Sun Microsystems have a brand new goal they're shootin for. They want to bring out software that you can play on any system. You go to the store, buy a game, and you can play it on Xbox, PS2, PC, etc.. Wow, what a whacky world we live in.

From Sun Microsystems
Sun is partnering with leading companies in the electronic gaming industry to leverage the market's widespread adoption of the Java[tm] platform
P.S. I don't think this is old news, I just found out today.