EA Founder: Consoles Will Become Niche

[vazzaroth]

"Consoles will soon be niche..."

Oh, because PC tech is advancing faster than consoles can be manufactured cost effectively, and Nintendo "Fun for the whole family" style kinect stuff will be the niche.

"... because it's too hardcore".


WELP. :|

 

[Vault101]

one thins I still dont get is the experience of a great AAA game and somthing liek angry birds is completly and utterly different

there will always be those chasing that AAA big experience..

 

[Vault101]

I feel like we're missing a more important talking point here. The console and PC experiences are beginning to converge.

I wouldn't say they're converging, more like the PC is simply adopting the only few things consoles ever had as an advantage in the great debate.

Mostly due to Steam I might add.

but look at theings on the console side

downloads....internet conections...updates and patches

seems kind of "PC"-like to me

 

[Vault101]

Your new avatar makes me chuckle, I never much cared for Mort.

tis not polite to speak ill of the dead


[quote/]OT: It makes sense really if you believe in the singularity stuff.

the more advanced technology becomes the faster the next generation of technology will leap forward, and with console generations about 8 years long the technology available will quickly out strip those and make them look even more like antiques.

Pretty soon they will just adapt and become closed platform PCs that can have parts swapped out but only with branded Microsoft or Sony parts.[/quote]

or our phones will wirelessly connect to the TV

principle of covergence and all that

 

[Evil Smurf]

It is niche, want to play Pokemon? Buy a DSi/3DS/DSiXL/3DSXL. Want to play Uncharted? But a PS3/VITA. Want to play Gears of War? Buy a Xbox 360.

 

[Erttheking]

Nice EA, get the hardcore elitists clawing at each other. Come on we have to put up with enough of that without you dumping gas on the fire.

 

[Two-A]

Gotta love that the guy who made the 3do is predicting the slow death of console gaming.

I feel like we're missing a more important talking point here. The console and PC experiences are beginning to converge.

No, they are not. Console-centric games are still based on the "arcade + cinematic eye-candy" paradigm, while PC games, (both traditiona hardcore and facebook casual) are based on the "tabletop game meets utility software" paradigm.

What games are you playing? I can name a few "PC Games" that aren't tabletop-esque (Skyrim comes to mind). Besides, I think you are missing the point he was trying to make. During the PS2 era the majority of games were RPGs, 3d platformers and action adventure games; genres that are rarely marketed to the PC crowd. Nowadays, most console games are shooters and sandboxes. And there is more of an effort to port games from console to PC and vice-versa.

The PC is dead, now the console is dead. Would someone make up their mind already.

I thought it had been revived once digital distribution became a thing.

The PC is dead, now the console is dead. Would someone make up their mind already.

Makes sense that a number of the better games for the PC in recent years have all been about zombies...

'Cause Skyrim, Guild Wars 2, Minecraft, TERA, and Smite were all about zombies.

 

[CardinalPiggles]

I feel like we're missing a more important talking point here. The console and PC experiences are beginning to converge.

I wouldn't say they're converging, more like the PC is simply adopting the only few things consoles ever had as an advantage in the great debate.

Mostly due to Steam I might add.

but look at theings on the console side

downloads....internet conections...updates and patches

seems kind of "PC"-like to me

I guess, but he did say that they're beginning to converge, so I assumed we were talking about more recent times. Those PC-like additions were soooo 10 years ago

 

[Erttheking]

Your new avatar makes me chuckle, I never much cared for Mort.
.

I personally felt uncomfortable around him, like I said to walk on eggshells. Probably because of one instance where I made a thread where I talked about feeling alienated from the rest of the Escapist for my political and religious views, and he proceeded to give me shit for said views, apparently missing the irony. That thread turned sour fast.

 

[Something Amyss]

I like the fact that PCs and hardcore are apparently mutually exclusive.

 

[lacktheknack]

Well, this makes the long-overdrawn "PC Gaming Is Dead" sentiment that so clearly rang through these halls a mere two years ago look kind of hilarious, doesn't it?

 

[Something Amyss]

Well, this makes the long-overdrawn "PC Gaming Is Dead" sentiment that so clearly rang through these halls a mere two years look kind of hilarious, doesn't it?

Alternatively, it makes the dude making the statement look like an utter tool with no concept of what he's talking about, since console gaming has also been "on the way out" for more than a decade.

 

[lacktheknack]

Well, this makes the long-overdrawn "PC Gaming Is Dead" sentiment that so clearly rang through these halls a mere two years look kind of hilarious, doesn't it?

Alternatively, it makes the dude making the statement look like an utter tool with no concept of what he's talking about, since console gaming has also been "on the way out" for more than a decade.

To be fair, I've not heard that sentiment to any great degree until the rise of cell-phone games.

 

[Strazdas]

He said that consoles are the source of innovative gaming and that hardcore gamers like innovative gaming. From these two completely illogical things i decided that he knows nothing about what he is talking.

 

[FalloutJack]

So, just to clarify, are we calling this one "EA Says Something Stupid Again"? Honestly, it's gettin' like Anonymous committing hacks of violence just to desperately stay relevent now.

 

[mixadj]

I have a ps3 and it might be my last console. I have realized that maintaining a mid-tier pc is cheaper in the long run than buying multiple consoles. There is also the fact that there are not enough console exclusives coming out anymore to warrant a purchase. There are much more PC exclusives and indie titles that are usually cheaper and more enjoyable than anything that will release on consoles. I have other friends who are slowly switching over as well. I think the pc market is actually growing and starting to take over a reasonable portion of console sales.

 

[xPixelatedx]

there's always going to be a hardcore segment, a segment that likes innovation

What!? I am pretty sure the hardcore crowd has stayed away form innovation as much as possible, that's why they have their title. The wii waggle, the PS Move and Kinect are all seen as garbage by the hardcore crowd, and all of that is the "innovation" this gen has brought. They just want great games, and to make great games one doesn't necessarily need innovation at all, just skill at their craft.

Also, it's kind of funny for EA to keep making predictions of doom and gloom, especially now about people who are starting to collectively give them the finger. Spiteful much? Of course games sales are low right now, outside of a few gems like Borderlands, why on earth would they be high? The fall rush doesn't usually start until November. Yeah a lot of games just came out but most of them were crap.

 

[tehwalrus]

Makes sense that a number of the better games for the PC in recent years have all been about zombies...

Guild Wars 2? Planetside 2? Battlefield 3 (the console versions don't count)? Torchlight 2? Diablo 3? Starcraft 2? Sins of a Solar Empire? FTL? Kerbal Space Program? Tribes: Ascend? And these are just recent games. I barely tried and I could list a bunch.

GW2 - check
Torchlight 2 - check
Diablo 3 - check
Starcraft 2 - check
All those games have zombies, I haven't played any of the other ones...

The PC is dead, now the console is dead. Would someone make up their mind already.

Makes sense that a number of the better games for the PC in recent years have all been about zombies...

'Cause Skyrim, Guild Wars 2, Minecraft, TERA, and Smite were all about zombies.

Minecraft is all about zombies, and zombie pigmen... and Skyrim had entire hordes of undead! Pay attention people!!