RE: [split] Dependents and money for consoles
October 22, 2009 at 6:06 am
(This post was last modified: October 22, 2009 at 6:08 am by Rob.)
(October 22, 2009 at 4:43 am)Tiberius Wrote: I'm talking about a console...something designed for gaming and just gaming, with various controllers and easily upgradable parts. Not a PC in other words.
The lines are very blurred here. In my living room i have a bare bones x86 PC. It's specs arn't great but connected to my TV its more than adequate to play roms as recent as the N64 era. It's primary use it to play games. the only peripheral connected to it is a bt adapter to sync up with the PS3 controllers I'm using. Id go as far as to say that this machine was designed for gaming and just gaming.
In my bedroom I have a playstation3. It's got the specks of a mid range gaming rig. Its powered by Gentoo Linux. It triple boots between Gentoo, Fedora and Sony's game OS. Installed on the playstation is a full desktop environment from which you can access a full office suite, a developers IDE for C/C++, art packages and web browsers. This machine has access to all of my network's functionality. It can scan, print and share files between other devices. All of which was accomplished with no illegitimate back door hacking or bug exploitations to get the operating systems installed in the first place. They were put there using tools provided by the manufacturer.
Which of these best fits the description of "games console"?
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