Seattle - Microsoft (NASD: MSFT) said over the weekend that it will discontinue the $130 HD DVD player add-on for its Xbox 360 video game console, in the wake of Toshiba's announcement that it cede victory in the next-generation DVD format war to rival Sony's Blu-ray. An estimated 300,000 of the devices had been sold thus far, and Microsoft will provide standard warranty support for consumers who have purchased them. "As we stated earlier, we do not believe this decision will have any material impact on the Xbox 360 platform or our position in the marketplace," Microsoft said in a statement.

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