Seriously, that should have been the name for the system.

Xbox About Face.

However, I do think this will help increase sales of the unit at launch, because a lot of people are incredibly paranoid about Big Brother Microsoft feeding all of your lifestyle points into Uncle Sam's gullet. It will sell a little better here Stateside than it would have otherwise, but I still think they're pretty doomed when it comes to global sales. It's still not launching in Japan, and that's where half of the developers are. Good luck getting them to work on games for your console now.

But... Microsoft said this isn't a console for gamers. It's a media center that also plays games. Good on them for pushing their standpoint. I think the system could be a fantastic media PC, and it seems like they're on that track. I don't see them being competitive in the gaming market after this generation, given the direction they keep trying to orient themselves.