So, here's a theory that no one seems to be thinking about, we've got our 'On Live' we've got our mobile phones, we've got our gaming laptops, we've got our tablets/iPads, and, soon we'll have our 3DS and PSP 2. Does this mean that the home consoles are dead because the normal '5 year' life span isn't taking place?
In this post, I will give the reasons why home consoles are 'dead', and why we'll never lose them.
There's no doubt in any of our minds that products on the market are becoming very close to the power of the consoles, for example, you can now play Xbox Live games on your mobile thanks to the new Windows 7 phones, you've got companies making older (and in cases such as RAGE) new games for phones. Your getting more powerful CPU's, GPUS, larger storage space, better battery life and more places you can link up to the net and download games. Internet prices are declining and speed is increasing, hardware is becoming far more regularly updated, operating systems are now including gaming features such as Gingerbread and IOS.
So, does this mean we'll have 'top-end' games in our pocket? Well with more devices, improved software, more Wi-fi spots, more people online and higher quality games and operating systems coming out since the last gen of hand held’s, there's no doubt in my mind that the 'next, next gen' (after the 3DS and PSP 2) will be on shelves a lot sooner than the last gen, to the next gen starting in just months thanks to the 3DS. I also believe that PC's hardware will continue to overshadow the next gen of home consoles in 3-5 years.
So what's going to happen?
Sony and Nintendo are going to put all their money in Handhelds, Microsoft will either follow suit, and bring out a portable console, or stick with PC's, the reason for this is the amount of time the consoles will lag behind. I do see Nintendo releasing a console, though.
Now, shoe on the other foot time the whole phone/tablets/laptops etc hit their sweet spot, the technology slows down and longer developed time's are required for better hardware and software. Sony and Microsoft wait 2-4 yrs to announce their next home consoles. The Wii 2 will come out first this time and be on par with the 360 at least, so while Nintendo are still behind, hardware wise, Sony and Microsoft will battel it out once again untill the breakthrough for handheld is invented and made available, or maybe something amazing will come along in the home entertainment market.
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No, the gap between consoles and handhelds are the same as they've always been.
Game Boy - NES
Game Boy Advance - SNES
DS/PSP - PS1/Bad quality ps2
3DS - Wii
If consoles like xbox and playstation become handheld then I am going to be dedicated to PC gaming.
Handheld CPUs and GPUs take all sorts of shortcuts to conserve battery power. They just aren't as fast, per cycle, as home console or PC processors, and they never will be. Batteries, also, haven't gotten much better in... well forever. Beating the power-to-weight ratio of the 150+ year old lead-acid battery still used in cars is pretty difficult.
Power, meaning electricity, will always be a serious problem for handheld devices. Electron loss increases, the smaller the manufacturing process -- that's why you see such scorching hot chips these days, despite the fact that they take up the same die area as their larger process predecessors. As tech improves via smaller circuits, the battery/heat/power problem just gets worse. While this is manageable with heatsinks, and bigger power supplies for desktops, no such solution is available for handheld devices.
All the media talk about the 3DS, etc., being as powerful as their console counterparts is bull. The games on them look decent because the screens are too tiny for the human eye to pick out pixel-sized details, not because they're powerful, relative to their console counterparts. The media just wants hits, and if you believe them, you're just setting yourself up for a big disappointment.
Not going to lie, that's a pretty retarded theory because handhelds simply can't, and never will be able to utilize the advantages that a console can. I'm sure everyone is just going to forget about their big screen HD TV, surround sound, and dedicated internet connection because handhelds are "the next big thing". Maybe you should start reading some books or do some actual research, because clearly you don't have the mental capacity to come up with a solid or interesting theory that makes sense.
"In this post, I will give the reasons why home consoles are 'dead', and why we'll never lose them."
Is the writer is trying to say "I will give reason why home consoles are dead AND reason why we'll never lose them" (still don't get the "never lose them part)?