Microsoft Gaming Patents — Where They're Going

BNET looked at some patents which suggest that Microsoft might be thinking about an integrated game console/set-top box. Quoting: 'Patent 20080167128 is for watching television on a game console, while patent 20080167127 covers switching a gaming console between various media, including television, video, music, and games, and even using the console as a set-top box. Clearly Microsoft has been interested in controlling the living room, and combining media, gaming, and set-top functions in a single device would make a great deal of sense.' There are also hints of mobile gaming that support the current round of rumors about a combination Xbox-Zune.

http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl.../05/24/1610251

I wouldn't get to excited, sega did a deal with pace for a set-top which would support dc games, but it never happened