| goldeneye0074eva2222 said: I do not think so for as long as there is Nintendo. there will be a gaming console. but then again this wont happen for a long time because not everyone has access to internet . fast enough to sustain cloud gaming . and there is still alot of collectors such as my self who like to collect physical media. in fact until the internet it self is free . I do not see consoles going off the market in place of internet needed devices! |
The trouble with that is that consoles are becoming ever more internet focused themselves with most games today coming with online components (if not online focus to the entire game) and DLC and even online passes that lock out singleplayer content. They are also offering more and more digital distrabution with even full retail games now starting to be available on XBL and PSN that trend will only increase next gen, and as the industry starts to fight priacy and used game sales they could well help kill off consoles themselves as online passes are just a step away from requireing an online activiation to play like many PC games do.
And as DLC becomes ever more prevelent many games will offer more and more content via DD so people that just buy retail and don't have good internet could well be locked out of huge chunks of many games next gen. And even Nintendo are starting to adopt DLC.
Pretty soon playing games without an internet connection will be a very limiting esperiance if the industry keeps heading down the dark path that it is currently heading.
Plus fast Internet adoption is picking up and in another 10 years the majority of the market for high end videogames will be in highly conected internet enviroments, the people most likely to buy an expensive console and expensive retail games are the ones most likely to have high speed internet. Oh and those that collect physical media are a small minority as proved by the massive uptake in digital distrabution and the prevalence of used games.
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