Microsoft Xbox Is Winning The Living Room War

I have never used an Xbox but then again it has been a while since I last played a video game.  Personally I own a Sony PS3 and hardly use it's blue ray feature which was the driving selling point for my purchase.  I'm sure that by the time my kids get older there will be a new technology that blows both Xbox and PS3 out of the water.

One of the new features with these gaming systems is the interactive involvement that can get kids moving rather than sitting playing  a game.  The Xbox’s Kinect accessory comes with cameras and microphones and can see and hear the kids as they watch and play. “Kids generally learn through play, and this is an opportunity to get them off the couch and involved,” says Terry Fitzpatrick, chief content and distribution officer for Sesame Workshop, which has produced Sesame Street since 1969. “Microsoft recognized the value of it immediately.”

As more features are added to these gaming consuls they will indeed become more apart of a complete entertainment system.

 Full article about the rise in Xbox courtesy of Forbes

• ...watching the tube remains almost a full-time job for the average American, who puts in nearly 35 hours a week, according to research firm Nielsen. And that habit has not migrated to Windows PCs. Ninety-eight percent of view time is still spent staring at a traditional TV set. Americans spend $91 billion a year on cable and satellite subscriptions, and advertisers spend another $72 billion reaching us there. This remains a fat enough cow to move the needle, even at mighty Microsoft.
• In some ways the Xbox is emerging as an alternative for those who want to cut the cable cord. On-demand movies and TV? Xbox can stream more than 200,000 high-definition titles. Premium channels? Game of Thrones rages on via HBO Go on Xbox. Live sports? Xbox has ESPN, every regular-season Major League Baseball game and Ultimate Fighting.