VideoGamer.com's Visionary Top 5: Microsoft in 2008

We ask the spirits what Microsoft has in store for gamers in 2008.

Welcome to VideoGamer.com's Visionary Top 5 series. 2007 has been an amazing year for gamers - some say the best ever. Will 2008 be able to match it? VideoGamer.com gazed into the crystal ball to find out what gaming's greatest minds have in store for us next year. Today we predict what Microsoft will be blessing us with in 2008... Merry Christmas!

MS will release a 360 with an in-built HD-DVD player for Christmas 2008

Got a HD TV but no way of playing disc-based HD movies? Yeah. Me too. So wouldn't it be cool if you could buy a super elite 360 that would do just that? Of course it would. Then there would be no need to fork out £100 for the HD-DVD add on Microsoft is selling. Sure, MS has held strong and made the HD-DVD drive great value by allowing you to send off for five free HD-DVDs when you buy it, but I can't be bothered with all that. And I don't have the shelf space for it either. We reckon MS will cave to gamer pressure and announce a new 360 model next year with an in built HD-DVD player, for about £280. Mark our words.