AnthonyW86 said:
method114 said:
AnthonyW86 said:
Jizz_Beard_thePirate said:
"I mean, your phone will be powerful enough to power any game in two more generations. And, so, why buy a console?"
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He is right though, Nvidia's K1 chip can already go toe to toe with a Wii-U. In two generations the top of the line mobile chip will get closer to an Xbox One, meaning they can run PS4/Xbox one game engines with lower detail/resolution. Connect a gamepad and you're done.
The only question is will the mobile market ever be suited for AAA games. You will need something like Steam and allow it to work on many different platforms.
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No the only question is who wants to use their mobile phone to play games and essentially be cut off from the rest of the world while playing games. How many GF's are going to be pissed off when their BF says sorry babe can't talk going to hook up my phone and game. Yes they'll have the power to do it but no one wants to give up their ability to browse the web,FB,text,and talk just to do it. If they can figure out a way do have the phone do all that and game at the same time well then I'll be more amazed they were able to do it more than anything.
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FB, texting etc. doesn't take a lot of calculating power and should be able to run on the background in the future, but what about tablets then? More and more people have one aside there smartphones.
The thing is all it will take is one big game to make the jump, what if a game like GTA 6 or yearly sports titles like Madden or Fifa are launched on PS4/Xbox One and IOS/Android at the same time. Once that happens the rest will likely follow.
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Tablets I could see and it would make sense because tablets (at least to me) have an issue where there is something that can do what they can do and better. Will see what approach is taken but whatever it is they do they have to becareful because they could end up losing a lot of gamers if they make wrong choice. Me personally I have no issue going back to PC gaming if they go down a road I don't like. It will suck to miss out on Sony's exclusives but I'll be willing to deal with it.
