God of War Creator Says Next Gen Will Be the Last
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Things are definitely changing --hard copies of new games are becoming more and more scarce, especially since used games sales have become a lot more popular for stores-- but just like widescreen TV's and surround sound killing the cinema industry I can't see hard copies disappearing entirely; not unless everything goes completely digital.
About the only thing that I see coming on the horizon that will drastically change the industry is the shift toward digital distribution over physical disc distribution (as well as danger of collapse into singularity due to exceeding the DRM critical-mass threshold, but I won't get into that). Otherwise, everything else remains the same.
I don't see mobile gaming as replacing console or PC gaming (and I don't think console gaming will replace PC gaming, despite arguments that have been made to the contrary). These are all differentiated experiences of gaming with differing goals and constraints with respect to the activity of video-gaming. There is no replacing one with the other because neither is superior to the other, despite the claims of some; there is only choosing in which mode of experience you engage at various points in time, given various constraints, personal preferences, and individual goals. There simply is no singular, universal solution that works for everyone in all cases (try hauling your PC or console on the bus or train next time you want a quick game while commuting; doesn't work too well).
I'm not too familiar with the idea of streamed gaming (sorry, been under a rock for a while), so I can't really comment on that.
I don't see mobile gaming as replacing console or PC gaming (and I don't think console gaming will replace PC gaming, despite arguments that have been made to the contrary). These are all differentiated experiences of gaming with differing goals and constraints with respect to the activity of video-gaming. There is no replacing one with the other because neither is superior to the other, despite the claims of some; there is only choosing in which mode of experience you engage at various points in time, given various constraints, personal preferences, and individual goals. There simply is no singular, universal solution that works for everyone in all cases (try hauling your PC or console on the bus or train next time you want a quick game while commuting; doesn't work too well).
I'm not too familiar with the idea of streamed gaming (sorry, been under a rock for a while), so I can't really comment on that.
Yeah, I could see this happen. I really don't want to have to buy 1 TV for every major gaming brand just because I want to play all their games, and it will be awhile before internet connections are widely available enough for it to be an effective distribution-system, but I think this really could be the future. I like having all the stuff I can buy at the click of a button as opposed to standing in line on release dates.
There are few, very few things that would make me stop playing games. It's my one hobby.
But if game companies become like cable tv (which I have already left). I think that's it.
I mean picture this:
"For only 100$/mth you get to play ONE good game and a ton of crappy ones! You can also use one of our basic packages, which will get you all our crappy games, and a so-so one, for only $39.99"
But if game companies become like cable tv (which I have already left). I think that's it.
I mean picture this:
"For only 100$/mth you get to play ONE good game and a ton of crappy ones! You can also use one of our basic packages, which will get you all our crappy games, and a so-so one, for only $39.99"
Haha, oh Jaffe, you so crazy!
Yeah, gona have to go with a big "Nuh-uh" on this one. Guy doesn't have any basis for his opinion, and is well known for shouting his mouth off about any old bullshit.
Yeah, gona have to go with a big "Nuh-uh" on this one. Guy doesn't have any basis for his opinion, and is well known for shouting his mouth off about any old bullshit.
Streaming is a fools quest and every ISP on the planet should block it. Can you imagine the bandwidth cost of streaming a single HD video game for 20 hours. At 3600MB for a 2 hour that would be over 35GB and that would also be fairly close to the average gamers weekly play time. You can just download the game and play it for a fraction of that cost. Mobile processors aren't capable of playing High End games yet but give it a couple more years and they'll be as good as your desktop.
The next console generation will be weird, but it'll probably still exist. Nintendo could integrates the console and handheld into 1 system and use a docking station to bind it to your TV for all anyone knows.
The next console generation will be weird, but it'll probably still exist. Nintendo could integrates the console and handheld into 1 system and use a docking station to bind it to your TV for all anyone knows.
Does this guy like in the UK? our internet connection can't cope with streaming that amount of data. i'm lucky if i get 2mb on my 10mb connection from BT, and it regularly goes down for giggles.
i'll also like to point out that Onlive is nowhere to be seen or heard in my local community.
i'll also like to point out that Onlive is nowhere to be seen or heard in my local community.
You don't work in newspapers or at the Post Office. They are crashing and crashing hard. It is very a very uncertain time working in newspapers,I'm waiting to find out if I'm one of the 400 editorial staff slated to lose their job in the next financial year. As for the post office, Aus Post laid off two thousand people last year. The carriers thank the stars for eBay every day and the physical Post Offices only exist for old people to pay bills. Once they are gone so are the shops. Also let me ask you the last time you or anyone got a telegram?Birdfalcon said:
I don't think Jaffe is far off.
so this is the future? my shit being at the mercy of some server somwhere?
as somone said, are people completly missing the elephent in the room here? streaming and other bullshit might be great but I have real concerns over the lack of control and customisation we may have over the things, I don;t see how this is best for the consumer
oh and the internet issue
post offices, news papers and physical copies of products we buy (and how much control we have over said products) are very different thingsoctafish said:
as somone said, are people completly missing the elephent in the room here? streaming and other bullshit might be great but I have real concerns over the lack of control and customisation we may have over the things, I don;t see how this is best for the consumer
oh and the internet issue
Impressive feat. This guys mouth is is worst enemy.
You know this argument of the industry going full digital in basically 7 years time MIGHT hold some traction if it were not for the fact that we now see the industry starting to contract and pushing toward possible collapse. Primarily because of this kind of thinking and forecasting the industry on a larger scale.
Its no coincidence that the harder the industry pushes toward digital, the more the industry contracts. Basically what people who got dismissed as slippery slope naysayers is coming to pass.
You know this argument of the industry going full digital in basically 7 years time MIGHT hold some traction if it were not for the fact that we now see the industry starting to contract and pushing toward possible collapse. Primarily because of this kind of thinking and forecasting the industry on a larger scale.
Its no coincidence that the harder the industry pushes toward digital, the more the industry contracts. Basically what people who got dismissed as slippery slope naysayers is coming to pass.
It's a lot easier to download an article or an email than 6 hours of 1080p. And the email and newspaper article can long and just sit there, as opposed to having to respond to your commands in milliseconds.octafish said:
There are very few countries in the world that can handle this. Mine was set to be one of them but it's probably not going to happen now :\
I wasn't the one who brought newspapers and the post office into the conversation. I was just pointing out that the internet has had a devastating effect on their business. They are NOT doing just fine.Dryk said:
Anyway we are talking ten years in the future. In ten years this will probably be done wirelessly and on any Smart TV. Hell next year Nvidia predict smartphones will have more capability than consoles smartphones didn't even exist when the current consoles were launched. He's not saying the next generation he's saying the one after that. Ten years is a hell of a long time, I grew up before internet, I know.