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Game Wars 2 - Battle for the Living Room

Posted by simoniker on from the carbonitization-in-process dept.

securitas writes "The New York Times' John Markoff writes about the fight to own the living room in the next-generation game console wars, with a digital divergence predicted instead of the much-hyped convergence. With games historically being a driving force in consumer PC growth, Intel is pushing PC-based systems as the dominant platform while the videogames industry is looking to the next generation of consoles as media hubs. Sony, Nintendo and IBM are firmly in the console camp. Microsoft has one foot in each of the PC and console camps, cooperating with Intel on the PC front while looking to IBM for the next Xbox. Meanwhile, Apple is taking its own tack, buoyed by the phenomenally successful iPod. Steve Jobs has been highly critical of iPod clones with video and gaming features, and some are looking to Apple for the next home entertainment revolution. Markoff also talks to WildTangent's founder Alex St. John, who predicts the PC makers and Intel have a losing strategy."

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  1. Re:Multimedia Center Already Here by YOU+LIKEWISE+FAIL+IT · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Were you dropped on your head as a child?

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  2. John Markoff? Gaming? What? by SphericalCrusher · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    It's all about the games, not the consoles. So a console is faster and has better graphics than everything else. Big deal. Oh wow, it's a different color and pretty... big deal. Without the games, the consoles are just a box. No one wants a box. They want what's inside of it...

    And why is JOHN MARKOFF writing an article on gaming? Go back to your flaming hackers stories.

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  3. Re:Apple's already been there by MoneyT · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    The XBox was sort of a self fufilling prophecy and could only happen once. IT arrived riding on the whispers of Halo because Halo was supposed to be a PC/Mac game (remember Bungie) and then was supposedly killed on everything except the XBox only to be brought back after the XBox sold. Now these people have machines they spent money on, and they're going to make their investment worthwhile by buying games for it. But in all, I don't think the Xbox will hold on in the long run. Of course, I could be wrong, but I predicted the downfall of sega (as a hardware unit) back when SNES was all the rage. Of course, past performance isn't indicative of future performance and I give no guarantees.

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  4. Re:PC's are such a pain in the ass for games by JackAxe · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Definitely do not buy a Xbox. I recommend a GameCube for games; No patches needed. :) Quality games that load quickly and work every time.