Xbox-based home gateway getting closer?

Last year we reported about the so called 'HomeStation' from Microsoft. The ultimate home entertainment device will lauch this year... at least this is what Prudential Securities analyst Hans Mosesmann says. He says he'd picked up sufficient information at CES to confirm this.

HomeStation will be based on the Xbox, but will in effect be a cheap combination entertainment system and home gateway, including video recording and DVD. Adding the necessary capabilities to to Xbox isn't exactly going to be hard, given that it's a modified, closed, proprietary version of a PC anyway, so the only real constraints on launching it are manufacturing capacity and tactics.

Presuming that Microsoft successfully rolls out Xbox in Europe and Japan, and meets demand, then an announcement leading to a HomeStation launch around Q3 this year would make most sense.

If the X-Box and the HomeStation will be a success, Microsoft has a very strong position in the home users market. I know many of our visitors do not like this, but u can't deny Microsoft has a great business plan

Source: theregister