A push of the PC as a gaming device is something I think MS has been building towards as well. Then now have the "XBox" brand out and accepted/beloved/hated and could easily swap it over to a PC any way (and the features in the XBox consoles are approaching PC-esque any way)
MS's bread and butter is its OS and its tools (Office, .Net, etc) and tightening its grip on the OS market would mean many more dollars than another XBox.
Zen: I think you are on to something, though I don't know if it will be next generation. What I think they will go for is a "Media Center PC," a living room PC/Console hybrid that is accessible, but customizeable Wintel box. Probably have some sort of proprietary input device combined with a mouse and keyboard, or mutable touchscreen input.
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