fatslob-:O said:
I don't know about that. There's only so much we can do to improve upon digital technology and that day is coming sooner than you think or anyone else for that matter ... We can only go so far with silicon and I predict in less than decade we'll reach a point where progression in transistor technology will stagnate for long periods. You're right that there will be no more generations but not for the reasons you imagine but because we'll have reached peak transistor density for a long time frame therefore we can't make integrated circuits anymore cost efficient than they already are at that point. The next generation will most likely be the last one for a while until we can figure out ways to make smaller and more cost efficient integrated circuits ... The playing field will be different alright and it probably won't be the way you see it either ... (I think we're going to be worse off cause of the way industries take transistor technology for granted.) What is Nintendo going to do in the post-Silicon era ? More importantly what is everyone else going to do ? (Apple, Samsung, Microsoft, Sony, etc) |
Very soon, yeah probably not very soon but I stand by everything else I said. Check out these two videos:
My point isn't to say that I don't think consoles suck or anything of the sort but to make it known that the fact that regular consumers are questioning the need for consoles is telling.
And a rebuttal from someone who is probably the most genuine console owner in history:
They both make great points and I know the field MIGHT not be like I say it will be or think it will be. That's the whole idea of making I dunno...a prediction? When media converges, something has to give. Same case with Blockbuster vs. Netflix. There were people who honestly thought that DVDs and DVD players would be around forever and now look where it is. My dad was the owner of a Blockbuster store and he thought DVDs would be the medium of choice for decades. He didn't know, nobody can know but technology moves so damn fast. Netflix, a streaming service is destroying the home video media entertainment realm. With Hulu and Amazon Prime Video, etc. following suit.
In the future, the tech will eventually hit that point where streaming games to a little box will be how you play games. Not because it's how I think it should be but just by studying history. History repeats itself. It's never clear when it'll happen, but it does. Consoles like we know them and "generations" they just won't exist, that's my prediction. You're welcome to yours, I'm just making a prediciton based on trends and history. I don't have beef witih consoles or console generations I wouldn't mind it staying this way for some time but you can't stop progress. It doesn't care what we think. I'm just saying there have been many instances where the consumer base has become so comfortable with the way things have been that they can't see it being any other way and that's kinda stepping into the realm of blissful ignorance. Which is fine I guess, whatever makes us happy.