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Old March 21st, 2008   #1 (permalink)
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Default Epic Misinterpretation! Acer NOT Making a Gaming Console

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Earlier this week, the gaming community was extremely surprised to hear [Only registered users can see links. ] from Taiwanese laptop manufacturer, Acer, that they were planning on developing a game console. Executive James T. Wong told reporters at a press conference that they were looking to produce a console with an emphasis on “open standards.” Well, looks like that was all a big misinterpretation, as an Acer spokesperson sent out this message:
“That was a major misunderstanding as JT [James T Wong, Acer’s senior VP] was wrongly interpreted,” said a UK spokesperson for the firm. “Acer is not going to release any game console but the idea is to develop a high-end PC (so not a console) targeted at the serious gamer.”
Ah, so they’re really just working on specialized gaming PC. That makes much more sense. It’s just as well too; the console markets already feeling saturated enough.
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well if it was another gaming consol it would have been intresting !

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