Fresh speculation about the capabilities of Microsoft’s next-generation Xbox Live service has emerged, with the US Official Xbox Magazine reporting that users will be able to create and sell their own custom content in some games.

Ok. If this turns out to be true, this would be a brilliant move. Imagine the concept:

We all play Halo2. I make a cool mod, or map, and I release it to the community via XBOX2’s infrastructure. I make money by selling the mod. WHich I love. People play the mod and love it because its good work, which They love. Microsoft acts like Ebay and takes a small cut of every transaction, which they love. The developers of the original game may also be able to exact a small fee because its built using their tools / built for their game. BRILLIANT! The only flaw I see is trying to build a map or somehting using the XBOX xontroller.

But wow… i hoipe this is true. Great idea.