 Kearnstd
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| console gaming on its last legs? i keep hearing about the future is the network and there is that cloud based gaming thing that shows promise. however i feel we still have a few generations of local drive based media to come, now of course the games might be downloaded to a multi-terabyte HD but i think gaming without a constant network connection will be around for awhile.
i can see a future though where all console games are bought in a system closer to Steam(like how you can older games now on Wii, PS-Store and Live) and where a publisher could elect to somehow flag their content that if you say buy it on the PS4 you can also download the Xbox720(made that name up) version
however people have stated PC gaming is dead and it still has AAA titles coming out.
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| Re: console gaming on its last legs? PC's have been considered "Dead" now for 10 years, too.
Consoles aren't going away any time soon. Consoles are easy to use, universal, cheap (relatively) and powerful.... and popular. Furthermore, they are EXPANDING in capability, not dying out as dinosaurs (A game "Console" only).... they are becoming like Home media centers, integrating online video with home, gaming, storage, etc. If anything they are merging with a PC's turf, and I still see plenty more room for convergence.
Maybe one day, but nope. They're far from dead. Same with PC's. PC's still are far more versatile then Laptops, Netbooks and various small "Smart" devices. I know it's "possible" to get by without a PC and just a Laptop, etc... but I'd have to say... Why?
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Miami, FL | Re: console gaming on its last legs? Consoles are dead end and going backwards. | |
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| Lazlow
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Saint Louis, MO | I think one of the things that might block this is if ISPs go to their proposed metered billing. IF bandwidth starts costing an EXTRA $20+ a month, it may extend the life of non cloud games. | |
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| chronoss2009
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| NICE try console gaming dead and pc gamng dead YOUR not on any crack lately are you
i have 36 games installed on my pc ( hrm sourceforge.net has no games then right...try over 18000 game projects !!!!! )
yup anyone adverting for steam hold up your advertisement or your xbox or ps3 one now
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| So I guess if it dies the millions of people that don't have access to "the cloud" won't be playing any games then. I know quite a few peole without access to braodband thathave a PS3 or XBOX 360. So I guess they don't want these customers in the future. I just love how all these so called "experts' predicting the death of physical media think that
A) everyone has access to broadband.
Considering the ISPs in the US have zero internest in providing broadband to areas not deemed "profitable ENOUGH" and our government's glacier pace at insitituting some plan for universal broadband access. It'll be 2025 at the earliest before we get 95% access. Which will still put it behind TV and telephone access.
B) those with access to broadband have broadband
Believe it or not not everyone sees the interest/value of paying $40, $50 or more for the internet or the interest/value in having a computer.
C) those with broadband have speeds acceptable for getting stuff from "the cloud"
For example in my area lots of peole have 768 kbps DSL or 1 Mbps cable internet. These are technically considered broadband but hardly acceptable for downloading stuff from "the cloud". Some have it because that's all thye need. most have it because it's $20 and that's all they can afford to spend on internet.
D) assuming no one wants to have phsyical media anymore.
Plenty of people that still don't feel comfortable for paying for something they supposedly own that they can't touch. Not to mention when it comes laoded with DRM that basiclly limits where and how you can have access to something you supposedly own. At least with a DVD or blu-ray I can watch it in any TV in my house or even take it with me to a friends house or in the case of a DVD watch it on a portable DVD player. | |
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| Re: console gaming on its last legs? point D is where the media industry(maybe not games yet) wants everything nice and locked up tight. to them lending a DVD to a friend is a copyright nono(he should have to buy it or rent it from a place that gives them a cut). Hell id imagine in their eyes showing a DVD at your Kid's birthday party is considered a copyright violation or even people who have Movie night with friends.
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chronoss2009
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1 edit | and the dummies still htink it will increase sales cant wait till all this money they spent on this fight to stop it utterly makes LESS sales , stops creativity and in the end slows the cycle of new "works"
ENJOY its comes here next...hope the actors and musicans have smarts to look for other jobs in an economy where the rest of us already in it and experienced will toss them to the low end of the food scale where they belong.
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WHY are the heavy weights in hte uk even bothering to roll out braod band the way they are allowing people to get sued off the net will mean MILLION have no use for internet HAHA, GOOD time to get rid of those that wont stand up to hollywood.
SHAME on actors and musicians ITS YOUR FAULT PERIOD | |
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