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Next Gen Console Winner Is IBM

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the seekrit-console dept.

Via Joystiq, an article on the Seattle Times points out what many of us have already known: IBM is the real winner of the console war. The company is providing chips for all three consoles, and is busily crafting money hats for everyone involved. From the article: "Using the engineering consulting work it did for Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony as a model, IBM has formed a new 'technology-collaboration solutions' unit that's expected to post $4 billion in revenue this year. Internal projections call for that division to hit $10 billion by 2010 and $20 billion by 2015. Those targets may sound high for a $91 billion company that is barely able to grow overall revenue. But hardware-division chief William Zeitler hopes to achieve them by replicating IBM's video-game collaborations in such industries as telecom, defense and medicine."

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  1. Don't mean to be sour, but... by Jesterboy · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I knew this already.

    Gee, maybe I should start a blog or something...? ^_^

  2. Re:Mod parent redundant by diersing · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Replying to yourself? Give me back the last couple seconds of my life, you stealer of time!