[size=14pt]China To Launch a New Console. Price Tag: $600![/size]

For years now, there have been rumblings about the eBox, or its other moniker, the iSec. Yet, the console was pushed back, and then it seemed to vanish completely. Well, it's back and slated to come out soon. Real soon.


Now called CT510, this is the Chinese game console the Lenovo backed and co-invested in—the first of its kind. In China, video game consoles are banned. Yet, Beijing Eedoo Technology Ltd., the company developing the CT510, said this week that the console will be released in China on April 29. It will be priced at 3,799 yuan ($600) per unit, and it comes with eight pre-installed games.

Last fall, it was priced at 3,000 yuan, which was then $470.

Like Kinect, the CT510 features control-free motion-controls. According to Eedoo head Jack Luo, the CT510 is only the second home console to feature an entirely controller-free home console. The console is targeting casual players and not hardcore gamers. It also seems to be targeting people with $600 to spare.

China Daily reported that the console was delayed for about a year because, as Luo said, Eedoo required more time to "further improve the product and provide a better user experience".

Even though the console is slated to come out, it's unclear how this machine can bypass the Chinese game console ban, which outlaws "game boxes", and be legally sold in China.

And once it does go on sale, does that mean that Japanese and American console companies can legally sell their hardware in China?

The PS3, the Xbox 360, and the Nintendo Wii are widely sold throughout China, but via the country's gray market.

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Here are the specifications:

Dual Core 1.8GHz processor.
High-performance 3D GPU Graphics Chip.
2GB DDR3 Ram.
250/320GB 2.5″ Sata HDD.
3D motion sensor.
Network Interface RJ45, WiFi 802.11b/g/n.
Support audio output RCA audio, HDMI 5.1 channel output.
Video output support HDMI1.3a.
5 USB 2.0 USB port.
Reader that supports SD / SDHC / MMC / MS / MS Pro / XD six kinds of memory card.
System security TPM security encryption chip.
Power adapter input: AC 110 ~ 220V, 50-60MHz Output: DC 19V, 3.42A.
Remote control to support the 38K IR interface
Video player supported video formats include: WMV/AVI/MOV/MKV/MPG/TS/MP4/VOB/ASF/FLV.
3 audio playback supported formats include: MP3/WAV/WMA/APE.
Photo playback supported formats include: BMP / JPG / PNG.
Support TPM security encryption and authentication system.

The release date is 29th of April 2012.

http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMzg3ODI3MDM2.html

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$600

Grizz: $600

True story!

Is there even a market for a new entry in the console wars? Even the wii u with its pad screen thing can't possibly cost that much and this untried console is going to charge $600? I smell a flop, but i guess we'll have to wait and see.

Lmao, 1.8 ghz DUAL CORE cpu, vague 'high performance 3d gpu' (probably nothing special, anything powerful will be bottlenecked by the cpu). For $600? the kinect-like controls can go and die. This console dey on looooong thing. For that price one could assemble a gaming rig that will crush this console, and you'll be gauranteed a huuuge library of games on the pc!

these guys haven't learned that a console lives and dies on its library.