Xbox 720 (Durango)
I haven't commented on the recent avalanche Xbox 720 rumors because the signal-to-noise ratio is impossible to determine, but Jeff Pinard has a very thoughtful point about the "always-on" requirement, if true, in regards to hospitals (and hospitals for children, in particular):
The trickle down effect would be pretty
staggering. Child’s Play might have to make a decision to forgo the
Xbox720 and subsequently ALL of the games on that platform a possible
no-go.
We have the best Pediatric Hospital in all of
Western/Central Michigan, with people from Indiana who come here as well since
the Indiana system isn’t all that hot. There are twice as many beds as
Internet spots, and the Pediatric Hospital has even less at peak times as
wifi/gaming is set to the lowest priority when there is a spot to login.
This is not a negative against the hospital, but the reality of having a
massive hospital with everything digitized and major data loads, and extraordinary
levels of security on their networks. The smaller county hospitals don’t
even have wifi/Internet access.
That's very shitty for kids who use gaming as a distraction in a terribly difficult situation. And can you imagine the PR nightmare/blowback for Microsoft?
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