PC Manufacturer Ponders 'Open' Gaming Platform

Notebook manufacturer Acer is considering producing an 'open,' non-proprietary gaming system to compete against the likes of the Xbox 360 and Wii. From BetaNews:

NEW YORK CITY (BetaNews) - Right now, the Acer brand name is still equated with PC notebooks only, despite Acer's acquisition of Gateway. But in an interview with BetaNews at its press event on Wednesday, Acer's senior vice president, James T. Wong, said that his company has a game machine in mind, and that it will be based on "open standards."

"If you look at most of the other game machines that are out there right now -- Nintendo's, the Xbox -- they are 'closed' and proprietary systems," he told BetaNews.

Wong said that, beyond "openness," all of the Acer-branded systems being eyed right now, including the game machine, are envisioned as offering new and innovative form factors and applications.

Maybe I'm missing something, but I thought gamers already had an 'open' gaming platform - the PC.