Games Consoles Are The Second Most Used Device For Watching Internet TV
Stop playing on your console and start watching
Internet tv is growing in importance and increasingly being chosen by viewers in the home. One interesting statistic has emerged when looking at the type of hardware used to watch online streaming, so says market research group iSuppli.
Wifi connected game consoles are the second most used platform (after computers) for viewing the thousands of movies and tv shows available from the web. In 2009, the video game console category accounted for 52% of all living room consumer electronics devices shipped with onboard broadband connectivity.
So now games consoles do not just have to compete with each other, said iSuppli analyst Pamela Tufegdzic, who has authored the soon-to-be released “Gaming Platforms Evolve Beyond Gaming – Console, Handheld and Mobile Gaming Continues to Battle” report. “With consoles now allowing for Internet video-on-demand (VOD) services to be streamed to televisions, the devices compete not only with STBs providing Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) but also with satellite providers, telcos and cable services,” she said. Their dual nature, which supports game play and Internet connectivity, make them a strong candidate for “winning the battle for the connected home,” she said.
Since the birth of internet tv, consoles are becoming a significant platform for viewers who want video-on-demand, according to iSuppli. In April, Sony said it would launch MLB.TV service on the PS3 for live streaming Major League Baseball coverage. Netflix, which has been available on the Microsoft Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, recently became available on the Nintendo Wii.
If you want to enter the world of on demand streaming, you do not need to invest in expensive new blu-ray players, internet connected tv sets or other set top devices. Just dust down your PS3, Xbox or Wii and get watching.
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I’d love to know what figure/statistic exactly you’re basing the title of this article on? About the only evidence in this article that games consoles are the second most used device to access internet TV is that 52% of living room devices shipped with broadband onboard were games consoles, which doesn’t prove or even say anything about the number that are used to watch internet TV. I see you printed the source’s name but you haven’t linked it to the actual study that this article conscerns, could you elaborate?