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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great

[nickgrieve]

and it will go in the net, never get patched... yay

Re:Would I be willing?

[Anonymous Coward]

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Re:Would I be willing?

[Anonymous Coward]

Yeah, I'm suuuuree you've ever maintained a site as large as Slashdot.

Go back to your cave, troll.

Two words

[Anonymous Coward]

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Agent Bill

[Anonymous Coward]

Neo nods to himself.

Yeah. Wow. That sounds like a real
good deal. But I think I have a
better one. How about I give you
the finger ...

ahh. My brain just .... Someone fix this.