Google throws their hat in the console ring

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RJ_Sizzle said:

SpokenTruth said:
This is more likely for games on their Play Store rather than console based games.

Well, the thing that's got people's eyebrows raised is that they hired Phil Harrison and the code name itself refers to being a "beast of a [streaming] service". Which makes people think they could be shooting for something higher than a mere Play store device that comes with a controller. It's all speculation for now, but they have enough in the bank to cause a real disruption to the current market. Is a Netflix-type console the beginning of the end? Because I figure Google is going to sell it... hard.

Not really. Google released their hyped Pixel phone like 2 years ago and it’s still a flop compared to Galaxies or iPhones. Google entering the ‘console’ market doesn’t mean it’s going to be successful, let alone change things.