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Old 05-07-2003, 11:18 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Re: "Microsoft plans Xbox Live overhaul"

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Originally posted by meanSpleen
There's undoubtedly a worry, however, that should the company integrate IE into the box, people will start buying the Xbox purely as a set-top box - which is almost exactly what Microsoft is trying to prevent with its crackdown on mod chips.
Not quite. Microsoft was trying to prevent people from buying the Xbox purely as a set-top box <i>in an unlicensed and non-revenue-producing way</i>.

As long as it's their code the Xbox runs, I'm sure Microsoft will be more than happy to have people use the Xbox as a set-top box.
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