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Discover The DISCover Console

Posted by simoniker on from the more-crazed-pc-based-hardware dept.

Thanks to GameShark.com for their interview with Curtis Kaiser of DISC regarding their forthcoming DISCover "PC game console". Kaiser describes the DISCover as "a game console that plays unmodified PC games. As with a PlayStation or Xbox, you simply drop the disc into the console and play. The difference is the video game consoles can only play games made for their proprietary formats, while the DISCover can play the thousands of available PC titles." Entry-level models will be priced from $299, and the company is trying to tout ease of use as the biggest advantage of buying the DISCover over a normal PC - "...patching scripts will be received through the DISCover network. Patches will automatically be applied to any installed program or they will be applied as part of the installation process."

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  1. Um, I dunno about this... by Txiasaeia · · Score: 2, Insightful

    For $299 USD, I can build a pretty decent computer. I mean, it won't be cutting edge, but neither will it be as slow as the hardware that's standard to a XBox, y'know? I just don't see a niche for this sort of thing. A PC can do gaming, but it can also do a heck of a lot more -- and *anybody* who says that they only use their comp for games is lying.

    Now, a PS3 that can play PS games as well as PS1-3, now *there* would be an interesting product... maybe an XBox 2?

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