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Well, I have to kinda agree with you that there is less innovation this gen than I was hoping for... So far only Nintendo is trying - but they're late to the party....



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I agree, but for different reasons. Largely because nearer to the end of this decade when the next gen rolls around, technology will at last be largely beyond the need for dedicated home consoles, so we're going to see a three-way divergance

Nintendo is going to build a handheld/console hybrid. Something that can hook up to the TV or be carried around.

Microsoft will move more towards a set-top box format, which will be closer towards the PC ideal to sidestep Windows' threatened position in the home.

Sony's going to move to a purely service-based system after cultivating Gaikai and as superfast internet begins to spread, and it'll be a "works best with Sony smart TVs" sort of thing.



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Argh_College said:

Those games are like 0.2% of all gamers WorldWide.

Iphone games alone smash those in numbers of players, buys from app store.

Industry is in bad shape, you guys wont admit it ofc not... Just wait until you see Ps4 sales to be in line with Vita fiasco and this thread will reign supreme just like Kinect hit 20m thread.

i´ll give this 1 year from now, save it.

There can't be a market for niche games, nope. PREPARE TO BE ASSIMILATED. RESISTANCE IS FUTILE.

We may see some sort of convergence between home consoles and handhelds, but there will be another generation of gaming devices. Nintendo isn't going anywhere until they are broke.



no. social is the way of the future. What i mean by that is integrating interactivity with other people through the OS, multiplayer, and other ways to connect each other. You want to be able to talk about the games that you are playing. They will also be turned into multimedia hubs.

Also id say Illumiroom and Fortaleza both sound innovative. At the end of the day though, games are games, not some gimmic

Yes gaming may change forever soon but not the way you are saying.





       

badgenome said:
Absolutely. There won't be room for even one home console next gen. Not a single one. Who wants to play shooters and fighting games and RPGs in the face of glorified Flash games? All you deniers had better get used to rubbing your cell phones, because that is the future of gaming.


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sethnintendo said:

Trying to find a link to that Japanese cell game where you rubbed the girl to orgasm.

Is there any other type of Japanese cell game?



Argh_College said:

For years people have been saying Smartphones and Tablets will kill Consoles, well i allways said that would be impossible because Console would actually evolve for something that isnt playing games, have better innovation and ideas, Kinect was a Start but we need more something companies arent giving us anymore... Nintendo doesnt care, Sony Ps4 is all about Graphics something 99% of Gamers dont care and 720 looks like it will be Kinect revamped so basically the same.

Sony did show a great HW machine but that wont help them, Ps4 will do better than Vita but dont expect much, Wii U like sales seems likely. Where is the innovation that get people excited, where are the new IPS that get people excited ?? Killzone doesnt look better than Crysis 3 on a Ultra high End Pc, it looks inferior actually, Watch Dogs was running on a Pc. what impressed most was Square Enix engine and Capcom Game... Sony didnt learn anything from Vita ? you guys are excited because the power of the Console just like you were with Vita, just expect until you see the price and the awfull sales wich will happen.

Wii U - WTF is this ? Looks like a Ps360 with a innovative Controller but where are the games ? Where ? Why should anyone buy it over Ps3 or 360 ? Serious Nintendo?

Microsoft Durango - We didnt see anything but from what i know wtf is this aswell ?? More Graphics and RAM ? Kinect again ??? Xbox Live just like Psn on Ps4 will be a revamp with nothing really new ?? I can already share wth facebook, see stream of games, talk with people, tons of uselss apps. Consoles need to evolve, Kinect was a good idea but is that all Microsoft ?? Kinect 2.0 and better GRAPHICS AND MORE GENERIC FPS LIKE KILLZONE SHADOWFALL OR GEARS OF WAR ?

Serious this Gen will be a dead-end, if you think Wii U sales are bad just expect to see Ps4 fiasco, 720 will do better because price will be lower and America will be all over it.

The only company that get it right was Nintendo with 3DS, great catalog with great ideas.

Next Gen will be a disaster, if Microsoft doesnt do something amazing and im not talking about stupid graphics, some innovation, something people will scream about like Wii in 2006.

This Gen hasnt started, Wii U was the first signal of a thing that is dying to Pcs, Tablets and SmartPhones, This industry is not evolving, its relying on Call of Duty Like Games, evolution is absent, when that happens means things will die.

Unless something changes this will be the last gen of Home Consoles.

Keep going Sony with your Graphics, you dont realize 99% of consumers dont care about that, same for you Microsoft. Get your shit right, this gen will be funny, sales will be abysmal.

I am not sure about the bolded. Are not graphics the reason that the Wii U is doomed around here?



I agree with Mr. Khan. We're approaching a technological singularity with regards to home consoles, set top boxes, and smart TVs. The new player on the horizon is the Steambox. What I believe is going to happen is that the big 3 console makers will end up making PCs branded as their home console for the next generation. Only Nintendo is not progressing their tech in line with this future. Everyone else has jumped to x86-64.

Heck, there's little reason that the guts of a PS4 could not be crammed into a smart TV as standard hardware by the time next gen rolls around. AMDs apus are surprisingly capable and more than adequate to power a gaming market integrated into each and every TV that gets made.

I agree that sales will be abysmal this gen while other players with more open platforms pick up the remaining demand. I see only Nintendo making a dedicated console after the WiiU. Sony and Microsoft will make PCs.



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BasilZero said:
How about instead of innovation - why don't people focus on actual games lol

Because "evolution" is defined as lurching from one gimmick to another without bothering to make games for any of them. Don't you know anything about biology?