Kojima: Console will be dead “in the near future”

[Kenryoku_Maxis]

Words Of Wisdom said:

Kenryoku_Maxis said:
Until someone invents an all purpose device that makes console gaming obsolete, then consoles will still be here to stay. Its like saying Consoles will phase out because the PC and handheld are more popular. There's still millions of people who are buying consoles and not buying a handheld or PC. But even more important, there's still specific gaming experiences you can only get from console games.

So, as I said, until one company creates a device that can allow you to play all the different types of gaming experiences from ONE device, console gaming will be going strong. And even if a company does somehow make a device that allows you to combine every facet of gaming into one device, they still need to get everyone on board to develop for it.

The discussion is on getting those console experiences and those handheld experiences with a single device. 

 

Imagine a PSP that you can plug into your TV that plays PSP and PS3 games that wireless PS3 controllers can access.  Now imagine a smaller SD media format instead of giant discs.  Now make it pretty.

Uh...that's what I was specifically talking about.  I was just taking it one step further and thinking about the logistics of having an 'all-in-one' gaming device and the fact that it would be hard to get running (getting third parties to join up and getting it to sell because the hardware would be expensive).

But no matter how you want to think of it, you either would have to go with a less powerful 'all-in-one' handheld that you can plug into your tv and play like a console or a hybrid console/handheld that has 'upgradable' parts like some older expensive Sega system (which people would never get behind).  The only alternative is to invent something completely new, and that takes entirely new technology.