Game Wars 2 - Battle for the Living Room

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."

Comments

John Markoff? Gaming? What?

[SphericalCrusher]

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.