Mr. Kim said he was exploring a range of other types of content that could take advantage of the device. He imagined that people could watch clips of pro sports games on an Xbox while chatting about them with their friends. And he said the company was exploring adding a music service to the device.

But when Mr. Kim talks about opening Xbox, he isn?t really talking about allowing the device to connect to any content available. There are no plans, he said, to build an Internet browser, such as is available on the Wii, that could help navigate to find video on the Web.

?We are about delivering higher-quality experience, not having the most varied experiences,? he said.