If the near future Arduino will release a color LCD module that can be plugged on the Esplora to create your very own open source console.

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That may no longer be the case: The next challenger is not a console but an open platform anyone can build a console for.

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The Wii U will open to a lackluster console market aching for a new console, and it will do so with the full suite of first and third party games.

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With luck, these games will clear the way for Microsoft's push to turn the console into a way to crack open the digital entertainment market.

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Push the backlit engine-start button and the dashboard air vents automatically rotate open while the rotary shift knob rises up from the center console.

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Ouya promises an open source Android operating system, and made early headlines by saying that the console would be completely hackable.

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