80 percent of consoles in households can play DVDs or have the ability to download and watch films from the Net.
30 percent of those surveyed were aware that their console could play movies, and less than half of those--some 13 percent--had actually done so.
The report's author, Dale Gilliam III, commented, "Today's next-generation games consoles, such as the Xbox 360 or Sony PlayStation 3, are true digital multimedia powerhouses. Yet very few of these devices are connected to the Internet, and even though these same platforms may feature a high-definition DVD playback system, very few consumers are using them for nongaming media applications
He goes on to blame it partially on "lack of awareness", lol. Steerforth calls it apathy. I mean, half the people who do know don't take advantage of it, and if the rest of this crowd is so clueless than it wasn't a priority when they laid down their money in the first place. So they either don't need it or more likely it is already been accounted for by another device.
And you thought Nintendo was being cheap by not providing DVD playback, internet, and massive hardrives all these years!
I know I've never played a DVD in any of my game systems! I am a true gamer!
