Acer to Enter Games Market?

Jimmy 2004 · Mar 18, 2008

Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft are the three big names in the console market at the moment, but if a story from German site Gamestar is to be believed, Acer could soon be set to join in the action. Apparently the company's senior vice president, James Wong, cited the proprietary nature of current consoles as the firm's inspiration for creating an open-standard, PC-based "games machine". Unfortunately that's pretty much all Acer has revealed at the moment, and the story remains a rumour, but this could certainly spice-up future console wars a little bit if it's true.

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ShadowFold · Mar 18, 2008

A console with a mouse + KB and FireFox = epic winnage! I do like overclocking, building and maintaining a custom PC tho. I kinda hope this doesnt completely kill PC gaming tho.

OrbitzXT · Mar 18, 2008

You can already use a mouse and keyboard with a number of games on the 360 and PS3, this is nothing new. Also there were rumors that Starcraft 2 might be released on these consoles, and with a mouse and keyboard I'm cool with that.

OrbitzXT · Mar 18, 2008

What are with the things where my stars should be?

ShadowFold · Mar 18, 2008

OrbitzXT said:
What are with the things where my stars should be?

hm? I still see stars.

OrbitzXT · Mar 18, 2008

Just incase its not showing that way to anyone else, this is a screenshot of what I'm talking about. Am I special?

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h204/OrbitzXT/untitled-2.jpg

ShadowFold · Mar 18, 2008

Oh thats cool! Ur using Firefox too so idk why I dont see them

Saakki · Mar 18, 2008

lol why not go PC if want console with KB , mouse and FF :toast:

Jimmy 2004 · Mar 18, 2008

OrbitzXT said:
What are with the things where my stars should be?

W1zz is trying out a replacement for stars - check out this thread and give some feedback.

OrbitzXT · Mar 18, 2008

Weird, its not just me, but its not everyone either.

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h204/OrbitzXT/untitled2.jpg

Is anyone else getting this or maybe its just something with my browser?

OrbitzXT · Mar 18, 2008

Ah ok lol, that clears up the confusion, thanks!

WarEagleAU · Mar 18, 2008

Kind of pointless when we have gaming pcs already. You can even hook them up to huge big screen tvs (LCD, PLasma, OLED, etc)

FreedomEclipse · Mar 18, 2008

didnt i submit this or did somebody beat me to the crunch?? :S

Jimmy 2004 · Mar 19, 2008

FreedomEclipse said:
didnt i submit this or did somebody beat me to the crunch?? :S

I think it was you, but I forgot to post to say so... sorry

effmaster · Mar 20, 2008

Jimmy 2004 said:
I think it was you, but I forgot to post to say so... sorry

Are all mods required to say who submitted the stories to them?
If so then malware has a bit of explaining to do :laugh:

(its all good malware i know your a busy person from the email you sent me a few days ago :laugh:

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