Google Video Game Console Could Hit Shelves This Fall

By Justin Sarachik, Christian Post Reporter Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Google is working to develop an Android-based video game console and a wristwatch to throw their hat in the gaming race.

According to the Wall Street Journal, the new system could be available this fall.

Sources have said Google is not trying to be in competition with Microsoft, Sony, or Nintendo, but rather, Apple, one of their biggest rivals in the device business already.

Rumors have been circulating on Apple's plan to create a console of their own for television sets.

There has been an influx of Android run gaming consoles over the last couple of months, touting new technologies that claim they are better and faster than any of the major distributors. Within the last week a Kickstarter for a new console OUYA went up, and company, Nvidia delayed the Shield, a highly publicized new mobile console.

At the E3 expo in Los Angeles, MadCatz, a gaming peripheral company, announced their Android-powered "micro-console," the "M.O.J.O," while GameStick completed a successful Kickstarter campaign where they reached six times their goal, reported NBC News.

Google could be trying to put a chokehold on all Android-based consoles by setting the tone for what the systems could or should be. The Wall Street Journal said it is comparative to their acquisition of Motorola in 2012. Another key component could be the need for drawing more competition from Apple.

The next move by Google is the Nexus Q media streaming device.