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Jessman on 27 June 2008

That is a very good idea, i'd for one buy one for my cousin.

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SamuelRSmith on 27 June 2008

My god, this was the exact idea I was having this morning. A console that's not a single unit, but more a set of standards, licence the technology to as many companies as possible, the console would be built into as many products as possible = massive market penetration.

Be hell for ioi to track, though ;)



Squilliam on 27 June 2008

Actually this bundling is perhaps the best way for Microsoft to actually win this console war, hell beat even Nintendo. :)



Tease.

dbot on 27 June 2008

@Squillam - I wouldn't count MS's lack of knowledge in the home electronics field as a plus.

If this is true, it will be the dumbest idea I heard all week? What if the xbox happens to have a hardware issue?



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jman8 on 27 June 2008

Interesting concept, but I don't know why people think this would make the 360 much more popular. How big is the Samsung HDTV market? Not very.



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BottledSpringWater on 27 June 2008

I can see bundling the 360 with a Samsung TV when you buy one, the same Sony did with Bravias and PS3.

I don't think a built-in 360 is a very good idea. What if you want to switch TV's or something.

.. And isn't Samsung on the Sony-side since the blu-ray thing and all?



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Slimebeast on 27 June 2008

This is awesome news, although I believe it's false.

But how can a X360 be fit into a flat screen LCD?



SamuelRSmith on 27 June 2008
BottledSpringWater said:
I can see bundling the 360 with a Samsung TV when you buy one, the same Sony did with Bravias and PS3.

I don't think a built-in 360 is a very good idea. What if you want to switch TV's or something.

.. And isn't Samsung on the Sony-side since the blu-ray thing and all?

 

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jake_the_fake1 on 27 June 2008

built in 360 into a TV....what if the 360 parts red ring, what then?
That fancy tv don't look so fancy no more.

On a serious note though I simply see the 360 being bundled/offered when you buy a Samsung tv, just like sony is doing with the PS3/bravia bundle/offer.



SamuelRSmith on 27 June 2008
Slimebeast said:
This is awesome news, although I believe it's false.

But how can a X360 be fit into a flat screen LCD?

 

 It'd be spread out across the size of the screen. If the smallest model they made was 32", then they've got 32" of room to spread it across.