Acer wants in on the console market

Source: http://www.gamestar.de/news/hardware/vermischtes/acer/1478487/acer.html

"The taiwanese Notebook manufacturer Acer plans to enter into the console market. This communicated the senior Vice President, James T. Wong, on a press conference. Most current consoles are closed and proprietaere systems, which machine" on PC technology based "game machine"; from Acer is to set against it on open standards. This could mean that game developers would not have to pay license fees for the publication of plays on this system."

found this out on Neogaf.
(http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=257304)

Hmm.

Mixed feelings about this.

More compotion is always going to be good for the industry and the lack of licencing fees is rather good.

But will it actually work...

That would be awesome, Acer makes quality products.slickchris7777

Totally. Cheap too.

It'll be dead before it hits the ground.

Idk, i dont think acer will make it they are a expensive bunch according to there laptops and there is no way a console will be cheaper, and knowing they they will want the latest parts in there console, plus they need to get all the devs and publishers on there side so i may take a while.

but hey, go for it acer you may hit a gold mine

Idk, i dont think acer will make it they are a expensive bunch according to there laptops and there is no way a console will be cheaper, and knowing they they will want the latest parts in there console, plus they need to get all the devs and publishers on there side so i may take a while.

but hey, go for it acer you may hit a gold mine

Pinkyimp

4 is too much. what would we call Acer fanboys?air_wolf_cubed

Acorns?

It'll be dead before it hits the ground.

darklord888

EA has plublicly supported the idea of a unifed platform and if EA releases cheap games(that don't need to pay license fees to console makers) for a cheap console, than it might even have a chance of overcomming the big 3.

That would be awesome, Acer makes quality products.slickchris7777

Tell that to the dead pixel I got on my acer monitor, which I eventually returned.

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhaahahahaha

Pause for breath.

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.....

Acer!!!!!theyll probably just get a dreamcast slap some black paint on and a new processor and call it the Acestation 720 or somethin!!!!

hahahahahaha.......

[QUOTE="darklord888"]

It'll be dead before it hits the ground.

lordxymor

EA has plublicly supported the idea of a unifed platform and if EA releases cheap games(that don't need to pay license fees to console makers) for a cheap console, than it might even have a chance of overcomming the big 3.

Exactly. If the games are £10 cheaper, it might do very well.

[QUOTE="darklord888"]

It'll be dead before it hits the ground.

lordxymor

EA has plublicly supported the idea of a unifed platform and if EA releases cheap games(that don't need to pay license fees to console makers) for a cheap console, than it might even have a chance of overcomming the big 3.

The one intriguing prospect for a unified set top box that appeals to me is that I would no longer have to buy 2-3 consoles in order to get all of the exclusive games that I want. But the big 3 would have to be in on it first, of course.

rly wasent the Fararri series expensive like 1000 dollars, hmm ill look it upPinkyimp

[QUOTE="lordxymor"][QUOTE="darklord888"]

It'll be dead before it hits the ground.

ironcreed

EA has plublicly supported the idea of a unifed platform and if EA releases cheap games(that don't need to pay license fees to console makers) for a cheap console, than it might even have a chance of overcomming the big 3.

The one intriguing prospect for a unified set top box that appeals to me is that I would no longer have to buy 2-3 consoles in order to get all of the exclusive games that I want. But the big 3 would have to be in on it first, of course.

I doubt M$, $ony or Nintendo will want in on this.

[QUOTE="slickchris7777"]That would be awesome, Acer makes quality products.bobaban

Tell that to the dead pixel I got on my acer monitor, which I eventually returned.

Well I have an Acer monitor, and have had no problems.

[QUOTE="ironcreed"][QUOTE="lordxymor"][QUOTE="darklord888"]

It'll be dead before it hits the ground.

thrones

EA has plublicly supported the idea of a unifed platform and if EA releases cheap games(that don't need to pay license fees to console makers) for a cheap console, than it might even have a chance of overcomming the big 3.

The one intriguing prospect for a unified set top box that appeals to me is that I would no longer have to buy 2-3 consoles in order to get all of the exclusive games that I want. But the big 3 would have to be in on it first, of course.

I doubt M$, $ony or Nintendo will want in on this.

Oh, I am sure that they do not, but there are a lot of industry insiders that think unified set top boxes are going to eventually be what our good ole' consoles evolve into. Lots of devs are for it, as they will have a lot more power within the market, because rather than hardware wars, it will strictly come down to being about nothing but the games.

[QUOTE="thrones"][QUOTE="ironcreed"][QUOTE="lordxymor"][QUOTE="darklord888"]

It'll be dead before it hits the ground.

ironcreed

EA has plublicly supported the idea of a unifed platform and if EA releases cheap games(that don't need to pay license fees to console makers) for a cheap console, than it might even have a chance of overcomming the big 3.

The one intriguing prospect for a unified set top box that appeals to me is that I would no longer have to buy 2-3 consoles in order to get all of the exclusive games that I want. But the big 3 would have to be in on it first, of course.

I doubt M$, $ony or Nintendo will want in on this.

Oh, I am sure that they do not, but there are a lot of industry insiders that think unified set top boxes are going to eventually be what our good ole' consoles evolve into. Lots of devs are for it, as they will have a lot more power within the market, because rather than hardware wars, it will strictly come down to being about nothing but the games.

[QUOTE="ironcreed"][QUOTE="lordxymor"][QUOTE="darklord888"]

It'll be dead before it hits the ground.

thrones

EA has plublicly supported the idea of a unifed platform and if EA releases cheap games(that don't need to pay license fees to console makers) for a cheap console, than it might even have a chance of overcomming the big 3.

The one intriguing prospect for a unified set top box that appeals to me is that I would no longer have to buy 2-3 consoles in order to get all of the exclusive games that I want. But the big 3 would have to be in on it first, of course.

I doubt M$, $ony or Nintendo will want in on this.

Most developers don't want to pay licensing fees or have their games censored or changed somehow, so if they are offered a free platform they will jump in you can bet on it.If the big 3 doesn't change their ways they will lose money.

[QUOTE="ironcreed"][QUOTE="thrones"][QUOTE="ironcreed"][QUOTE="lordxymor"][QUOTE="darklord888"]

KungfuKitten

Oh, I am sure that they do not, but there are a lot of industry insiders that think unified set top boxes are going to eventually be what our good ole' consoles evolve into. Lots of devs are for it, as they will have a lot more power within the market, because rather than hardware wars, it will strictly come down to being about nothing but the games.

Hey, I am not making any predictions for if or when. I am just saying that it is being discussed within the industry as a very probable future. And is an idea that is fully supported by game industry giants such as EA....who currently are on quite an EAting spree in their forceful efforts of aquiring development houses.

they make really good quality laptops for cheap prices
so i dunno

If there are not licensing fees, then Acer would be losing out on a nice chunk of change. They would probably have to sell the console for profit (which is possible, since Nintendo does it).JonJonJohnnyJon

It's possible but look at what you get with the Wii.

Hey, I am not making any predictions for if or when. I am just saying that it is being discussed within the industry as a very probable future. And is an idea that is fully supported by game industry giants such as EA....who currently are on quite an EAting spree in their forceful efforts of aquiring development houses.

ironcreed

NNNoooo!!! for the love of god, the last thing we need is another damn console...

Yay :| Another console to share the multiplat games with. Thats just what we need. Unless this new console was vastly different from the PS3/XBOX360 and Wii. There is absoluty no need for another console.Dahaka-UK

The idea is that there's no licensing fee, making games £10~ cheaper! Hoorah! Of course, Acer doesn't have any in-house game development so... it'll need to negotiate with alot of companies. Perhaps a Joint venture by EA, Activision and Acer with the former going 2nd party on Acer's console? :P

[QUOTE="JonJonJohnnyJon"]If there are not licensing fees, then Acer would be losing out on a nice chunk of change. They would probably have to sell the console for profit (which is possible, since Nintendo does it).-Renegade

It's possible but look at what you get with the Wii.

[QUOTE="slickchris7777"]That would be awesome, Acer makes quality products.bobaban

Tell that to the dead pixel I got on my acer monitor, which I eventually returned.

And my Acer T180 that didn't come with a backup/boot CD and then the ePower gadget thing decided to try everything in it's power to break my computer.

Going against Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft is just suicidal.

Unless you have an amazing amount of cash, and have a super instant-selling innovative idea for gaming hardware, there's a slim slim chance for any type of success.

More compotion is always going to be good for the industry

redstormrisen

I personally think more compeition from the software side is great. better quality games more often. But more competition in the form of another console? I think that's very bad for the consumers, money doesn't grow on trees so not all games can afford all the console to play all the good games. Sure you can stick to one but in the end there will be great games coming out on 3 other consoles (not including handhelds and the PC) that you wouldn't be able to play.

I'm using my quality Acer Laptop. If they made a console, I doubt it will fail. It'll have bluetooth as well, just like my Laptop, so there you have it for online communication. I'll definetely look into this more

Maybe they'll just kick M$ out of the race.slickchris7777