As the dust starts to settle on the long going next-gen disc format war, Sony’s Blu-ray seems to have emerged the victor.  Microsoft, one of the major backers for HD DVD seems to have conceded defeat and is now getting ready to move on.

According to Seattle Post-Intelligence, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer confirmed in their Mix08 Internet conference at Las Vegas that they are now working with Blu-ray.

According to Ballmer:

We’ve already been working on, for example, in Windows, device driver support for Blu-ray drives and the like, and I think the world moves on. We’ve moved on, and we’ll support Blu-ray in ways that make sense.

Nothing in the report has been mentioned about the rumored Blu-ray add-on for the Xbox 360.  As of now, Microsoft has not commented on this rumor despite of the new information offered by Ballmer.  A representative however said:

We have made no such announcement. Games are what are driving consumers to purchase game consoles, and we remain focused on providing the largest library of blockbuster games available.

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