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superchunk on 27 October 2012
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binary solo said:
superchunk said:
This is the beginning of what I've been posting about all year. Android and iOS will hit the core gaming market hard in 2013. It will be with TV connected devices like the googTV and iTV products and will include casual mobile experiences as well as core console experiences.

Digital only, tons'of bluetooth controller support, same exact games on phone, tablet, tv connected boxes, etc.

MS will clearly fit this same bill with their win8/live/web store/xbox full interchangeability.
Nintendo will fit its niche and its wiiu should be perfectly ok with its first party games and hopefully they thought ahead when it comes to smart / web services and such.
Sony should be able to compete if they don't follow their Vita model. They really need to utilize Android in the long run to provide the same level of smart services as they don't have the first party to singularly drive sales like Nintendo does.

We won't see typical games consoles next gen. They will be smart web devices that have core gaming applications along with a ton of other functionality.

You mean the generation after PS4 / Xbox720? Or do you think those consoles will completely break with the past?

I have it all in a thread I created... back in March maybe... but I'm talking about this coming generation. We have learned nothing about wiiU's OS beyond NintendoTVii and that it claims 1GB of the RAM, far higher than any previous game console. We have no clue what the other services will be and so far, the nintendoTVii is pretty robust.

MS has Windows8 with its new push on its web store. That will definitely expand in the neXtBox and it will be a full media console with gaming capabilities. 

Sony started some of this with Vita, but it hasn't done well for many other reasons. Sony has a massive stake in full media capabilities. Expect them to put out a full multimedia device that again, puts Gaming as just one simple part of the overall box.

This is also the reason why I think we won't see a massive jump in tech like the current gen over last. Why these two won't be significantly more powerful than WiiU. Sony/MS know Google and Apples natural move is to push gaming on their existing products and use it to expand their TV connected devices.