@beachthunder: Yeah, but I think they are pretty much hedging their bets on the cable/media box functionality in order to draw in more people. So they are pretty much competing against Roku, TiVo, Boxee, and Apple TV all at once.
That's what's exciting about it for me. It'll be the reason for my girlfriend to buy an Xbox as well, and many other people who have had no interest in game consoles. This will be the equivalent of the blu ray player in the PS3. A lot of people bought them for blu ray players and at some point down the line at least tried a game or two on it.
Personally, I want the next Xbox to be like my iPad. I want more notifications, so Facebook notifications should pop up like achievement notifications, news notifications, sports notifications, etc. I want to run ESPN or CNN news tickers in games (with a show / hide button). I want to be able to push a button and swap over to Facebook seamlessly, in game, and hit another button to switch back.
This is the kind of thing I hope they're going for.
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