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If they keep going this way, it's probably only a matter of time before a common "gaming box" standard is set and these companies just become manufacturers agai
by bane 7y ago
If they keep going this way, it's probably only a matter of time before a common "gaming box" standard is set and these companies just become manufacturers against this standard.
It's happened before to various levels of success.
- Narishma 7y agoIt was tried at least a couple of times (3DO and Steam machines) but it failed for various reasons, I think mostly because the result wasn't very cost-competitive with proprietary consoles.
- bane 7y agoYeah, and others: MSX, Nuon, and the modern PC compatible systems. However, outside of gaming (and even computing), it becomes very common once it's no longer a differentiator to build your own version of a thing. Consider VHS, DVD, shipping containers, standardized faucet fixtures and so on.
- reggieband 7y agoAlready tried by Steam with SteamOS and Steam machines [1]. They even developed a custom controller. I haven't heard much about it since its launch roughly 5 years ago, however I would assume it is all but dead now. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_Machine_(hardware_platform) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_Machine_(hardware_platfo...