone, earlier today.
Microsoft’s devoted fans are already scurrying to their nearest Best Buy and CompUSA outlets to preorder the launch titles, which include the 32-tape collectors edition of Lawrence of Arabia, U2’s 40-tape “Live in Bucharest” concert film, and the ever-popular 800-tape Kevin Costner film library, including JFK, Dances with Wolves, and Waterworld.
HD-Cassettes will retail for just under 20 dollars, while the player will sell for around 185 dollars.
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That was funny as fuck!
