With more females playing games online, the typical stereotype of an average online gamer being an introverted, overweight teenage boy who spends most of their time indoors playing computer or console games, has been blown out of the water.
Sony's argument that teenagers need to be shown how to use its PlayStation computer-games console is ridiculous.
And the rise of direct downloads, in which games are sent directly to a computer or a console via the internet, appeals to gaming's comparatively young and technophilic audience.
With many users starting to use computer monitors to play console games, if the Xbox can run Explorer, Office, Skype and most if not all the other 3rd party apps, then a lot of people might just buy an Xbox instead of a PC as their primary computer at home.
FORBES: Microsoft's Next Xbox Is For Your Living Room, But Isn't For Gamers
Plus, with analog and optical connectivity, it's easy to get 3D sound from your computer, tablet, game console, mp3 player or any audio gear.
ENGADGET: Antec wants to rockus with its new soundscience 2.1 '3D' speakers
Diamond provides a 3-in-1 remote that features a keyboard, mouse and motion control, allowing you to use your television like a computer device or a game console.
With UltraViolet, consumers have greater flexibility and can watch or store purchased content on their terms whether it is on a mobile device, computer, television, game console, or storage device.
ENGADGET: Seagate now a DECE member, supporting UltraViolet HD
Police said they found a smashed computer hard drive and a gaming console in Lanza's bedroom.
The Vybe works with any sound source such as a gaming console, TV, computer, or mobile phone using a standard audio cable (included in the box).
OnLive — a cloud service that streams console games to your computer or to your TV through a micro set-top box — is going way, way past games.
FORBES: OnLive Wants To Be Your Tablet's Supercomputer In The Cloud
The console, a modified computer system specially designed for use by gamers, replaced the arcade machine as the dominant means of playing and selling video games long ago.
OtherOS enabled the machine to run Linux, the alternative operating system to Microsoft Windows and Apple OS. Running Linux essentially turned the PS3 from a single-purpose gaming console into a desktop computer, which people could use to write programs.
The navigation system further affords the ability to input destinations using fingertip handwriting recognition via a laptop computer-like touchpad on the center console.
In fact, a little computer on the CJ1's center console calculates rotation speed to the knot, based on temperature, altitude and weight aboard.
Recognized as the undisputed industry leader, Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. markets the PlayStation family of products and develops, publishes, markets and distributes software for the PS one game console, the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system, PLAYSTATION 3 and the PSP system for the North American market.
ENGADGET: Sony announces 'snackable' 100MB Minis for PSN Store
While any announcement of a new game console is rightly going to be greeting with a hefty amount of skepticism, it looks like this new Evo "Smart Console" from upstart Envizions Computer Entertainment could be a bit of a unique case and, as Pandora has shown, sometimes these things do actually pan out.
ENGADGET: Linux-based Evo "Smart Console" now up for pre-order
For many people without a games console or HDMI hookup to their computer, that means a Roku set-top box.
Downloading goes via the PlayStation 3 console, turning it into a home computer server that can handle movie rentals as well as play games.
Sony Computer Entertainment prez and CEO Andrew House announced the console with little more than a logo and a handful of concepts.
On a recent afternoon, camera operator Doug Winglewich sat at a console and watched several dozen incoming video feeds plus a computer linked to the county 911 dispatcher.
FORBES: Lancaster, Pa. turns its citizens into little Big Brothers
It s a simple idea but one with major repercussions: Nintendo s Wii U game console features a touch-sensitive controller rather like a tablet computer.
At any rate, the sheikh can console himself with the knowledge that the metro will be the world's biggest computer-operated train system, and its Union Station will have the world's biggest underground railway concourse.
Sony Computer Entertainment America announced on Tuesday morning that it would be selling updated versions of its PlayStation 3 console with more hard disk drive space at 160GB and 320GB, respectively.
FORBES: Sony Pushes PlayStation Network To The Fore With The Latest PlayStation 3 Update
Fifteen years later, entrenched in the console wars and caught in the crosswinds of massive shifts across the gaming industry, Sony Computer Entertainment once again reprises the role of the underdog as it prepares to meet the oncoming competition.
FORBES: On PlayStation's 15th Anniversary, Sony Plays The Underdog Once More, With Feeling
But this approach is such a radical change from the operation of the old console that games developers will be forced to start from scratch, using a new style of computer programming to produce games for the PlayStation 3.
应用推荐