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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. it's a console by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    stop the crap.

  2. Unfortunately.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    ....this story is crap

  3. Support American Business: Buy an Xbox 360 by Real+World+Stuff · · Score: -1, Troll

    Keep America's dollars in the US, and don't send them to Japan. Support your community and country.

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    1. Re:Support American Business: Buy an Xbox 360 by Real+World+Stuff · · Score: -1, Troll

      Damn fine point. Look what happened to American TV manufacturers. I myself have recently bought a Dell 30" LCD. Just doing my part.

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      If we don't fight for ourselves no one will.
  4. Re:No they havn't by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Hey now!

    Give the xbox fanboys a break. It's been a tough week for them. MS has turned them into the laughing stock of the gaming world. It's not cool to kick someone when they're down.

  5. Re:Wasn't this said about the PSP? by StingRayGun · · Score: 0, Troll

    Having looked through your older posts it's pretty obvious that your just a nintendo hater. If there is any pro nintendo slant on /. it's cause 1.) there is a pro psp anti nintendo slant EVERYWHERE ELSE, or because there is still some nostalgia for the old nes/snes days. Still I swear I have read this exact same post before... Why is wasn't labeled redundant is beyond me.