The format wars are over, rejoice! Of course to anyone paying attention, Blu-ray won long ago. At this point, Microsoft has all but admitted complete defeat for HD-DVD and their support for it:

"As a result of recent decisions made by Toshiba, Hollywood studios, and retailers, Microsoft plans to withdraw from HD DVD. Xbox will no longer manufacture new HD DVD players for the Xbox 360, but we will continue to provide standard product and warranty support for all Xbox 360 HD DVD Players in the market. 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. HD DVD is one of the several ways we offer a high definition experience to consumers and we will continue to give consumers the choice to enjoy digital distribution of high definition movies and TV shows directly to their living room, along with playback of the DVD movies they already own."

But our HD-DVD is a stubborn one; much like anyone refusing to subject their HD-DVD addons to even better value - paperweights, coasters, bookends, and so on. Retailers such as Best Buy, Circuit City, and Buy.com have listed the 360’s addon for just $50! It wasn’t more than a week ago that the HD-DVD was still being advertised on Xbox Live for a "low price" of $119.99. Honestly, the only chance of these flying off of the shelves will be when they’re done preparing the holes in New Mexico.