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Xbox Next to Include PC/Console Hybrid Option?

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the little-from-column-a-and-little-from-column-b dept.

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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  1. No. by simetra · · Score: 1, Redundant

    But this type of story on Slashdot makes me wonder... One minute Microsoft is the biggest, evilest monster that ever was, the next, everyone's a fanboy for the Xbox. What's up with that?

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    1. Re:No. by gargan · · Score: 0, Redundant

      I've tried to hate the X-box, but I can't seem to do it.

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  2. $600 no - $450 maybe.... by gatkinso · · Score: 0, Redundant

    ..but I don't see what the point is.

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