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bonzobanana on 27 June 2015
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spemanig said:
Ruler said:


I heavily doubt it


It's already happening in front of your very eyes. Sony and Microsoft are prepping for it now. PlayStation now and Xbox live on PC are the starts of what will be The next Xbox and PlayStation platforms. And they will not be " PlayStation five" or "Xbox two"


Even if more game processing is done remotely you will still need hardware at the user end to take that streaming data. It may be console prices will fall as more processing is done on servers but then playing games will get more expensive as you have to pay for server time. There are no free lunches. Many people may get inconsistent internet connections and it just may not work that well in much of the world.  I can see there being home consoles for 3 or 4 more generations at least before a game can be 100% streamed with low latency directly to smart tv's etc. 

Also there may be consumer resistance to having to rent game time rather than own a game outright. Also with VR latency is more obvious so this works against remote processing.

 

Mind you no reason the market can't supply the desired product to all users. Casual gamers with go for streamed games on 2D displays which are more laggy and not as good an experience. Hardcore mainstream gamers will want local processing and VR and there is no reason why the same game can't cater for both users.