The digital, interactive game players, IDC predicts, will become the second most popular Internet connectivity devices when they start shipping in 1997, but they will still remain far behind the general-purpose PC.

• IDC还预测，数字的交互式游戏机在1997年开始交付时将成为第二大流行的Internet连接装置，但仍将远远落后于通用pc机。