well, Xbox doesn't seem like an interesting platform to dev for any longer!
Did it ever? I never even considered MS would allow people to develop commercially for it without wanting a HUGE piece of pie (goes for nin & sony too, although not sure about PS3). This is why the consoles are so cheap and the games so expensive!I would love to see an 'open' console, with completely open standards and licensing, where you only pay for the hardware (not this cheap 'game-sale-subsidised' crap ). Anyone can develop for it and sell on it as with a PC. Personally i would rather pay more for the console, get cheaper games and have the opportnity to exploit it commercially without all the BS. A console like this would be more interesting too, take the Xbox, it is useless until it is chipped (and in not talking about pirate games) then you can run 3rd party apps to turn it into a network media player, an emulator etc.
Never happen though as to make it viable, the hardware either would have to be several years behind to match price, or, almost the price of a PC to be able to match performance. Most consoles are sold at almost a loss and the profit is made from the games. .