Microsoft Might License Xbox Software

Microsoft Might License Xbox Software and man is that something to think about…

Sony and Toshiba are goiing to enable CE devices with Cell processors to make an end-game around the PC as the center of the living room and now MS is potentially pushing a lite version of Xbox 360’s software – clearly as a media connector (to me anyway).

This has to be a way for Redmond to get more PCs in the home through an eventual upgrade to MCE, the more optimal way to view content in home.

May the best product (ahem marketing) win!

At this point it’s way to early to even figure out what will work out on a mass level. PC usage is pretty different globally and many users in non-US markets will be more likely to want a CE device controlling things rather than a PC initially given cost and space issues in homes. Homem size and space is considerably smaller outside the US…

Perhaps an Xbox or PS3 is the path… Microsoft wants to sell 10 million units next year from what I’ve read and moving beyond games is a good way to get a much broader market.

Sony has yet to be public with their plan on how this stuff really works beyond games. Connect will clearly be their premium cocntent path, but that probably won’t be revealed until close to the end of this year – after MS and Xbox have had some time to build.