Ballmer talks "form factors" for Xbox 360, "price points and options"

Microsoft big boss Steve Ballmer has delivered an ambiguous statement during a Q&A session on cloud computing last Thursday.

Ballmer mentioned ”TV implementation” for Windows, and that it works ”really well” for small TVs. Then he moves onto the Xbox 360…

”We actually have a TV implementation in some senses built into Windows. It works really well for small screen TVs that you might call a PC, but for that big screen device here’s a piece of hardware that we build, there’s no diversity,” he said, reports Gizmodo.

”You get exactly the Xboxes that we build for you. We may have more form factors in the future that are designed for various price points and options,” he continued and they think that’s going to be important. Exactly what has he just said? No idea.

Perhaps we’ll see DVR features added to Xbox 360, much like Sony is launching their own device in Japan for recordable TV. It is probable that Microsoft will bundle Project Natal with future Xbox 360s - and that would certainly be a new ‘form factor’.