Apple don't need to get gaming to cause some serious pain for the consoles - all they need to do is release a good media box that is also capable of playing IOS games in 1080P. Of course, they will probably shoot themselves in the foot by not allowing Netflix & Hulu on the Apple TV. I recall reading an article about Xbox usage that found overall, Xbox 360 consoles are used more for watching videos than for gaming - that is a very good reason for a games console that can play videos to be worried about a media box that can play games.
Slingshot is a budget ISP that has a very bad reputation. There are a few ISPs that will sell you unlimited topups of 10 or 20GB at a time if you can afford it & one very oversubscribed ISP that lets you set your cap as high as you want & only charges for the amount of data used each month. Our ISPs get paid for a lot of unused data because you have to estimate how much data you are going to use in advance.
On a slight tangent, Watchdog (the ISP mentioned in the summary) are a top notch NZ ISP that have always filtered their connections above & beyond the government filter. They fill a niche market consisting mainly of schools and overbearing parents. I have a few primary schools as clients & watchdog is perfect for them. The principal can show worried parents that they are taking steps to ensure the children don't see anything they shouldn't & if you have to ring the helpdesk for any reason, the staff are friendly, helpful & understandable. It is very rare to ring an ISP & speak to someone who lives in NZ AND speaks perfect English.
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Apple don't need to get gaming to cause some serious pain for the consoles - all they need to do is release a good media box that is also capable of playing IOS games in 1080P. Of course, they will probably shoot themselves in the foot by not allowing Netflix & Hulu on the Apple TV.
I recall reading an article about Xbox usage that found overall, Xbox 360 consoles are used more for watching videos than for gaming - that is a very good reason for a games console that can play videos to be worried about a media box that can play games.
Slingshot is a budget ISP that has a very bad reputation. There are a few ISPs that will sell you unlimited topups of 10 or 20GB at a time if you can afford it & one very oversubscribed ISP that lets you set your cap as high as you want & only charges for the amount of data used each month. Our ISPs get paid for a lot of unused data because you have to estimate how much data you are going to use in advance.
On a slight tangent, Watchdog (the ISP mentioned in the summary) are a top notch NZ ISP that have always filtered their connections above & beyond the government filter. They fill a niche market consisting mainly of schools and overbearing parents.
I have a few primary schools as clients & watchdog is perfect for them. The principal can show worried parents that they are taking steps to ensure the children don't see anything they shouldn't & if you have to ring the helpdesk for any reason, the staff are friendly, helpful & understandable. It is very rare to ring an ISP & speak to someone who lives in NZ AND speaks perfect English.