Consoles as RIA Platforms
December 28th, 2008
Imagine: if you could sit on your sofa, and view new content on YouTube or MetaCafe (well you can do this with PS3 + Linux). Or add your MySpace, Facebook, Twitter or Linkedin contacts to Multiplayer game, or simply check email. Those who played with PlayStation 3 + Linux installation will understand me.
But for some time I thought that consoles will remain closed market for small business, and we have to agree, Twitterific and other Web 2.0 client is far from $20M Game 
. But recent news: Nintendo announced video service (Kotaku, Reuters), and Sony opening PlayStation platform for developers, led me to conclusion that Gaming consoles may become quite popular market for RIAs of next generation, there is more than 200 millions consoles on the market:
- Wii: 34, 000, 000 +.
- XBox 360: 25, 000, 000+.
- PlayStation 2: 140, 000, 000+ (yeah more than 140 millions).
- PlayStation 3: 17, 000, 000+.
Currently all of them trying to create own Web 2.0 like content: Mii, XBox Live Avatars, PlayStation Home and LittleBigPlanet, but I hope that this markets will open it’s doors for popular services too.
