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Maybe think of it this way. How many people watch movies by going out and renting/purchasing a dvd. I'm willing to bet a lot less than 10 years ago. We're all d
by WestCoastJustin 8y ago
Maybe think of it this way. How many people watch movies by going out and renting/purchasing a dvd. I'm willing to bet a lot less than 10 years ago. We're all doing it on-line. It sort of sounds like these cloud based gaming services want to mirror what netflix is doing. Sure, this is already happening to an extent.. but we still have to purchase the gaming console (dvd player vs just using your computer/smart tv). I guess that will have implications for the gaming blockbuster stores out there. If you look at it from that viewpoint it seems almost inevitable that it will happen eventually. Plus, from a consumer perspective you are isolated from having to cycle one less piece of hardware all the time. 10 years from now, how many people will have dedicated gaming consoles vs streaming online.. I'm willing to bet a lot more than today. I own maybe a handful of physical dvds and movies now.. its is all online. I'm totally happy about that too.
Same thing happened with cell phones. You used to have a walkman, dvd/cd player, a camera, a calculator, a pager, flashlight, notepad, etc. Now, you just have a phone.. add the gaming console to this list (and most other electronics too).
- strikelaserclaw 8y agoStreaming gaming as a service is the future, not sure how far away it is though, there are alot of infrastruce upgrades that need to be done in many parts of the country to have it be useful.
- badsectoracula 8y agoI think you should read the article because it is more about the (lack of) ownership and its constant erosion and less about the question asked in the title :-P.
- WestCoastJustin 8y agoYeah, I did read it. This line of thinking answers the question about ownership too. We already know the answer. People don't care.
- deogeo 8y ago> how many people will have dedicated gaming consoles vs streaming online.. Why not try playing on a PC then? No need for anything 'dedicated'.
- WestCoastJustin 8y agoYou still need an expensive GPU and constantly messing with drivers and upgrading your system. I guess we'll just have to see what happens but this seems like an inevitable evolution.
- deogeo 8y agoUpgrade cycles are slowing, and you only need to keep up if you want the most cutting edge graphics on AAA games - most everything else will run just fine on old mid-range cards. And having Windows automatically install the right drivers seems like even more of an 'inevitable evolution'.
- davidjnelson 8y agoPc gaming is awesome. Not everyone can afford it though. If stadia can actually get low latency 60fps ultra settings graphics on low end hardware that will change everything. One issue here though is exclusives. Many of the best games are console only, or even ps4 only. I don’t see how Stadia could overcome that, but I guess we’ll see.
- baud147258 8y agoIs it possible to get 60fps with current network speeds?
- deogeo 8y agoMore importantly, is it possible to get the responsiveness of 60 fps with current network latency.
- badsectoracula 8y ago