Azzanation said:
Apps, PC, Mobile, Streaming.. |
Azzanation:
Something like a Iphone 15 pro, is about as powerfull as a Nintendo Switch. Digitalfoundy did a video compaireing them to one another.
Thats a top of the line phone. Granted many people have one, but, its limited in what it can do with games and graphics.
PCs, are more expensives than "expensive boxes play games" (consoles).
Streaming isn't "free", you just move the cost of the "expensive boxes" to the server side. MS would be the one paying for the hardware, electristiy+cooling, internet, upkeep/maintaince/replacements... That cost, will have to come in the form of a subscription fee (for the end user), ontop of the game costs, like Stadia does/did (or provideing a streaming service, will lose you tons of money). Sure you save on spending money designing the homeconsole, and its production, and maybe loss on unit sales. You trade that cost, for near equally big, server costs though (over a consoles lifetime).
Thats not even to mention, that internet subscriptions people have to play and stream, need to be "unlimited" in size (which alot of people in america doesn't even have) and be close to a server farm, for a decent input delay when playing (which again, will be higher than local hardware running said game).
There is no easy fix, or doing away with the consoles for now.
I think if eventually smart phones get strong enough that people go "I dont need more", it could kill consoles and pc's.
However, we are far away from that being close to happending (if it ever does).
