| papamudd said: being that whenever next gen consoles come out it is highly unlikely to utilize the same x86 architecture, or silicon based chips, there is no way that the games are future proof as they wouldn't run on the next gen consoles. Alternatively, the Gakai streaming service is way more future friendly as it can utilize older or compatible hardware to run previous gen games now and in the future. |
Who knows? Maybe next next gen will be powerful enough to run Xbox/360/One software. All we know is that your xbl account holds all your digital licenses and it can tell whatever console/phone/pc you are running what you own. If that piece of equipment can use that game, it'll let you pull it. Therefore your games will always be in your library, even if you can't play them.
Gakai sounds good, but I won't be using it on my PS4. It'll eat up too much bandwidth to stream in HD. If the connection slows down it'll downsample and look shifty. I'd rather keep my PS3 and play my games in full HD.
Xbox One can evolve if the way it's working isn't ideal. The Xbox 360 evolved. What makes people think the One is going to be just what it is? The 360 console actually added more features to it's hardware too along the years. While other consoles evolved by taking components away. The OS evolved almost every year. At least MS is taking the steps to evolve gaming. Other companies have been taking a wait and see approach and impliment things that have been proven. Now they are implementing DRM to build your digital library. They take the heat for it now. If it works out, other consoles will proabably impliment it too.
We'll see how it turns out. I just hope they got the 24 hour check wrong.
