Former Microsoft Exec Expects Xbox 720 To Have Windows 8 Interface, Touch Screen

That's good to hear because **** Microsoft.

You may want for Google to get ******* too, seeing as they are the new evil boy in town, they took that crown from Microsoft a while ago.

I probably won't be buying the next Xbox (I will likely go with the new PlayStation), but I'm using a PC with Windows 8 to type this comment and it's really not bad. Sure it's got some bugs, being a new OS and all, but I like the presentation and I think it's a good direction for Microsoft.

Microsoft's primary function is to make computers/software. If the gaming division gives them money (even through royalties/Kinect, that's still money) to fund their main departments and they're not losing money on it then there's no way they'd abandon it (not to mention the PR backlash from millions of Xbox fans). I think they're in gaming for the long haul.

Also that guy's a former executive, so while he has insight as to past happenings at Microsoft, there's no reason to believe he's still in the loop about their current and future dealings. And maybe his dismal opinion of the moneymaking prowess of Microsoft's games division are why he's no longer employed by them.

I feel like the past 10 articles titled "former microsoft exec" have all been the same guy, and it's that bitter jerk who cried about getting fired and now is just using his "expert insight" to torch every aspect of microsoft. Grow up.

Hopefully it's not just a port of Win 8's RT version. Or they'll discover how fast a system can be hacked and have homebrew running on it. When there's millions of code exploits ready to run on the RT vesrion and millions of hackers world wide looking directly at the new shiny OS full of possibilities for them. Could be a bad move on MS's part.

It would not make sense for MS to not use Windows 8, or a derivative. It's their new OS. What better way to push people towards it than bundle it into their shiny new console?

Could make for interactivity with Windows 8 tablets. I think whatever they do, a big focus will be on the media centre aspect. Keep the young kids away though, they'll be slapping the tv, trying to use it like a touch screen.

Keep Windows 8 out of my games! There's a reason why Steam doesn't like it and most other developers. We didn't even need 8, everyone was fine with 7.

When it ties into the grand scheme of things, it becomes the grand scheme of things, doesn't it? Also is a console OS that important to begin with? You just briefly interface with it to launch your game/disc.