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http://www.tomsguide.com/us/eedoo-ebox-xbox-playstation-wii,news-7887.html

Friday Lenovo spokesperson Jay Chen revealed that the company is entering the video game

arena with the launch of a motion-sensing console. Called the eBox, the device will be the result of a spin-off company named Beijing eedoo Technology Ltd., and is expected to hit retail shelves in China first.

According to Chen, the new gaming console was first developed internally by Lenovo. "We saw game consoles as an area with growth potential," he said. A team of 40 software engineers was created to develop the initial prototype using motion-control technology similar to Microsoft's Kinect for the Xbox 360. The group was then was sectioned off to become the separate, dedicated company.

With that said, Beijing eedoo Technology's upcoming eBox isn't slated for drug store discount shelves (as in those lined with the "As Seen on TV" products, the Zone 40 and Xtreme Fit "consoles"). Instead, it intends to compete with the big boys--namely Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony. Still, the eBox will set its sights on the casual player rather than hardcore gamers--similar to Nintendo's Wii console.

Look out!!!!   this console will come with 40 games!!!!



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return of a big 4 like the last generation when sega dreamcast lost .... but we know when their 4 someone goin lose it all like sega hmmmm is it time for  new change of order lol



Its the PS3!! >_>



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they are going to fail. btw if this happens does it mean that the generation ended o_O



Being in 3rd place never felt so good

Well i read that Lenovo were more interested in going down market, by concentrating on their cheaper laptop series, instead of the Thinkpad range, so this seems to be right up their ally.



“When we make some new announcement and if there is no positive initial reaction from the market, I try to think of it as a good sign because that can be interpreted as people reacting to something groundbreaking. ...if the employees were always minding themselves to do whatever the market is requiring at any moment, and if they were always focusing on something we can sell right now for the short term, it would be very limiting. We are trying to think outside the box.” - Satoru Iwata - This is why corporate multinationals will never truly understand, or risk doing, what Nintendo does.

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Is this thing just releasing in Asia?  And will Vgchartz be tracking it?



eBox... How fuckin imaginative and original...



eBox...and is expected to hit retail shelves in China first.

 

hmm makes sense.



I depends on what they view as a level of success...if selling 3-5 million LTD units is success, then it is probably going to be successful, but if they hope to compete with Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft...that's another matter.



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the source article has more info http://www2.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2010-08/27/content_11210891.htm 

16 3rd party developers are developing content apparently, I am interested in seeing the specs for this machine.



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