Ken Levine finds Chromecast tech more exciting than next-gen

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When I spoke to Ken Levine in Boston last Monday about BioShock Infinite DLC, I also wanted to get his quick take on the next generation of consoles. Levine, though, was more interested in talking about another piece of forward-looking technology."From a hardware perspective, the PC and the Xbox and the PS4 are very much similar beasts in a lot of ways now," he said. "It's more about the software on top of it and the services they provide."What I'm excited about - you saw that Google dongle that came out the other day? - is something like that for games."That Google dongle is better known as Chromecast (http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-07-25-google-launches-cheap-chrome-streaming-dongle-for-your-tv), a $35 HDMI gizmo that plugs into your TV and allows you to stream from YouTube, Netflix and other media services via the cloud using a tablet or laptop as a remote.

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