Can google compete with the three giants?
Console war is a thing that has existed from time immemorial. Generally this competition occurs between two consoles "mainstream" belongs to Sony with its PlayStation and Microsoft's Xbox. Meanwhile, although Nintendo often have their own market, sometimes also included in the ranks. However, it looks like the three of them will soon be the arrival of a new competitor that is not less "great" from his experience, Google.
The Sony and Nintendo projects were eventually canceled and became the PlayStation we know to date.
Exactly, the company owner of Android, YouTube, and the most powerful search engine is immediately competing in the world of gaming. Reported by Polygon and DailyStar, joining veteran video game industry Phil Harrison with Google to be one reason. Harrison is known to have worked for 15 years with Sony as they worked on SNES PlayStation with Nintendo, which was later canceled and reborn into consoles we know today. Did not stop there, he also served as Senior Executive in Microsoft's Xbox team.
Former Xbox and PlayStation executives, Phil Harrison is now joining Google to create new objects related to video games
It remains unclear what he did with one of the world's largest technology companies. Cuitan's personal Twitter account just mentioned that he will return to work as a GM and Google Vice President of Google. Indicates that he is working on a super secret project in his new office. However, looking at the background of his work that is closely related to the video game industry, it is safe to think that Harrison is working on video game related work.
Google is very interested in the video game industry. It started with Android platform, game browser, up to Daydream, VR platform based on Android Operating System 2016 ago. Now, they are doing an augmented reality investment called ARCore. Harrison's interview with Eurogamer last year gave a strong signal that he was very interested in augmented reality. According to him, would be very interesting if humans can combine the real world with the world of imagination that is represented by computer data. That humans can still see and hear others as real life, but combined with computer HUD and computerized results through tools created to support it.