The Future of Television: Games, Media and TVersit

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For awhile now, games and music/tv/film have been connected. Not only do other forms of media provide inspiration and soundtracks for many videogames, but game consoles have increasingly supported more diverse media playback functions. First Sony and the other CD pioneers (no pun intended) included audio playback. Then Sony and Microsoft upped the ante with DVD support in PS2 and Xbox. Now, Microsoft offers HD quality video downloads and connectivity with Windows Media Connect (WMC) and Windows XP Media Center Edition (MCE) PCs. Sony has made Blu-Ray a cornerstone of the PlayStation 3 design, and promises to deliver on previous promises of downloadable media content. The Wii promises to use standard-sized DVD discs, so can media downloads and playback be far behind?


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