Xbox Co-Creator Says Consoles Have Won

[Smooth Operator]

*Checks current online Steam users. Sees the number "3,142,586"*

Oh yeah, consoles and their innumerable COD, Halo and Gears of War have won alright ... *rolls eyes*

No no no, you missed the point, everything is now a console, therefor consoles win!

I really do wonder if they hire people straight from the looney bin... well I guess not having to pay them in real money has it's upsides.

 

[NathLines]

Facebook is a console now? How the eff..?

 

[znix]

What an idiot lol.

 

[Sikratua]

Facebook is a console now? How the eff..?

If you spend your time on Facebook primarily playing Farmville, or any of the multitude of games on Facebook, then, yes, Facebook can be seen as a cloud-style gaming platform.

 

[Xanadu84]

I think there's an equivocal fallacy going on here. I don't think that he is talking about the Console/PC "War". I think that he is saying that everything, including traditional PCs, are now a console. The usefulness of this thinking is...umm...im not sure. Something to do with mobile devices and gaming. I'm sure he has a point...whatever it is...but regardless, I don't think hes taking a pot shot at Steam, PC games, or anything like that.

 

[adamtm]

"I'm bleeding, that makes me the victor!"

"I must apologize for Xbox, he is an idiot. We have purposely designed him wrong... as a joke."

And i was afraid nobody would get the joke...

 

[Veylon]

It's easy to win when you can redefine words to suit yourself. I'll grant that consoles and PCs are more similar than they used to be, but that's because consoles have become more like PCs, not vice versa.

 

[Xaio30]

I know a guy who plays games on his PC.
Therefore, PC GAMING HAS WON!!!!111oneone.


Edit: This the fourth time in a row!

 

[Tsaba]

I could also beat a dead dog on this subject and also go in depth on this bunch of silliness, but, I'm not, so here's a video of a basket of kittens!

 

[pizzapicante27]

In other news sandwich co-creator declares: "Sandwich has won"

 

[Brian Hendershot]

So there's this car that runs on water man.

 

[GonzoGamer]

Reminds me of the old George Carlin bit:
"And now a message from the National Apple Institute:
'Fuck Pears!"

I wonder why the co-creator of one of the most popular consoles would hold such an opinion.

Also, he's pretty right for the time being. Specific-purpose devices and software are dominating right now. Consoles have far outstripped PC sales and the app model for software has gained significant traction. People like things that are self-contained and relatively simple to understand and it's hard to blame them.

Consoles are a lot easier to deal with than PCs: if it's a 360 game it will run on a 360. You don't need to worry about system requirements, about updating, about messing with settings. Similarly, if you want to install an app on your iPad, you download the app and boom, done. No need to fuss with installations, conflicts, etc.

This used to be the case with pretty much every console before this generation. The consoles are slowly becoming just as complicated as the PC. You don?t have to worry too much about system requirements but if you get a game for the 360, you have to figure out if you need to install it. And if you do, how much space you?ll need. If you?re not connected to the internet with it, you have to figure out if there are any updates that are needed.
Hell, getting Fallout New Vegas working on the PC was a lot less complicated than trying to get it to work on the ps3. If there are texture issues on your PC version, you can fix it or even get a mod to get rid of the error box. But if it?s on your console, you have to completely uninstall everything and re-install ? including any dlc (what was causing that issue) which limits you to the downloads you can make.
The big draw for the consoles used to be that you just throw in your game, turn on the machine and you?re good to go. Unfortunately I think those days are behind us. Between that and the prices of the consoles, I probably wont even bother getting one when the next gen rolls around.

 

[Musiclly enhanced]

"You can't release a device that's not a console now, and if you release one that can't be a good console, it will fail. It's just true."

so is that why they released a broken one?

 

[Numachuka]

Facebook is a console now? How the eff..?

If you spend your time on Facebook primarily playing Farmville, or any of the multitude of games on Facebook, then, yes, Facebook can be seen as a cloud-style gaming platform.

Nope. Consoles have hardware.

 

[Arafiro]

What are consoles?
If they are devices exclusively designed for playing video games then as someone mentioned earlier the current generation of consoles has started to drift quite far from that (as they now offer a multitude of other services).

I could equally claim that since consoles now support multimedia, and now function more like a PC, PCs have won! Hooray for PC gaming!

His logic is completely lacking. He also doesn't claim what they've won against.
I'm confused, I'm going to go lie down.

 

[krazykidd]

*Slowly tilts head* ....Bwhat? This man greatly confuzzls me.

And dammit I hate Console vs PC races. We gamers shouldn't divide ourselves.

^^ This.

But on the other hand , Wii win ! VICTOWiiiiiiiiiii !

Now gamers will soon take over the world. Just as planned.

 

[nukethetuna]

Basically, since every device is trying to be every device, every device has now won.

I mean, the PSP could play music... MP3s are victorious!

It's a nice thought, but it's no real victory over anything... just a reflection of modern technology's attempts to encompass every possible need a person could have.

 

[Hamster at Dawn]

consoles are computers.....does that mean the abacus has won?

Haha - an excellent analogy! Everyone KNOWS that abacuses (abaci?) are the shit!

 

[Hagi]

I could also beat a dead dog on this subject and also go in depth on this bunch of silliness, but, I'm not, so here's a video of a basket of consoles!

Corrected for you. Technically speaking kittens are nothing more then biological devices who, in our current culture, have the main purpose of being played with. Exactly like consoles.

But on the OP: I disagree. Consoles have not won until they develop opposable thumbs.