Steve Ballmer teases new Xbox 360 shape factors, value points plus options

Turns out Steve Ballmer's speak up at the University up of Washington delivered additionally added saucy info compared to we tend to were initially ended in believe. In an exceedingly transcript of the subsequent Q&A session, Steve could be shown to be forced delivered the following statement though to the subject of large-screen televisions plus Microsoft's related hardware strategy:

For which enormous screen device ... readily available is no diversity. You buy precisely the Xboxes that we build for you. We might be afflicted by more shape factors during the long term that tend to be engineered for different value points and features, less than we predict it is journeying to [be] significant.

It possesses safe to assume new form factors purpose to a smaller rather than bigger 360 chassis, though the pricetag points and additional options he mentions are wide open for speculation. It would not be unreasonable to forecast Microsoft pushing out its own slimmed-down console to match up allowing for Sony's PS3 Narrow, but we additionally ought to not cut price the belief of an Xbox 360 with Project Natal hardware integrated back into its shell. In different words, we actually have no concept what Steve has occurring underneath that glossy dome of his, we simply are hoping it's as exciting as he brands it sound.