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360fanboy11
February 18th, 2008, 17:33
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http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.xbox360fanboy.com/media/2008/02/hddvddualla.jpg (http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=33204)Let's be honest guys, it hasn't been the best week for team HD DVD (http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/tag/hd-dvd). Retailers have been dropping support (http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/2008/02/15/wal-mart-goes-blu-ray-exclusive/) left and right, wild speculation (http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/2008/02/16/stick-a-fork-in-hd-dvd-its-done/) has been running rampant across the internets and Engadget (http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/15/hd-dvd-deathwatch-were-making-it-official/) even put HD DVD on their "death watch" list. Ouch. Rumors have even been swirling that Toshiba will be announcing (http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/2008/02/15/rumor-toshiba-gearing-up-to-drop-hd-dvd/) the death of HD DVD as early as sometime this week. But we're guessing Toshiba isn't ready to pull the plug yet as earlier this morning they put out a statement (http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=33204) regarding that rumor saying that "the media reported that Toshiba will discontinue its HD DVD business" but "Toshiba has not made any announcement concerning this." They go on to say that "although Toshiba is currently assessing its business strategies, no decision has been made at this moment." Toshiba also confirmed that Toshiba likes to refer to itself in third person.

So, there you have it. Toshiba isn't throwing in the towel just yet or they simply aren't ready to announce that they will be throwing in the towel. Still no answers and all bad news for HD DVD ... humph.
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Elven6
February 18th, 2008, 19:19
What the hell are they waiting for? Does anyone think this could mean they have something in the works?