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Video Games On Demand Via Cable

Posted by Zonk on from the dino-crisis-on-demand dept.

Gamespot reports that this past week, a portion of the National Cable and Telecommunications Association was set aside to show off a system called gameNET. The group intends to promote video games on demand via current cable setups. From the article: "With the convention proper focusing heavily on the emergence of HDTV and on-demand video services, gameNET followed suit by addressing both issues. Pixel Play, a New York-based on-demand game company, showed off its cable-based games built around the Tetris, Monopoly, Scrabble, Centipede, and Asteroids brands. The market for such games, said a spokesperson, is the emerging casual gamer--typically a female over the age of 40 who is married and has two children."

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  1. Re:Article? by numbski · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, without an article it's a little hard to comment a lot.

    You're new here, aren't you?

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  2. Wow! by Stolethis · · Score: 3, Funny

    Board games and tetris! I can't wait to have these things available in my house.

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  3. That brings back memories. by badfrog · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Sounds like The Sega Channel

    1. Re:That brings back memories. by Stolethis · · Score: 2, Informative

      Sounds like everyone's favorite vaporware too.

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    2. Re:That brings back memories. by BTWR · · Score: 2, Informative
      SEGA Channel was AMAZING. My friend in high school had it, and it was a fantastic product. Sorta like today's Gamefly/Netflix services (but in a way, much better).

      You had access to about 30 games a month for like $12 or something in about 8 categories: Sports, Action, Puzzles, Family, etc, and every month, they switched about 60-70% of the games (i.e. ~30% stayed over). PLUS, they were usually a bunch of AAA games with it.

  4. Article link here! by Frodo+Crockett · · Score: 3, Informative

    Here's the article.

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  5. already have it by alatesystems · · Score: 4, Interesting

    As usual, my company already has this. We can play some stupid card games via the remote on a special digital "channel".

    I find it incredibly boring, and have no desire to play these crappy games, since I have consoles. It's totally a gimmick, and I don't see it appealing to anyone.

    With that said, my coworkers wife loves it. (She's around 28, 2 kids[twins] just born, not the over 40 demographic).

  6. Hey... by softspokenrevolution · · Score: 2, Funny

    Remember that Infium or whatever console, that sort of reminds me of that.

  7. Intellivision PlayCable by HuskerDu · · Score: 2, Informative
    I can't believe no one has mentioned that the Intellivision did this in 1981.

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