Djzen: Let me get this straight you think you are just going to have one computer in your house in the future? I think that is a brave assumption. A do everything box would not be a console, but a computer. Consoles mean specilized computer.
I do believe that we will have more of a Media Console, but it would be kept seperate form your pc. I also think that the house will be more networked and consist of many small computers that are networked together.
I have my xbox running a webserver; which turns the console into a pc. I can run open office and several other standard programs on it.Heck, it wouldn't suprise me if sometime soon somebody managed to get a game console running as a network server. Why?
512 MB, I know it was prolly a typo butIt has 512 GB of RAM, that'll run Windows XP as well as anything else you want to runjust thought I woul correct it so no one gets too exited
As for the section it is in, yes a game console can be powered to no extent. This is getting away from my regular argument as weather consoles will exist or not. No matter how powerful these Media Box's become; there will be a company making consoles out there that are cheaper, and more user friendly.
When you add a billion multimedia features to a console it will require more to run it. more power, but still staying priorety, makes it still a console.
I am not in denial, I am sticking with my theory and guns as I have a first person view of the industry and how it is evolving. To say I am denial make it sound like you know the future, and none of us know where this is going. It will go where ever the consumer brings it. Sure you may be able to buy a $334234 propitary PC/console for you home theater system, but there would be so many dissadvantages that consumers will not take in easily. Repairs, cost, upgrades, maintanence, troubleshooting, etc.Look, I don't know why you're in such denial about this.
I just dont see people pumping everything into one machine that does everything, (Console or PC defined i dont care) When they will want to keep thier home theatre and thier pc life seperate. The game pc may do nearly everything, but the pc will still prolly be more diverse and extensive machine all together.
I do agree with your vision to an extent. I am sure that is what the corporations would want. To kill off a pc type device that is so open to different developers, and turn the industry into more of a propiatory setup where they would have more control.
I just envision a house where buisness and pleasure are strictly seperated. With satelite offices being run more and more at home, people will definatley want to keep thier office pc's or banking accounts seperate from thier media boxes. Several people whom I build new computers for, i tell they to use thier old one strickly for bills and keep it off and offline as much as possible. Keep it seperate - keep it safe.
The more a game machine can do the more it will cost (we agree on this) but as nintendo's belief lies, gaming consoles should be a cheaper and simpler solution to play video games. In saying that, I think pc and consoles will never be the same thing.
Bipper
ps sorry if i danced around a bit, but i am extremley tired atm
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