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Xbox Sequel Rumors

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the not-all-that-surprising dept.

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."

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  1. I thought it... by Freija+Crescent · · Score: 4, Funny

    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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