Exactly Sony and Nentindo have been in this gaming business for a long time, they know how to make innovative stuff, and if anyone is going to pave the way for the future of gaming, I predict it will be Sony and Nentindo and/or Microsoft leading the way.
-----Original Message----- From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Ward Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 10:32 PM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] console gaming almost at an end Hi, Yes, that's true, but I don't think the article was really looking at console sales right now. It was more of a promo or advertisement of the kinds of technology we could expect to see within the next 10 years. Like all developers they seem to believe that their new technologies will eventually whipe out the console competition and gaming will move to the internet and you can simply dialup and play using your Iphone or Android phone. Perhaps so, but I don't think that anything like that could completely whipeout the console market. New technologies usually never catch on as much as the developer expects. For example, I remember Apple being mentioned specifically in the article. Its true that Mac sales have doubled over the last three or four years, thanks to the Mac X platform, and of course their IPhone and IPod markets are doing well. However, they still have not been able to replace Microsoft as the primary operating system of choice, and Windows 7 sales are still way ahead of Mac OS 10.6 sales. On the smart phone front Google's Android phones are giving Apple's IPhone some stiff competition. My point being that if Apple or anyone else thinks they can just kick Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sony out of the gaming market with a brand new internet based gaming platform they are over estimating the impact of their technology. First, PC based games have had internet or online capability for at least the last 15 years or so. Many of the new consoles have online modes which are quite popular. A new completely online gaming platform might be the way of the future, but its not exactly totally new given that internet access is becoming a part of game consoles etc already My question would be, "what is so fantastic about this new gaming platform that a game console doesn't have?". Cheers! On 6/29/11, Brice Mellen <buu...@gmail.com> wrote: > Stretching things a lot considering ps3 and Xbox sold millions of copies, > not to mention Microsoft announcing their new Xbox next summer. And yeah > apparently they forgot about all the other colsoles and games that are > already out, consoles aren't dying out, this is just the beginning. --- 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.
