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Xbox Sequel Rumors
no1here writes "PC Format has an article about a supersecret device from Microsoft code-named HomeStation. Supposedly it will be the home entertainment system that Microsoft has always wanted. It will tie into Microsoft's .NET strategy, delivering video-on-demand, high speed internet connection, and communicate wirelessly with portable devices. It might even be able to play Xbox games, along with PC games."
Now everybody can buy these to sell on ebay too.
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It will tie into Microsoft's .NET strategy,
a pc can do that
delivering video-on-demand,
a pc can do that
high speed internet connection,
a pc can do that
and communicate wirelessly with portable devices.
a pc can do that
It might even be able to play Xbox games, along with PC games.
well besides playing xbox games, which pc's will be able to do once there are emulators out, a pc can do this to.
So ms is going to start selling pc's?
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I thought the sequel was going to be called the Special Edition X-Box, code named SEX-Box.
This fits in with Microsoft's recent trend to stick a 2 letter prefix/suffix on every thing (cf. Windows98SE, WindowsME, WindowsNT, WindowsXP etc)
I have a really novel idea, since it is related to the PC on many levels, and we ALL know PCs are evolving at an astronomical rate, Microsoft should do the following to prevent the SEX-Box from being quickly obsoleted..
Make the SEX-Box bigger, to allow internal components to be added..
Make the SEX-Box equipped with PCI and AGP slots so that it can be kept up-to-date with commodity hardware.
Make the SEX-Box compatible with off-the-shelf hardrives. Yeah i can see it now "No one will ever need more than 40GB"
Make the SE... wait a minute.. haven't I got one of these already??
-fc
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Just what I need, Microsoft connected to my TV...
Whats next?
-Microsoft Regeneration Chamber
-Microsoft NanoProbes(TM)
-MS HiveConnect '05
-MS UpgradeLimbs (USB w/ Serial adapter)
crazy dynamite monkey
> The project is *so* supersecret that it appeared on Slashdot three months ago.
Wow! The didn't even tell the editors about it!
Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
No, no, no. Since the "X" is often seen as an attempt to remove religion from Christmas then it would be the *Unholy* Box. 'Bout sums it up really.
Well, the article's been Slashdotted, but this isn't particularly new news, so there's probably not any need.
There was an article in Wired awhile back about the contractor Microsoft was using to actually build the Xbox units. It had almost nothing to do with the console itself and more about the phenomenon of third-party electronics manufacturers, but if memory serves everything I'm about to spew forth is from there. (I think the Register has gone over it a bit, too.)
Of course Microsoft wants to take over your living room. How much money out there is spent on, say, DVD players, stereo components, video game consoles, and all the rest combined every day? It's a gold mine.
And I'm sure MS was thinking of this when they came up with the cute little name, too: Xbox? As in the variable X? Not just a cool-sounding letter?
COME ON, PEOPLE! It's a CONSPIRACY!
Moving on. It's kind of a shame for the game players, though. I admire Nintendo's philosophy when it comes to designing new systems: it's designed for games, not for running your home entertainment system. The more broad you get in your objectives, the less you're going to be able to specialize. You've gotta give and take when you're designing, and when you need to get both DVD functionality and game playing in one box, you're not going to be able to really push the hell out of the design of one aspect-- passable functionality is probably good enough. Note the apparently inferior quality of the PS2's DVD playback. This is the reason the GameCube doesn't house a DVD player (as well as the added benefit of the difficulty in duplicating a proprietary disc, but see the talk on Panasonic's "Q" from earlier today for that): Nintendo knows its place.
If Microsoft manages to get everything I want in a system for a reasonable price, I'll probably buy it-- I won't discriminate just because it's MS. I doubt they'll ever be able to capture all of the quality in one box that you'd find in seperate components, and so my five hundred FutureBucks are probably secure for now.
does it crash?!
or is is prepackaged with viruses and trojans?
Lizard "Never let them set limits on your mind!"