Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Should Game Consoles Make Breakfast, Too?

Posted by simoniker on from the ham-and-eggs dept.

Ryan writes "Is the idea of 'convergence' (the notion that a single digital appliance will handle multiple tasks) in gaming consoles even worth it? CNET News has an article discussing the issues of convergence related to gaming - it seems like a lot of consumers aren't worried about the bells and whistles, yet they keep throwing them at us." The article mentions the "underwhelming" response to Sony's PSX console/DVR combo, whose "arrival in North America--originally slated to happen in time for the 2004 holiday shopping season--is now set for an unspecified date in 2005."

3 of 292 comments (clear)

  1. WARNING! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    | This is not a place of honor.
    | No highly esteemed deed is commemorated here.
    | Nothing valued is here.
    | This place is a message and part of a system of messages.
    | Pay attention to it!
    | Sending this message was important to us.
    | We considered ourselves to be a powerful culture.
    | What is here is dangerous and repulsive to us.
    | This message is a warning about danger.
    | The danger is in a particular location. It increases towards a center.
    | The danger is still present, in your time, as it was in ours.
    | The danger is to the body, and it can kill.
    | The form of danger is an emanation of energy.
    | The danger is unleashed only if you substantially disturb this place
    | physically. This place is best shunned and left uninhabited.

  2. I don't care. by Bryan_W · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    As long as it can make toast and run NetBSD I'm happy :)

  3. Re:BUT IN SOVIET RUSSIA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This thing was barely funny when it started. Now it is just freaking annoying.