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On Jun 29, 2011, at 7:27 AM, Jacob Kruger <jac...@mailzone.co.za> wrote: > Console gaming ‘almost at the end’ > June 29 2011 at 11:00am > > REUTERS > > The traditional model of using "a dedicated console... that you buy once" and > "games that you buy" is "almost at the end of its life" > > Come 2021, there’s “a pretty good chance that Apple will be the games > industry”, ex-Sony executive Phil Harrison told Edge Magazine when asked to > peer into the future. > > What’s more, “free-to-play is going to become the defining business model of > the next 20 years or so... depending on your level of fandom you will then > either spend nothing or a very large amount of money to deepen your > engagement”. > > The traditional model of using “a dedicated console... that you buy once” and > “games that you buy” is “almost at the end of its life”, he concluded. > > The former head of SCE Worldwide Studios was with Sony for the launch of the > PlayStation, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable, and now > sits on the advisory board for Gaikai, a cloud-based gaming company. > > So for Gaikai, whose technology does all the hard work and streams games to > web-enabled devices – be they tablets, laptops, or more traditional > home-based hardware – it doesn’t really matter who wins the tech war as long > as browsers and broadband are up to scratch. > > Harrison predicts that his former employers, along with Microsoft and > Nintendo, will survive just fine. That’s as long as they can prove adaptable > to a platform-agnostic future in which hardware isn’t as important as it once > was. > > Gaikai is still in a testing phase, with a few demos available for those > whose web connections are fast enough – the website silently measures users’ > bandwidth and, if it passes muster, starts up a demo after a minute or two. > > One of its main competitors, OnLive, has a foot in both console and > console-less camps. > > Subscribers can stream full retail games to their Mac or PC or, using the > OnLive micro-console and controller, direct to their TV. - Sunday Tribune > > source URL: > http://www.iol.co.za/scitech/technology/gaming/console-gaming-almost-at-the-end-1.1090625 > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
