Hideo Kojima Believes Consoles are Dying

[Simalacrum]

hmmmm...

I'm still putting my faith into a purely DLC-based gaming experience, rather than cloud gaming... while the latter of the two requires an internet connection throughout the whole experience to be able to play the games, DLC is more similar to discs - you can still play them even if your severed from the internet...

My prediction is this: console gaming will still exist, but it will move towards DLC only, similar to the PSP-Go. Hard drives will be massive, naturally, since your downloading full title's... I reckon disc-based gaming will still exist next-gen, but its going to be much more focused on DLC. Sure, game-selling companies will suffer from it, but they can adapt (maybe they could provide fast downloads of games for people with no/slow internet connection?) afterall... and it would be far more convenient for consumers.

 

[WhiteTiger225]

All this is probally being said simply because even fans hated the crap factor of the newest metal gear game.
Anyone else noticed this trend in Japan? Franchise releases a crud game (Dynasty Warriors Gundam, Metal Gear Solid 4 and its.... 99% cutscene composition) then suddenly goes off on a tangent against the video game market (Or just a certain area of it)?

 

[WhiteTiger225]

hmmmm...

I'm still putting my faith into a purely DLC-based gaming experience, rather than cloud gaming... while the latter of the two requires an internet connection throughout the whole experience to be able to play the games, DLC is more similar to discs - you can still play them even if your severed from the internet...

My prediction is this: console gaming will still exist, but it will move towards DLC only, similar to the PSP-Go. Hard drives will be massive, naturally, since your downloading full title's... I reckon disc-based gaming will still exist next-gen, but its going to be much more focused on DLC. Sure, game-selling companies will suffer from it, but they can adapt (maybe they could provide fast downloads of games for people with no/slow internet connection?) afterall... and it would be far more convenient for consumers.

For the love of god I pray not...

Would suck that I reformatted my computer, and made my rare, legal copy of "So&So 5" is gone forever, never to be played by anyone ever again.

 

[samsonguy920]

You guys have to consider that in Japan, this doesn't seem as far-fetched a claim. The handheld gaming market is much larger than the console market.

Yes, and that is Japan, and though a lot of americans for some reason like to emulate the japanese, we won't necessarily follow their lead. I for one, speaking as a PC whore, think consoles are here to stay for a long time, and handheld games are not a medium to replace consoles...at least until you can hook up the handheld to a TV and get the same amount of quality and multiplayer experience. If not more.
So it is worth taking his words as maybe meaning something when living in Japan, but until he decides to make actual games and not movies with game intermissions...his words mean bupkiss.
Cloud gaming won't live past the time when developers finally get the idea up their ass to cut the damn umbilical cord. And definitely won't go anywhere until online is more dependable and speedy for everyone. And that won't happen until ISP's finally get the idea up their ass to get their hands off everyone's throats, throttling net speeds.
The internet needs an enema.

 

[Frank_Sinatra_]

With the massive popularity of current generation consoles, I don't think Kojima's prediction will come true anytime soon, but who knows right?

Pretty much my opinion on the matter. It sounds crazy, but hey, I'm no expert.

It sounds crazy because Hideo Kojima is crazy.
[small][sub]He's especially crazy for not making another ZOE[/sub][/small]

 

[Crusader1089]

I think he's talking a load of old shit

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

IS THAT THE ONLY KOJIMA PIC IN THE WORLD?!

And they'll live.

 

[ironlordthemad]

Yeah consol gaming is dying... thats why they still sell millions of consols every year.
Even if "the cloud" takes over I still want a specialist gaming device to play my games on rather than use a computer.
Besides, Hideo Kojima doesn't make these kind of decisions for the industry (I am aware that no one does.) so it doesn't even matter what he says. He is just one developer.

 

[VanityGirl]

But.... Hideo Kojima is fucking nuts.

I don't really believe that this will happen any time soon.

 

[Megawizard]

I imagine there's gonna be one more generation before there's a "be-all end-all" console system that just streams everything (that one that just came out I don't see taking off too well yet; it's too inefficient).

 

[sailor_960]

I think the next generation should be HD handheld systems that can plugged into the TV to play them if need be. Think about it, Xbox Live or PSn over 3G on the go and over Wi-fi at home.

 

[Mr. Mike]

Yeah, and in the future we won't rely on fossil fuel.

It's a nice dream, but it won't happen anytime soon.

Very much this. For anything to happen, it requires the simultaneous action of EVERY company or corporation involved, otherwise the uptake is slow or the movement dies.

 

[lwm3398]

It would be pretty awesome if Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft tried to work together to make some kind of console you can play any game on. I like the idea, having to buy only one console and not four to get all the games and new releases you want, but then again, who doesn't?

 

[CyanLink]

If MGS4 was any indication the future of gaming will involve books. The dude's riding a duck with a serious look on his face he's clearly gone off the deep end.

 

[dochmbi]

Great idea, just give us 10-15 years to rebuild our entire network infrastructure with optical fibres.

 

[dochmbi]

It would be pretty awesome if Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft tried to work together to make some kind of console you can play any game on. I like the idea, having to buy only one console and not four to get all the games and new releases you want, but then again, who doesn't?

In a way this would make sense since most of the time companies lose money when selling the consoles themselves, so selling less consoles and more games would translate into greater profit.

 

[Varanfan9]

It won't happen because Nintendo will never die. They are too powerful at this point. No offense towards Sony or Microsoft but they could drop out because they are software companies first while Nintendo will never drop because they are a gaming company. They will keep cranking out moderately good to great consoles.

 

[Jaded Scribe]

I believe it is where games are heading eventually, but it will be a few more console gens down the road. Blu-Ray has knocked down a lot of walls in terms of memory limitations on console games. But as we become a more centralized society (look at on-demand, and I bet within the next 10 yrs, owning disks will become a thing of the past as you just purchase digital copies of movies that get saved on a server).

But, I don't think we'll start to see a major migration to this format for a good 10 years when the speed and cost of internet have taken another leap forward.