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XBox 360 Redefining the Console?

Posted by Zonk on from the shift-the-para-digm dept.

Game Girl Advance has up an editorial arguing that, in effect, Microsoft has already won the next round in the console wars by shifting the battlefield. Looking at Gamasutra's rundown on the 360's multimedia and Live components, its easy to see why jane says that the 360 isn't really a console anymore. From the article: "Xbox 360 does not compete with Sony or Nintendo. It is not a gaming console. It is a powerful device to deliver content online and over WiFi. Microsoft's real competition is Apple, Yahoo, and Google. Apple's movie-download service. Yahoo's retail channels. Google's - well, everything. Heck, throw Comcast and TiVo in there for good measure. The games are merely a means to an end - an 'instant-on revenue to support an exponential expansion into the living room,' as Eric put it over an IM chat we had."

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  1. the real question is... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Does it run Linux?

  2. WTF by Exitar · · Score: 0, Redundant

    is Game Girl Advance?

  3. Yawn. YAMSHS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Yet Another MS Hype Story...

    I guess we have learned that billions of dollars aren't enough to build a console people want to buy. Or even not to laugh at like they are with the 360 unveiling.

    But it is more than enough to carpet bomb the media with hype.

    Sorry MS, your marketing monkeys pumping out endless hype isn't going to make console gamers want your weak, ugly, and nothing but peecee games console anymore than the last one.