Microsoft 'would consider Xbox 360 Blu-Ray drive'
Despite throwing its lot in with the HD-DVD crowd, Microsoft has admitted it would bow to consumer demand if the Sony-backed Blu-Ray technology won the format war.
According to Xbox group marketing manager Albert Penello, this would even stretch to an
Xbox 360 console fitted with Blu-Ray.
"It should be consumer choice and if that's the way they vote, that's something we'll have to consider," he said.
But he added that entertainment group Warner's decision to swap its support from Toshiba's HD-DVD hi-definition format for Blu-Ray is unlikely to have a major impact on the console war between the Xbox 360 and the Sony
PlayStation 3.
"You can't say it's not a bummer, not a setback, but I've seen this battle declared over so many times," he said.
"I want consumers to have a voice in this and I think there are a lot of consumers who bought HD-DVD who are going to have a say in how this shakes out."