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I can't see this affecting too much future console sales, who's main selling feature is gaming, not internet, although most of the newly released consoles will have internet connection as a standard option. It will affect future sales of games though, because these people who have the box, and no computer (yes, I agree it's sad, but there are an awful lot of them, circa. 30,000,000 in the UK alone) will be playing their games via their Nokia set top box and therefore will be less inclined to go out and buy a console and therefore have no inclination to buy console games.
Personally, it's not for me, I can get access to the WWW anytime on the PC, and I don't like the thought of the dog walking past my keyboard's line of vision when I'm playing a network game. And I cannot really see (narrow minded bit here) the Nokia making a decent rival bid to the major console players (i.e. Nintendo, Sega, Sony and Microsoft), either now or in the future.
Whether it actually will be a force will depend on two things; price and public perception. This is a major step forwards in technology for the average household, and I'd hate to see it go the way of other set top boxes (video with the VHS/Betamax fiascos, Sky with the many different types of boxes now available etc.) If demand is strong enough, and the public accept this kind of technology as the norm., then what a future we can look forward too. Whether the future will be bright or dark I cannot forsee, perhaps it will be more of a phosphorescent glow?
I can't see this affecting too much future console sales, who's main selling feature is gaming, not internet, although most of the newly released consoles will have internet connection as a standard option. It will affect future sales of games though, because these people who have the box, and no computer (yes, I agree it's sad, but there are an awful lot of them, circa. 30,000,000 in the UK alone) will be playing their games via their Nokia set top box and therefore will be less inclined to go out and buy a console and therefore have no inclination to buy console games.
Personally, it's not for me, I can get access to the WWW anytime on the PC, and I don't like the thought of the dog walking past my keyboard's line of vision when I'm playing a network game. And I cannot really see (narrow minded bit here) the Nokia making a decent rival bid to the major console players (i.e. Nintendo, Sega, Sony and Microsoft), either now or in the future.
Whether it actually will be a force will depend on two things; price and public perception. This is a major step forwards in technology for the average household, and I'd hate to see it go the way of other set top boxes (video with the VHS/Betamax fiascos, Sky with the many different types of boxes now available etc.) If demand is strong enough, and the public accept this kind of technology as the norm., then what a future we can look forward too. Whether the future will be bright or dark I cannot forsee, perhaps it will be more of a phosphorescent glow?