New York Tests Xbox-Based Alert System
As much as you really want to laugh at this, you know they have a good idea here. Think about it, if a natural disaster hit in the middle of a heated CoD: MW 2 match on XBL, would you even know? Well, now you will and it is all thanks to the state of New York!
The goal, said New York State Deputy CIO Rico Singleton, is to reach younger residents who spend more time on the Xbox, PlayStation, or Wii than with television or radio. Singleton, speaking Thursday at the Interop technology conference in New York City, said the plan makes sense, "considering the amount of time our youth spend on video games."