This is actually a smart move... (Score 1)

At the time the Xbox 360 releases, there really won't even BE an HD-DVD standard. People that are truly vested in such a standard are NOT going to be swayed by a stupid gaming console. The standards war for this will be won by people buying high end, bleeding edge HD-DVD PLAYERS. Not consoles. If MS were to release whatever the current (wrong) format was at the time of the XBox 360 release, it'd be irrelevant inside of 3 months. Sure, it'd be NICE, if your cheap ass little XBox could play the latest, greatest HD movies, but that's not likely, considering the different time-scales of the console and REAL player releases.