Microsoft should create a Blu-Ray add-on for the xbox360!

To:  Microsoft

Microsoft stated they did not build the xbox360 with a HD DVD drive to offer "choice" to the consumer. With the current shift from Warner Brothers going Blu-Ray exclusive, it does not shine an optimistic light on the life span of HD DVD as a format.

I feel it is now time for Microsoft to offer a real choice to its consumers and build a Blu-Ray drive add-on for the xbox360. Microsoft stated...

"It should be consumer choice; and if that's the way they vote, that's something we'll have to consider,"”

...as a consumer I am stating my desire for this to happen and soon and if you sign this petition, you are doing the same.

I don’t feel such a move would be an admittance of defeat for HD DVD, and it would be nothing more then a good business move.

Thousands of consumers still exist, including myself, who support and like HD DVD. How ever there are films which exist on Blu-ray which we can’t watch in high definition. As loyal Microsoft and xbox360 customers we shouldn’t be expected to pay out large sums of money for a stand alone BD player or a Play station three simply to watch BD films.

Not when the possibility exists for a BD add-on to be created and quite possibly retailed at a much lower price. The current HD DVD add-on is the cheapest on the market and there is no reason the same could not happen for a Blu-ray add-on.

Not only would this benefit Microsoft with huge sales of the add-on and possibly their xbox360, but Sony would make a profit from having shares in the technology and increased sales from the xbox360 market which they currently were unable to reach.

But most importantly the consumer wins by being offered the choice which Microsoft stated they would offer. Both formats are likely to exist for a long time yet, regardless of whether one dominates the market or not, but the consumer (especially the xbox360 consumer) needs a cheaper and more affordable choice to watch both HD DVDs and Blu-Ray films.

The xbox360 and Microsoft can offer this and they should!

Microsoft has not stated for definite whether this will happen and continues to dance around the subject, all while we continue to buy HD DVDs which may eventually become redundant and flush money down the drain.

Sign this petition to make them and all the parties involved state clearly that they will go ahead with creating a Blu-ray add-on for the xbox360 and to start now if they haven’t already!

Sincerely,

The Undersigned

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