Game streaming is not the Future, here's why

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spemanig said:

bunchanumbers said:

Yup exactly. If you want to play it will most likely be a $99 box. All the console makers will have one. There will be no reason to go fanboy anymore. All 3 console makers libraries available for $300 and no more worrying about having to buy a new console in a few years. I'm sure that in the end they will be accessible through all sorts of devices for extra convenience. There will be no more fighting. For the cost of a Wii U you will have all of gaming available to you.

I don't even think there will be a box at all. I think it'll all be subcriptions. A PS Now serving where you can either pay a subscription fee for everything, or rent games on a case by case basis. That way you can, say, subscribe yearly to XBLA or whatever, and then rent the odd PS exclusive like Uncharted 5 or something for a month for like $15 or whatever a month's rental is going for on PS Now. 

More than likely, you are right. This will be the end game. I'm predicting a $99 dollar box like a roku streaming box that will be a way to get controllers out to people. That and to give people the feeling of having a physical box they can look at. My idea is something that is a halfway point before going to full streaming from smart TVs and the like.