In what can only be considered a great move, Microsoft has announced that it has partnered with Companions in Courage Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting children and families who are overcoming life-threatening obstacles, to provide hundreds of Xbox 360 game kiosks to playrooms in children’s hospitals across the United States, intending to provide a respite for young patients. These kiosks will be modified for children, featuring select games, movies and television content as well as access to a private network that allows hospitalized children across the country to play games and chat in a safety-enhanced environment over Xbox Live.

The first wave of these kiosks has already been installed at Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital of New York-Presbyterian, Children’s Hospital & Regional Medical Center of Seattle and the Children’s Hospital of Orange County in California.

“Microsoft is committed to keeping kids entertained in a variety of ways within a safer gaming environment, so partnering with Companions in Courage to offer children in hospitals a way to connect through something as universal as games is a natural fit for the work we do,” Bach said. “The goal for this program is to give these kids a chance to have some fun and just be kids.”

Certain other companies *coughSonyNintendocough* could take a cue from this great move.