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Of all things, good sense is the most fairly distributed: everyone thinks he is so well supplied with it that even those who are the hardest to satisfy in every other respect never desire more of it than they already have.

-Rene Descartes

Sell me the X-Box 360

I am not a gamer anymore - I quit cold turkey when I got out of the Navy, so I could spend that time doing more productive things (playing street hockey, at the time). I've been FPS-free for more than 6 years now.
But I have been hearing about how Microsoft is trying to market the new X-Box to non-gamers, as an entertainment hub to tie together all of the electronic entertainment devices in your home.

With the upcoming release of the XBox 360, Microsoft is taking another step toward making the personal computer the center of home life. The newest Xbox is not just for game-playing teens: Anyone can hook it to televisions, stereos and computers to take advantage of its enormous hard drive.

(From NPR's Morning Edition, the full story available here.)

I'm interested in coordinating the various entertainment systems in my home. I would love to hear someone try to sell me the X-Box based on my lack of gaming. I am completely serious - give me the good and the bad. I'll check your comments when I am taking a break from hockey.

Others on this topic:
Mary Katharine Ham: I'm not much of a gamer... But I'm intrigued by the Xbox 360, mostly because it appears to be the next in a generation of "electronic Swiss Army knives," as the Washington Post calls them.

BlogNewsChannel.com: Many Xbox 360 features are designed for non-gamers: watching movies, playing music, viewing slide shows or holding video chats. It has three USB ports to connect digital cameras, music players and other devices.

Posted by Wulf on November 24, 2005 at 02:19 PM

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Come, join the Dark Side. It is your destiny.

Will actually be putting up a pro/con chart comparing X-Box 360 Versus a Child once I get around to it.

Posted by: Captain Capitalism at November 29, 2005 6:22 PM

Of all things, good sense is the most fairly distributed: everyone thinks he is so well supplied with it that even those who are the hardest to satisfy in every other respect never desire more of it than they already have.

-Rene Descartes

Sell me the X-Box 360

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