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XBox II Revealed, Maybe

Posted by michael on from the real-or-memorex dept.

aka-ed writes: "PC Format in the UK claims to have scooped the world with a look at Home Station, an apparent successor to XBox. A multimedia gateway that sits between you and that broadband window on the world, with MS the Gatekeeper. It looks cool, and it's a product of Satan! Who wants to be bad?" "Claims" is the operative word in the above. Update: 09/09 12:42 PM GMT by M : And it's even a duplicate story. Well, news is a little slow at zero-dark-thirty Sunday morning...

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  1. I remain unimpressed by datavortex · · Score: 3, Insightful

    They're trying to make a little dinky console do too much. I don't think that anyone (especially Microsoft) can integrate so many disparate functions so easily. They should have just stuck more with trying to make it competitive in its core purpose: gaming. I just want my stinking gamecube.

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    He either comes off as a real interesting guy with encyclopedic knowledge,or a pathological liar with an ax to grind
  2. Re:hacking by Phexro · · Score: 3, Insightful

    actually, video game console manufacturers sell their hardware at a loss, and make up for it by charging for their development environment and/or licensing fees for game developers.

    sounds like a good deal to me. i get a nice linux box, microsoft loses money. everybody wins!