If that weren't bad enough, Japan has an even smaller market share due to the penetration of consoles in the country and the apparent dominating success of the new Nintendo Wii console in particular. An NPD Group study placed the console retail dominance at some 14 times the current levels of PC gaming. Let's hope that Epic Games will rally behind it and enable this functionality in time for the release of Unreal Tournament 3.Ĭurrently, and likely for the foreseeable future, the PC gaming market is dwarfed by the console Right now the only games scheduled to be released in 2007 with this capability include Shadowrun, a first-person shooter, and the "ever-popular among sextagenarians" Uno card game. Xbox 360 gamers will be able to battle each other - on compatible games. A more advanced version, included in Microsoft's Gold membership account, willĪllow cross-platform gaming so, on software that supports it, PC and Username and seeing a common friends list. Games for Windows Live platform will allow PC and Xbox gamers toĮxchange text chat messages, signing on to each system with a common That market in Japan, and that will in turn create momentum for the Gaming market in Japan has been underdeveloped. Microsoft's Japan unit said "I believe the PC Takashi Sensui, general manager of the Xbox division at We wish them luck and imagine that Japan is largely a "PS3 town". Gaming a boost in Japan and generate more business there for the Xbox 360 console. In particular, Microsoft hopes the launch of this new system will give PC Ever since the days of Unreal Tournament and Xbox users have wanted to combine the game play power of both consoles and PCs. The gaming platform, dubbed Games for Windows Live will allow compatible games to play concurrently on both the Xbox 360 and Windows PC. Microsoft is launching a new service in May that could, overtime provide the 'missing link' in the "console-vs-PC' gaming experience. Could this be the end of civilization as we know it? Or the start of something really cool? Human sacrifice, Consoles and PCs living together - mass hysteria. Fire and brimstone coming down from the skies.
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