Consoles are “fundamentally doomed”; so sayeth Lord British
And the future’s in mobile
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Consoles are “fundamentally doomed”; so sayeth Lord British
And the future’s in mobile
I don't think console gaming will ever really be replaced. In the same way I don't pc gaming will die out. New technology just means new ways of playing games. Many people are more likely to add to the ways they game rather than replace one way with another. And the more options the better - the gamer can decide on what platform suits them best.
Carrying around a 46inch screen, Epic Surround Sound & Mah Comphy Chair is going to Murder my back.... plus the people on the tube wont be happy.
He has a point. I reckon in five years from now we will be having console fanboys attacking mobile fanboys, much like we have the PC vs Console wars currently! Oh the irony!
I would hardly call using that nonsense developed for social network platforms, on a mobile device to boot... "gaming".
There are some epic games on iOS (and Android)Quote:
Originally Posted by Cadavre777
I have Street Fighter II & IV
Infinity Blade I (2 out tomorrow)
Castle Wolfenstein
Jet Pack Joy Ride
Bike Baron
Shadow Gun
Mobile is a powerful medium but it lacks the controls for deep gameplay. A FPS is always going to be less fun on a mobile device simply due to the lack of imput controls, touch screen only goes so far. Anything that has the player navigating a full 3D environment is a mission no matter how well its designed. Here ShadowGun is a brilliant example. Its essentially Gears of War Mobile and while its well designed and pretty the controls let it down, its a good try but especially on mobile phones the screen is just too small. iPad or other larger display tablets is a different story.
I don't think mobile games are replacing or will replace consoles in any kind of meaningful way, what they are doing is replacing handhelds. People no longer see the need to buy and carry around an expensive handheld JUST for gaming when your smartphone has the potential of producing games of a similar quality. We've already seen that iOS + Android games now represent more than 50% of the mobile gaming revenue.
If consoles do get replaced, and I don't see it happening any time soon, it will be by cloud services. If you can game on the cloud it means you are never tied down to a specific platform, you never really need to upgrade your hardware AND games aren't hobbled by trying to make things run on your old hardware.
Plus games on iOS & Android are cheaper that their mobile counterparts.Quote:
Originally Posted by MOnk
Now if only we could get Nintendo to release super mario & pokemon on iOS.....
I don't see how something on a tiny, tiny screen can be a substitute regardless of how much processing power can be packed into a mobile gadget. Potentially if LCD glasses can be produced at a reasonable price and offer high image quality, then it would come close. There'd still be the problem of powering it all.
Add World of Goo and Plants vs Zombies to that list.