HoloDust said:
What about hardware? With streaming, it becomes irrelevant for end user - sure, you need something to control the game, or if it's handheld, to control and see the game, but other then that, everything is on servers and it's been slowly, but consistently upgraded over time. Personally, I would not like this sort of gaming future - but I'm fairly certain that's where we're heading. |
Those are the examples I have in my original post: computers, phones, and televisions are all pieces of hardware as are gaming devices. These have to do with the hardware aspect of tech.
On the software side we have, like you said, streaming: services like Netflix which allow one to watch television shows or movies on THEIR schedule, not some television network's schedule.
Convenience.
Digitally-downloaded games on a console also mean one no longer needs to swap a disc or cartridge out of the console to play a different game and digital downloads means no need to drive to a brick-and-mortar store to buy a game either.
There it is again: convenience.
