Hop, Skip and a Jump: Sony’s Shares Go Up
by Roly Reyes on February 21, 2008

Howard Stringer, Sony’s Chariman, looking smug in a marbled labyrinth.
Following the report of Toshiba officially pulling the plug on HD-DVD, Sony’s shares rose as much as 5% throughout the day. Read more…
Xbox 360 Blu-ray Add-on as Soon as May ‘08?
by Patrick Steen on February 18, 2008

With the proposed demise of HD-DVD, the Xbox 360’s add-on is in a worrying place. Ignoring a high-definition disc format all together and concentrating on downloadable HD content might be the most preferable direction for Microsoft, but Smart House reports that a Blu-ray add-on could already be on the way. Read more…
Toshiba To Stop HD-DVD Production, Reports NHK
by Patrick Steen on February 16, 2008

The cookie appears to have disintegrated. Toshiba, the creators of HD-DVD, are pulling out of the high definition format war to leave the road fully open for the competing Blu-ray format, as reported by broadcaster NHK this morning. Read more…
Microsoft Would Be Mad to Go Ultimate *Update*
by Patrick Steen on January 6, 2008
Multiple sku’s, what can we lose? This appears to be the motto of Microsoft and Sony this generation. With rumours that Microsoft are once again going to change things up with an “Ultimate” console to further compete with Sony, this would both confuse consumers, and dig themselves a mighty HD-DVD hole. Read more…
Rumor: Microsoft Becomes The “Ultimate” With Yet Another 360 SKU
by Dan Landis on January 3, 2008

It will even cook your breakfast!
If the people over at Stuff.tv are to be believed (and why wouldn’t they be?), Microsoft is planning on beating themselves in the next-gen console war with the introduction of the Xbox 360 Ultimate. Read more…





