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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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.

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

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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.