sethnintendo said:
I'm sure there is a future and market share will be stolen by these tablets. However, I do not see the demise of the dedicated consoles in the near future. Apple, Samsung, Amazon (they already have started buying studios), etc would have to buy studios to compete against Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo. I'll just be blunt and state that no matter what studios they buy that they will still have fierce competition from the big 3 because most small studios don't last long (usually have a one hit wonder then fade away (Zynga, Rovio, etc), can't make as good of games as bigger studios, or they get bought up by bigger 3rd party companies (EA) and dismantled. I might be wrong but I don't see dedicated consoles going away for at least another 20+ years. Most dedicated console gamers don't care too much about the games that are on Android and iOS marketplace (or they aren't good enough to play at home but perhaps to waste time when they are out). Just look at Ouya sales. |
Why do they need to buy or start a bunch of studios? 3rd party support is enough to make them successful. If they are successful enough, they make consoles unsuccessful almost by default. Amazon released their set top box that you buy a controller for $40. A friend of mine has it and he can't believe how good it is considering what it is. He is the definition of the casual gamer. The problem is, if the casual gamer finds these kinds of devices to be good enough, then the console market will be cripppled. If they can put out Call of Duty level games on these devices at some point, it will be over for consoles. The studios that you reference will all be creating content for these devices to stay in business.
It is near the end of the end....
