krypt0nian
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Acer plans to join the console market
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Baron Doggystyle von Woof
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I won't buy it.
solid2snake
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shaft said:
lol. pre-XBox era 2001?
GallonOMilk
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Whatever. More competition is always a good thing.
radioheadrule83
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I won't judge until I see their plans. Being an open system will win it some praise from some quarters I think, even if it doesn't take off.
If it worked though, what would happen? Would you have VIA, Intel, and people like that jumping on board the console / consumer electronics bandwagon?
I always thought Microsoft should have done something like this. Make it an open system, and license it out to consumer electronics manufacturers -- I mean: I always thought it was their software they wanted in the living room more than anything. When people heard the words Windows CE (which Dreamcast was capable of running), some people thought CE meant Consumer Electronics -- although thats not what it means... in any case, thats what I thought it was all about. Getting MS Windows in the position to take over the living room. They could have done that through reaching out to Sony and Nintendo. Live really would have been Live Anywhere.
If it worked though, what would happen? Would you have VIA, Intel, and people like that jumping on board the console / consumer electronics bandwagon?
I always thought Microsoft should have done something like this. Make it an open system, and license it out to consumer electronics manufacturers -- I mean: I always thought it was their software they wanted in the living room more than anything. When people heard the words Windows CE (which Dreamcast was capable of running), some people thought CE meant Consumer Electronics -- although thats not what it means... in any case, thats what I thought it was all about. Getting MS Windows in the position to take over the living room. They could have done that through reaching out to Sony and Nintendo. Live really would have been Live Anywhere.
Hcoregamer00
The 'H' stands for hentai.
This fabled EA console has a much better chance of getting mainstream support than anything that could come from acer. What was the last AAA game to come from Acer's development team?
maniac-kun
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found an english article about this:
http://www.betanews.com/article/Acer_eyes_future_desktop_systems_including_game_machine/1205406937
http://www.betanews.com/article/Acer_eyes_future_desktop_systems_including_game_machine/1205406937
While an open console from them might not be terribly successful, if it's truly open, like the GP handhelds, then it might be worth owning. Look at the topics about custom PSP firmware, DS flash cards, hacking the Wii, PS3 linux, and how great "homebrew" really is. Well, this console will likely have nothing but "homebrew".
Digital-Hero
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evlcookie said:
Call me when old people are playing games like WiiFit on PC.
Oh wait, thats never going to happen.
Baron Doggystyle von Woof
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solid2snake said:
No, it's a little different. This will be #4 on the console market, and normally i buy all 3.
It sounds to me like Acer is just making a pc with it's own (simple) OS, and then calling it a "games console" to build interest. Meanwhile the only thing it'll play are PC games... We'll see, but I have a hard time seeing this as a viable option (Acer doesn't have the same money that a company like MS does.)
solid2snake
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shaft said:
well, at the Xbox launch we had also 4 consoles
- Dreamcast
- PS2
- Xbox
- Dolphine (Gamecube)
GHG
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Joining the current gen would be suicide, so surely they would join once the 720, PS4, wii 2 etc join the market.
Seriously though, this is getting stupid with all of these companies wanting to join. If Acer and Apple join as well we could see a market crash :| . Now thats a megaton I'd like to see on GAF. The amount of meltdowns :lol .
Seriously though, this is getting stupid with all of these companies wanting to join. If Acer and Apple join as well we could see a market crash :| . Now thats a megaton I'd like to see on GAF. The amount of meltdowns :lol .
solid2snake
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·feist· said:
i heard the iGame by Apple is "Boom", well, that's what Steve Jobs said.
Baron Doggystyle von Woof
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solid2snake said:
I was 14/15 when those were released. Never had the money back then, but i bought them later on. (never had a dreamcast)
Barkley's Justice
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samsung joining console market, watch for it
Staccat0 said:
HA. True, but that's not what I meant. I just meant that, for the long haul and for this to be more than a glorified PC that plays PC games on an open platform, Acer would need a shit ton of money. Look at MS's attempt at breaking into the console industry as a perfect example for what Acer would have to face... it just seems unlikely (since they, nor anyone else, has that kind of money).
NOW, if they released in a MMO-addicted country and marketed it as an MMO-based console (maybe a monthly-fee-free MMO console?), they may be able to pull some decent sales numbers and then pull in devs to start developing for it. Other than that, you gotta have mad cash (like a Sony or an MS...or a Google) to get into the console business and sustain the rough weather for the first few generations.
lastendconductor
Put your snobby liquids into my mouth!
Going by this thread, they may as well cancel the project right now...
solid2snake said:
1)It was no longer called Dolphin, as GameCube had been announced as the name long before
2)The Dreamcast was officially discontinued it January 2001. So there were 3 consoles when the Xbox launch (2 in North America, GameCube had launched in September in Japan, and came out 2 days after Xbox in North America).
solid2snake said:
1)It was no longer called Dolphin, as GameCube had been announced as the name long before
2)The Dreamcast was officially discontinued it January 2001. So there were 3 consoles when the Xbox launch (2 in North America, GameCube had launched in September in Japan, and came out 2 days after Xbox in North America).
GHG said:
First
no now would be the best time to join .. they know what everyone else has out there.. they could put out a more powerful machine out.
second this wouldn't cause a market a market crash .. at the least .. it would give us a neat niche console that last a few years.
I am all for it!
Zombie James
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GenericPseudonym
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So a company smaller than Nintendo is determined to run in a market controlled by two juggernauts and a phenomenon? Are they stupid?
Are you talking about Acer? When you say "smaller than Nintendo", what do you mean by that? You do know that Acer is pretty big right?GenericPseudonym said:
I believe they are ranked #2 (or something close) in worldwide PC shipments (now that they own Gateway and some other companies.)
sprocket said:
Their laptops, at least, are horrible. They have horrid build quality and stuff. And since consoles are compact, I would use the laptops as a closer indication to what quality their console would be (unless they make their console really huge.)
solid2snake said:
1)It was no longer called Dolphin, as GameCube had been announced as the name long before
2)The Dreamcast was officially discontinued it January 2001. So there were 3 consoles when the Xbox launch (2 in North America, GameCube had launched in September in Japan, and came out 2 days after Xbox in North America).