A fourth console: Lenovo iSec

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http://www.tomsguide.com/us/eBox-iSec-motion-controller-game-console,news-11099.html
EDIT: Please read the linked article for a lot more info, this is just a small quote:

"For those looking for an alternative to the Big Three, the upcoming Lenovo gaming device was officially revealed early Friday sporting a new name: the iSec, short for "Sports Entertainment Center." The console will offer a motion detection feature similar to Microsoft?s Kinect where movements are tracked by a camera, allowing players to use gestures and other body motions rather than the standard controller.

According to Eedoo CEO Jack Luo, the upcoming iSec console will be focused on family gaming. Titles shown at the press event covered exercise-themed games consisting of Chinese martial arts and workouts, sports games (skateboarding etc) and adventure games (fighting monsters). The console will also serve as a home entertainment center, offering movies, access to the Internet and even karaoke capabilities."



Looks like they're taking a swing at the Wii market share... however, it is only slated to be released in China this year and possibly come overseas in 2012. Initially it was supposed to be out in China in '10.
 
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baconsarnie said:
Wolfram01 said:
a new name: the iSec, short for "Sports Entertainment Center."
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The 'i' being there why?
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Hipness, you silly.

@Topic: Supposed to be out a year ago? China only? Games are marketed "Chinese martial arts", "sports" and "adventure"? No names at all? Doesn't sound good.
 
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Wouldn't it be interesting if a game device could teach us how to do martial arts?

Otherwise it's just a Wii/Kinect/whatever.
 
Stammer

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I forgot said:
no controller, not interested
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My thoughts exactly. I'm glad the Wii was relatively inexpensive because learning that motion controls were a bad idea could have been an expensive mistake. And no controller at all whatsoever is even worse.

This thing? Guh. Well, power to them I guess.
 
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Stammer said:
I forgot said:
no controller, not interested
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My thoughts exactly. I'm glad the Wii was relatively inexpensive because learning that motion controls were a bad idea could have been an expensive mistake. And no controller at all whatsoever is even worse.

This thing? Guh. Well, power to them I guess.
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This comparison should be made with the Kinect, not the Wii. The Wii was successful. The Kinect was an expensive mistake and so was Move.
 
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I asked about 7 or 8 people to name all the laptop makers they know this morning, and none of them said Lenovo, so if their laptops aren't well known then this will probably flop.
 
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Hasn't this been announced for a while. And it was only available in China last I knew.
 
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Cool, if this takes off then shovelware companies might have a place to dump all their shit and Nintendo may once again see the need for a healthy library of quality third-party games.
 
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I forgot said:
Stammer said:
I forgot said:
no controller, not interested
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My thoughts exactly. I'm glad the Wii was relatively inexpensive because learning that motion controls were a bad idea could have been an expensive mistake. And no controller at all whatsoever is even worse.

This thing? Guh. Well, power to them I guess.
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This comparison should be made with the Kinect, not the Wii. The Wii was successful. The Kinect was an expensive mistake and so was Move.
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lol, I wasn't comparing the two. I was just saying that I bought a Wii several years ago and the only game I've played on it since I first got it was Brawl. It was a mistake, but as I said, thankfully it was comparatively inexpensive.

And then I pointed out that what makes this iSec even worse is that it's like the Kinect which doesn't use even a remote wand. Controller >>> Wand > Nothing.
 
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