360 to go "Home" sorta

[Chasym]

Daniel Schiappa, general manager of strategy for Microsoft's Entertainment and Devices division, the unit responsible for Xbox and Zune, told attendees at a virtual worlds conference in Austin that "by next year, you'll probably know more about why I'm up here."

Austin360.com reports that later Schiappa hinted in an interview that Microsoft is considering launching some sort of virtual world offering that would span across its gaming, PC and mobile device offerings.
Schiappa said that most likely, any foray by Microsoft into the world of avatars or social networking would begin with PCs, then move across Xbox and finally into its mobile phone business.

and

http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/2007/03/09/microsoft-responds-to-sonys-home/

while it seems they may be thinking of doing something like HOME,i have to agree with the many who dont want it on the 360. Its not as cool as ps3 makes it sound, it doesnt feel like something alot of people will use often, and i just dont think the 360 needs it, we got too much already.

 

[Skaw]

Hopefully it's a feature thats completely avoidable and you're not forced in to using it to do anything.

 

[Anglis]

I think it could be pretty neat. I'm all for for copying good things off other systems.

Just like I think the PS3 should have gamerscores.