yup indeed they did...but who can believe any of that...they already knew a month ago when they were asked that question that they were going BD exclusive...i think we can all be pretty sure of that fact.

i cant believe the HDDVD camp thought they would do anything but go Blu...HDDVD never outsold blu ray any week of this entire year on the Nielsen Video scan numbers...thats pretty sad considering they had a firesale of cheap players.

yes HDDVD has more STANDALONE players in the market...but i think you have to count the PS3 sales as well...even though im sure many people who own a PS3 dont have an BD but judging by the software sales and all that is going on right now that was the determining factor...including BD in PS3 basically won it all...and yes it is won.

as for the MS rumors of making a new 360 with a built in HD drive, sorry but its just to late for that now....i dont see how they can release a totally new system with a HDDVD drive and actually convince people that they need/want it...with all the bad press HDDVD is going to get perception will be everything to the mainstream media and consumers.

and one more thing...heres a little theory of mine...i think the reason HDDVD never outsold BD on software is because of this one reason...the HDDVD camp's entire strategy revolved around price...if the price wasnt good no one would have EVER bought into HDDVD...i just think HDDVD owners for the most part are just to damn CHEAP! they never really sold any serious amount of players unless they were basically giving them away whereas with BD, my god, the cheapest players are around $300 and they have absolutely crushed HDDVD...thats not to mention the player prices from the start...BD original players were $1000 and didnt come down NEARLY as fast as HDDVD...i just think BD backers are more serious about their HD media...at least thats what the numbers say!!! cant argue with that!