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Re:Microsoft is ending Xbox 360 production more than 10 year... by dsp1234 on Wednesday April 20, 2016 @02:17PM (#11536509)
but with a huge game library

They have actually backported quite a few games[0] to run on the Xbox One (where you can use the original disk, or now even buy them as digital downloads). So my guess is that they are likely to push for more Xbox One sales (where buyers have the convenience of playing either era of game) rather than try to create a mini-device that would only be able to play older games and not newer ones.

[0] - http://www.xbox.com/en-GB/xbox-one/backward-compatibility/av...

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Re:Microsoft is ending Xbox 360 production more than 10 year... by throwanem on Wednesday April 20, 2016 @03:56PM (#11537276)
That's not a backport, that's just a port. Backporting would be converting XBox One games to run on the 360.
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Re:Microsoft is ending Xbox 360 production more than 10 year... by sjs382 on Wednesday April 20, 2016 @02:33PM (#11536643)
But that misses the parent's point. At $300, the Xbox One isn't an AppleTV competitor.
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Re:Microsoft is ending Xbox 360 production more than 10 year... by untog on Wednesday April 20, 2016 @02:38PM (#11536681)
Sure, but it would eat a non-zero amount of Xbox One sales. Presumably that's why Microsoft isn't about to do it.
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Re:Microsoft is ending Xbox 360 production more than 10 year... by dsp1234 on Wednesday April 20, 2016 @03:19PM (#11536992)
That's certainly what I was getting at. An AppleTV doesn't take away from sales of any other Apple product (that I know of). Whereas this theoretical product might take away from Xbox one sales (which they target as a TV + multimedia + gaming system).
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Re:Microsoft is ending Xbox 360 production more than 10 year... by undersuit on Wednesday April 20, 2016 @03:18PM (#11536985)
Wouldn't that have been a concern these last two and a half years anyways?
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