Will XBox 360 Soon Support DivX?

With the Playstation 3 soon to support DivX codec, everyone's been wondering whether or not the Microsoft XBox 360 would soon follow suit. At a recent earnings call for DivX, CEO Kevin Hell was posed the question by JP Morgan analyst Paul Coster, "Just a minor point here, but there was a recent Microsoft conference where I believe their media extender now incorporates the DivX codec on it, is that correct? Can you confirm that and does that mean we’re soon going to see Xboxes with DivX on them?”

Hell replied that DivX is indeed talking with Microsoft, but so far no product is licensed or certified yet and he could discuss no further details than that. Sony seems more in tune with the customer in terms of their gaming consoles, as Microsoft seems more intent on protecting their empire by trying to peddle their proprietary WMV format. That means a lot of red tape for Hell as he attempts to get Microsoft to allow DivX support on the 360, but we're sure it'll eventually happen. If not, we'd definitely question Microsoft's business strategy.

Via DailyTech

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