The first open source gaming console is here, and it’s called the Wiz.

With the console wars no closer to ending, and with Nintendo milking their DS by creating new models, does an open source based system have any future? Can independent game-developers rival with big software houses,  that invest big money on developing and marketing their products every year? Will Wiz try to mimic Apple’s or Android’s application store/market, by creating free beta games, followed by paid full ones (freemium, anyone )?

This could become yet another great way to promote brands, through entertainment, by creating your very own video game at lower costs - a user generated one, perhaps?

 

What say you?

 

Best,

Francisco Duarte 

 

 

PS: Have a great 2010 everyone!

 

Photo credit Dekua

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