Scientific-Atlanta Mulling Video Game Set-Top Box

Dyre Straits · Mar 4, 2004, 07:58 AM

"NEW YORK (Reuters) - Scientific-Atlanta on Wednesday said it is planning to develop television set-top boxes with high-performance video games capabilities, which could compete with game consoles such as Nintendo's GameCube and Sony's PlayStation 2.

Scientific-Atlanta chief executive James McDonald, speaking at an investor conference in Dana Point, California, said developers are already building games for its Explorer series of set-top boxes. But he gave no timetable for when such a device might be available.

"We have a partner we are working with who has 250 engineers in Europe writing software for the Explorer platform for games," McDonald said at the Morgan Stanley Semiconductor & Systems conference, which was broadcast over the Internet. "

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Dyre Straits · Mar 4, 2004, 04:42 PM

Does anyone think we need another gaming console?

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Dyre Straits HH Old Fuddy Duddy Join Date: May 2002 Location: Georgia, USA Posts: 14,205 Rep Power: 216 System Specs	Scientific-Atlanta Mulling Video Game Set-Top Box "NEW YORK (Reuters) - Scientific-Atlanta on Wednesday said it is planning to develop television set-top boxes with high-performance video games capabilities, which could compete with game consoles such as Nintendo's GameCube and Sony's PlayStation 2. Scientific-Atlanta chief executive James McDonald, speaking at an investor conference in Dana Point, California, said developers are already building games for its Explorer series of set-top boxes. But he gave no timetable for when such a device might be available. "We have a partner we are working with who has 250 engineers in Europe writing software for the Explorer platform for games," McDonald said at the Morgan Stanley Semiconductor & Systems conference, which was broadcast over the Internet. " More at Reuters (This company is right here in my neck of the woods.)