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Is console gaming dying?

July 08, 2010 in News comments 4

The successful launch of cloud computing-based OnLive has called into question the future of game consoles as we know it. Are game consoles doomed in the near future?

The cloud. For years now, people have been shouting from the rooftops that the end is nigh. That game companies will offload the graphical muscle from little TV boxes to impressive supercomputers they can stick in freezers and power with Pandora-mined unobtanium, then stream the output as video to gamers who just have a little low-powered receiver that hooks to their TV. With services such as OnLive just at the cusp of making this a widespread reality, such techno-religious fanatics finally have something to show for their blatherings.
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    Taz124 Jul 9, 10
    I doubt that the console franchise will die out. At least for a good while. At the moment, we may be getting into better technological advances. But I doubt that we would be playing on floating screens or something of the sort. Although we are close to that technology, I still doubt we'll be seeing that in the markets any time soon..
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    blackrosedelt Jul 9, 10
    As long as someone is willing to create Consoles and the games that go on them then Console gaming will never die.
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      Giralga Jul 11, 10
      quote blackrosedelt
      As long as someone is willing to create Consoles and the games that go on them then Console gaming will never die.
      hahaha i know
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    Taker4ever Jul 9, 10
    OnLive is a great idea and think it very well could be the future.

    But broadband is simply not advanced enough yet on a global scale for console gaming to be dead. It's the same reason disc-based gaming isn't dead, the same reason the PSP Go was a massive flop.

    Yes, some people are getting 100MB or more. Some people, such as myself, can't get a connection faster than 1MB. Some people in rural areas can't get broadband at all.

    Until the broadband network is churning out speeds of at least 8MB everywhere, disc-based, console gaming, is here to stay.

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