Making Content New

And here I’d gone and gotten used to life without a gaming console:

Netflix And Nintendo Agree To Stream Movies, TV On Wii This Spring | paidContent.

I find this fascinating, as there is (and has been for some time now) a race between Nintendo, Apple, Microsoft and others to become the entertainment “hub” in the living room. But as we move from 3G to 4G and the mobile user experience continues to improve, will it really matter? If we can access content from wherever, the living room becomes less important, no? Or, are we going to have a hub-and-spoke model of accessing our content, with some central point as the hub and our various devices (e.g. – tablet, smartphone, etc) as spokes optimized for particular experiences (e.g. – tablet for reading & long-form video)?

One thing’s for sure: not having to deal with DVDs anymore makes me a lot more interested in giving the Wii another look…

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