Angry Birds Dev Foresees Doom for Consoles
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No he's right- mobile games will kill consoles completely, the same way the internet killed video, video killed radio, radio killed books...
catch the drift?
catch the drift?
This was actually attempted around 2001 with disastrous results, the phone/console lasted less than 6 months I think. I don't think completely integrated devices are the wave of the future like a lot of people think they are. I think the reason the Wii was so successful was because it was just a gaming platform, and it didn't try to be anything else, but that also made it more affordable for everyone. People talk shit on the Wii all day, but it's the undeniable sales champ of this generation, which is all that any console developer is looking at.Haz88 said:
Daaaaamn that guy is fucking stupid. No mobile, social or casual game ever did something as meaningful as Heavy Rain or Mass Effect, and I don't think that they will ever do. I am so tired of these pseudo game developers assholes doing nothing than living in their soon to burst bubble and thinking they are part of the REAL game that represent consoles. Besides, in his argument he seems to think that there are nothing but blockbusters and blockbusters attempts on the consoles, and that XBLA or PSN don't exist. How can someone so ignorant be leading people in a pseudo video game company, seriously??
^This, pretty much.D_987 said:
(Hey dude, it's not my fault you keep taking the words out of my mouth >_> Hope the projects are well)
LoL, radio killed books? So many literate people would be upset to hear that. =pSquilookle said:
I would agree with this, but the market will provide my friend. The first company to really kill the rest is the one that doesn't try to do these things. The one that doesn't allow DRM to ruin the legal users experience. The one that doesn't try to sue people because they discovered a new way to use something that wasn't previously thought of.Dys said:
PCs have an even lower barrier. You just need to somewhere to host or sell your game.MorphingDragon said:
i loved it. i am a trophy collector, played through to get each ending, then went on a bobblehead search, only to find out there was 1 missing that i couldn't get back, so completed it again xD plus the expansions as well, took quite a bit of time to do ^^warcraft4life said:
Not to mention Angry Birds is basically just a whole game of that one match in Worms (you know the one I mean, everyone had one) where you fired a single bazooka shot and the resulting chain of bouncing mines and secondary explosions took out the entire opposing team. And you pretended that's what you intended to do with that shot.WolfLordAndy said:
Which is why it has so many class-A third party titles...Baresark said:
...Oh, wait. Seems they're not looking at that, given all the big-hitting third party titles are 360 / PS3 / PC multiplatforms that rarely even have a Wii port.
Peter Vesterbacka is an idoit how can he possibly think that moblie gaming is the future when there about to bring out a handheld consol with 3D projections without glasses and ofcourse Kinect probs the last step before we actully get VR ( BTW Hurry up !!! ) but yeah I think this guy was hit with the stupid stick 
iPhone games are fun for a quick play every now and then.
But consoles are here to stay, Mr. Vesterbacka.
Sorry.
But consoles are here to stay, Mr. Vesterbacka.
Sorry.
the man is a loon, can we not post any more of this lunatics ravings in the future? Thanks.
or this. If he is though, TOUCHE! XDMorphingDragon said:
I agree with him when my mobile turns into 32" screen with good sounds and I can relax on my sofa having with in my hand.
Also I wonder how mobile would conquer fps games mostly because the controls. True I have old fashioned phone and I play with it, but that is in the school between classes etc. So for me mobile gaming is limited to those moments. So consoles aren't dying in my opinion.
Also I wonder how mobile would conquer fps games mostly because the controls. True I have old fashioned phone and I play with it, but that is in the school between classes etc. So for me mobile gaming is limited to those moments. So consoles aren't dying in my opinion.
I.... don't see millions of people spending hundreds of hours on angry birds....
For me, casual games are a way to kill time and I didn't find Angry Birds a particularly engaging timekiller either. I prefer Osmos which had some actual skill as opposed to this castle crashing nonsense which requires the same "skill" as Peggle.
Nowadays I prefer to read a book on my iPod or ponder assignments rather than let my mind fall the the minutiae of casual games.
So this guy's been in the industry for what... a year? Maybe two? And the industry is closer to 30 years old now? Sorry junior, but you have about as much clue about where the industry is going as a 5-year-old does about major world events.
because gaming on the couch gets old SO fast
as does hard core games haa pshh
anyway...I have the free holiday edition downloads for Angry Birds on my iPod Touch
it's a'ight, some levels are really bloody hard but I wouldn't pay for it (I'd much rather buy Plants vs Zombies for an iPad if I had one)
as does hard core games haa pshh
anyway...I have the free holiday edition downloads for Angry Birds on my iPod Touch
it's a'ight, some levels are really bloody hard but I wouldn't pay for it (I'd much rather buy Plants vs Zombies for an iPad if I had one)
