David Jaffe is never one to hold back an opinion, so after we talked in depth about the free-to-play market and his next project at his new San Diego studio, we also decided to pick the designer's brain on the Wii U and how the console market is shaping up. As it turns out, Jaffe isn't very excited by Wii U and he ultimately thinks consoles in general will soon be dinosaurs.
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Exclusive games will keep consoles alive. Some delusional/technologic enthusiasts thinks that Onlive will replace consoles. Lol.
I believe we will see an evolution. Better consoles with even more interactivity, social elements etc. It will become something that will always be connected to your TV.
http://www.youtube.com/watc...
Hmm lets see.... Game console with shitty browser and just plays games For $60 a pop
For $399
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a portable tv that streams, takes hd pictures videos, good prowser, streams porn, thousands of applications, makes calls, yahoo messenger,that u can sync any controllrt u want. And play $10 games that would cost $60 each on consoles.
. For $499
less desirable is more like it. At least from the casual majority perspective. There will always be a core minority that will prefer a console just like there is a core minority that prefers records to cd/mp3.
Do you play games or use your gaming devices for web browsing?
I would prefer to buy a true gaming machine with physical buttons + some true exclusives like God of War, Mario, Zelda, Uncharted, Metroid, Little Big Planet etc.
Seriously, it's even dumb to bring things like phone calls, web browser, applications, messenger etc because you already have web browser/messenger on your home PC/smartphone and you already have phone calls/applications on your regular android/ios device. It's not something new and everyone already have it.
We use consoles for gaming, not for smartphones/PC tasks we already have on several devices.
After PS4 they will come with Virtual Helmet Consoles!
This will be great! ;)
1: $60 games
2: On The disk dlc
3:Cod the biggest game in the world and no dedicated servers or proper hit detection.
4:Online Pass
5:Supreme Court wants to stop used games.
http://www.gametrailers.com...
6:US Government hacking old consoles for peoples info.
http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed...
7:Developers leaving for Smart Phones
8:Smart TV's coming with cloud gaming end of 2012.
9:Games are becoming easier and more casual.
10:Gimmicky kinect and move
did I miss anything?
PC gamers have their own problems to.
1:Console ports
2:piracy
I would say hackers but you can switcher servers or kick people out.
Nah,but seriously,you are dead on.
google it....asus gaming tablet. its already happening. not the streaming,.. the tablets REPLACING the console. some are saying within a year. You gotta admit they been taking their sweet ass time with xbox 720 and ps4 and i don't think it is just the economy.
smart glass, vita/ console connectivity, wiiu controller,..the transition is happening. how long will these guys be ABLE to charge $400 for a piece of high voltage plastic that JUST plays game when they can get a console with a SCREEN that does other things...that also runs at a lower voltage, doesn't overheat. They don't even have air vents for crying out loud, they got quadcore processor, hd pics and video, and on and on and on.
don't worry psn will live on maybe not in name but google,android and sony will be one and im sure they'll keep killzone, infamous, and the other marquis going. remember you can sync a ds3 controller to these android gaming tablets. I'm sure you'll be able to do it with ios and windows as well even though they'll be separate communities.
the only question who will nintendo go with they can't stand up to apple, android/google/sony, and windows/ms.
Jaffe usually makes sense, but this time he should have just stayed quiet.
Despite what everyone trying to crowd out consoles they have their place in the gaming world and i am not sure why people are always trying to crowd them out as fast as they can.The only people I see so far trying to say the smartphones and tablets will replace consoles are the people who own them trying to justify their purchases and the companies that make them.
Jaffe I like your comedic humor and some things you say about video games, but comments like this keep me in check on what I read from you.
I do think there might be options for cloud gaming, much like there is right now, but it'll go largely ignored, much like it is right now.
Bandwidth limits, slow speeds and a lack of iconic franchises will probably help Cloud gaming to not really capture a majority share. People will always want their Gears, Halo, Uncharted, Mario and Zelda, and I highly doubt the companies that own those characters would ever agree to let them appear on someone else' console.
PC gaming is always a bit ahead of consoles because of the audience, but look at whats happening there. Free to play games of increasing quality, games that anyone can play that expand to mobile platforms, digital downloads of traditional games at deeply discounted prices, more ways to get connected to your tv (wireless solutions are even starting to pop up), and big profits that 99% of the big budget games don't see any more.
Consoles have to adjust to this. I think sony and nintendo are ready... but microsoft is letting windows die in the consumer market right in front of their faces (which means their plans for xbox are ****ed.) Their idea of having us buy cheap garbage every 2 years is failing, consumers want something good for their money.
I don't care for PC gaming, don't own a PC and don't really care to. I think PC games have issues all there own with DRM and the massive pirating that goes on with that particular device.
I'll always buy a game console if its available, the day it stops being that way is the day I stop gaming, or at least stop with newer games. I already spend a lot of my game time on retro games and consoles, and I'll always have those.
Sorry. Had to say that since there are a lot of Jaffe worshipers around.
1, I have to use windows, which I hate anyway.
2, on a console, you can navigate the entire interface from the controller
3, consoles start up in a few seconds
4, Keyboard and mouse isn't comfortable to me
5, I sit at a computer all day at work, I don't want to sit at one at home too
6, I'd rather sit on my couch or bed instead of at a desk (I know I can hook up a computer to a TV, but then I need a mouse and keyboard near by and that just gets messy)
7, For me, PC never "just works" because there will be some games that need newer drivers to work correctly and then older games might stop working all together eventually (from OS upgrades and other bugs)... especially when older games don't know how to deal with the newer hardware/software.
8, Sometimes a windows game will crash on me for no reason, but console games never crash on me.
9, Most console games don't need to be installed, but on Windows, there are very lengthy installs (remembers GTA IV taking forever).
10, Consoles have a unified network service (PSN or XBL), but PC games seem to all have their own online thing, so you end up signing up for a lot of different networks... You have Steam, Windows Games, EA's Origin, Ubisoft's thing, Rockstar Social Club... see what I mean?
11, You don't have to upgrade a game console to get better graphics, but somehow the graphics keep getting better each year.
12, It's way easier to find friends who have an xbox or PS3 (or get them to buy one) than trying to convince a friend to get a high end PC to play a game with you).
13, It's really hard to have a local multiplayer game on PC... most PC games are single player or on LAN (that means you can't just play split screen with a buddy unless he brings his computer over to have a LAN session with you).
There's just so many reasons why PC just doesn't cut it for me.
ECCEPT the 3DS and PS-VITA
People don't have time like some of us to build a PC. People are in debt with their bills and whenever they want to have some fun, they go to an already made gaming machine which is a Console.
trust me when I say this.. consoles are here to stay.
This got me thinking... what's going to happen to this gen when Sony stops supporting it? Am I still going to be able to download DLC that I've paid for? (Probably not) are game updates still going to be downloadable? Is my PSN account still going to work? It kinda worries me how connected we are to the internet and rely on it so much.
I'm sorry, but I don't want my games to be installed on some cloud server somewhere... I want them in my possession, on my own hardware... free to sell, or trade, or simply let a friend borrow.