phisheep on 09 January 2009
The 'multifunction media center' is the Holy Grail of manufacturers, sure. The manufacturers all want to have it and dominate the living room entertainment experience.
They see the mirage of a new monopoly, tantalisingly just out of reach.
But the customers won't want one.
Who is going to buy a multifunctional box where the different bits go out of date at different rates? Not me.
A year after it is released somebody will invent something new - a pinkray widget maybe, and a year later someone will come up with an FVD drive or something - and my multifunction box will be sat there with all its lights on consuming all that power and I will wish I'd bought a Wii instead.
