Xbox 2 & PC Hybrid? [May 27, 2004, 10:20 am ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
Microsoft studying appeal of Xbox 2-PC hybrid on CNN Money describes low-key
research Microsoft has been conducting to evaluate the appeal of combining PC
functionality into the next generation Xbox, which they say may be available as
early as next year. The Xbox, of course, is built on PC architecture, so the
issues involved are much more conceptual than technological. Here is a bit of
what they learned about this scenario, currently being tested with focus groups,
that is apparently just one of several possible directions Microsoft may be
taking with the Xbox 2:
The B/R/S Group, a California-based market research company that lists Microsoft and the Xbox division specifically as clients, has been gathering consumer feedback on a device it refers to as Xbox Next PC – "a videogame console system with a hard drive and a built-in fully functional PC." Mention of the device came on one of several slides shown to focus groups.
One slide describes the unit, which would require a PC monitor or high definition television, as being backward compatible with current and next-generation Xbox titles. It would also play PC games and include a fully functional version of Windows, CD burner, DVD player (with remote control), built-in access to Xbox Live and a hard drive. Control-wise, the system would come with both a keyboard and mouse and a standard Xbox controller. The price point this particular study tested was $599.
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Well, maybe some of us have just finished cooking tea and had to cut up the onions, and, well, i like eatting Dorito when I'm cutting onions, i just do.
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Well, maybe some of us have just finished cooking tea and had to cut up the onions, and, well, i like eatting Dorito when I'm cutting onions, i just do.
anyways, can I be your gimp? go on, you can call me gimpy! you know it makes you feel good to be better than someone, let me be that someone! you can lock me up in your attic! please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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