| Qwark said: Why would there even be a PS6 to begin with isn't streaming the way by 2030 |
This generation probably won't make it until 2030. That would be 10 full years. And even as streaming becomes more popular, there'll probably still be a market for consoles. There's been a market for consoles since the 1970s, and nothing seems to change that. Not the rise of PC gaming. Not the rise of mobile gaming. And, so far at least, not the rise of game streaming. Despite it all, consoles are as popular as ever.
I stream some games to my console, and run others locally. Some games lend themselves to streaming, such as ones that are slower, or turn-based, or are more demanding than your hardware can handle, or when fidelity just isn't crucial. Others lend themselves to being run locally.
I predict game streaming may slow the rate at which consumers upgrade, but I don't think it'll actually stop them from doing so. And even if you're right about game streaming taking over by 2030, we'll probably have a new generation launching sometime between 2025-2028. By then we'll have new architectures that are vastly better that will be getting cheap enough for it to make sense.
