Pachter: Microsoft is preparing for life after Xbox

[gergroy]

RenCutypoison said:

gergroy said:

Madword said:
Consoles are not going anywhere as long as they are as nicely designed as the PS4 :)

nah, they will go away once worldwide broadband connections get up to snuff.  

Except if resolution keeps growing as fast as bandwith. In which case cloud gaming would stay low quality or only for a few people with god tier bandwith.

Resolution is already about at the max the human eye can discern.  There won't be much use for excessive ulgrades to the resolution unless people start buying tv's that are bigger than their houses...

Of course, doesnt mean there wont be some new technology that will make streaming difficult like you say.  Maybe a more advanced form of 3d or something like that.  Still, as it is today, it seems like both Sony a d Microsoft are preparing for cloud services in the future.  Still a ways off though...