Announced a game console for developing countries.

The event Game Developers Conference 2009 and Tectoy company Qualcomm announced a new gaming console called Zeebo, writes GamesIndustry. The device will be focused on countries with developing economies. The developers hope that the console will be in demand in Brazil, Russia, India and China.
  Prefix Zeebo can display the picture in the resolution of 640 by 480 pixels. The device is equipped with three USB-output and memory card slot format of SD. All games for Zeebo will be distributed through the network 3G and EDGE. Especially for this console will be a network service called ZeeboNet. The device will support developers and publishers such as Electronic Arts, Activision Blizzard, Capcom, id Software, Namco and THQ.
Games for the new console will cost by 10-20 per cent (around 2-3 dollars) more expensive than pirated copies. According to the creators Zeebo, is the prefix will be released in Brazil in late May - early June this year. The cost of the console in the country will be $ 199.
Official site of the device, it is reported that in the set will be supplied with Zeebo four games: FIFA 09, Need for Speed Carbon, Brain Challenge and Prey. Another project (the first part of Quake) can be downloaded free of charge through the network. In the future, the library of games will be added as the games that have emerged relatively recently (such as Resident Evil 4) and a rather old project (for example, released in 1996, the Fighting Tekken 2).
At the end of 2009 Zeebo should appear in Mexico, and in 2010 will launch the game system in India. Date the console in the territory of Russia has not yet been clarified.