Xbox Next to Include PC/Console Hybrid Option?

Pluvius writes "According to CNN/Money staffer Chris Morris, Microsoft's next-gen game console, XBox Next, could be PC- and XBox-compatible and retail for $599. This was one of many possibilities for the console which was explored by the B/R/S Group, a marketing firm which recently did focus testing for Microsoft. This theoretical console would also require a PC monitor or HDTV to display images and come with a full version of Windows as well as a CD burner and a keyboard and mouse. However, Morris notes that even if this hybrid becomes a reality, it would probably be an alternative to a standalone XBox Next console, much like the Sony PSX is to the PlayStation 2. Would you be willing to pay $600 for a console with all of the capabilities of a standard OEM PC?"

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The short, truthful answer?

[The-Bus]

Would you be willing to pay $600 for a console with all of the capabilities of a standard OEM PC?

No.

Re:The short, truthful answer?

[Ankle]

I would- You get an Xbox 2 (which I'm gonna buy anyway) and I can surf the web on my HDTV. And it does media, etc. etc.

The joys of pr0n on your giant HDTV. Does life get any better?

Re:The short, truthful answer?

[Ankle]

...doing a real chick....you should try it sometime.

Real? You mean like this?

insert insightful subject here.

[Jestrzcap]

Would you be willing to pay $600 for a console with all of the capabilities of a standard OEM PC?"

No, but I would be willing to pay $600 dollars for a standard OEM PC with all of the capabilities of a console. Oh wait. I already did that.

yummmmmmm......

[zeropointentity]

Would you be willing to pay $600 for a console with all of the capabilities of a standard OEM PC? That thing would have to cook me some dammned good curly fries.

Re:Would I be willing?

[timeOday]

It's breakthrough thinking! I mean, spreadsheets and video games both take a cpu, and a hard drive, and a monitor, so why not make some sort of computing machine that can do both? It seems so obvious in retrospect, like all great ideas I guess. Props to Microsoft!

Definitely! I sure would.

[GFLPraxis]

I would. Why?

Did you forget that it's going to be a G5 processor?

I will have a fully functional G5 Macintosh! Install OS X on that and I can party :)

I hate the XBox...but if I could turn it into a Mac, and it had good performance...:) I could have some serious fun. It would have a fast processor and a big graphics card.

In addition to the XBox Next games, I could play Mac OS X games!

Re:No.

[fatboyslack]

"There is no point in fearing the trolls... it is much more fun to let them come out and beat them down with well-thought out arguments."

Heh heh, I laughed out loud at this (not at you, of course). I'm yet to find a troll who when I pointed out the gaping holes in their fatally flawed 'argument', stopped and replied with "Wow, I'm wrong, I bow to your superiority oh Great One".

But we can all live the dream. (Hope Springs Eternal)

Re:But but ... the PowerPC rumours ...

[DustMagnet]

So ... people get an XBox Next, get Windows Next, and Office Next and IE Next and Outlook Next

I'm sure Steve Jobs doesn't think it's funny to call everything NeXT.

Ok, now here's the actual truth you left out!

[Bram Stolk]

Can your PC give you blue screens? CHECK

Does your PC need new drivers every week? CHECK?

Can your PC be infected with spyware? CHECK

Can your PC be used as SPAM generator? CHECK

Can an xbox "boot" in less than a minute? CHECK