{"id":38933,"date":"2012-06-04T16:17:54","date_gmt":"2012-06-04T14:17:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=38933"},"modified":"2012-06-11T12:38:10","modified_gmt":"2012-06-11T10:38:10","slug":"next-generation-of-consoles-will-be-the-last-predicts-crytek-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/38933-next-generation-of-consoles-will-be-the-last-predicts-crytek-ceo","title":{"rendered":"Next-generation of consoles will be the last, predicts Crytek CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rumours of PC gaming’s<\/a> impending death may or may not be exaggerated, but Crytek<\/a> boss Cevat Yerli<\/a> is sure of one thing – console gaming is on its way out, to make way for our new gaming overlords. That’s not PCs or consoles, but… tablets and smartphones. What?<\/p>\n

“The console will displace the PC, you hear it again and again. On the contrary, I suspect that the next-generation of home consoles will be the last one,” Yerli told German site Golem.<\/p>\n

“Of course there are still hardcore gamers who sit for an hour to install and then play for eight hours. But these consumers are becoming the minority. Today’s gamers buy a game for 99 cents, download it and play it for 15 to 20 minutes per day over a period of two months – and then they move on.”<\/p>\n

He’s also pretty sceptical of the Wii U<\/a> and PlayStation Vita<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor the Wii U, there will be games that run on the CryEngine, but from licensees,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Playstation Vita is currently too uncertain for us as a platform. Technically, I find the Vita very appealing, and have fun with it \u2013 no question. From a business perspective it is a bit too late.\u201d<\/p>\n

Well, the world is supposed to end this year anyway, so it probably doesn’t matter. Unless the world doesn’t end, although that doesn’t rule out some sort of nuclear post-apocalypse scenario where reconfigured game consoles could be used to steal cash from the New World Order, but maybe I’m over-thinking it now.<\/p>\n

Source: VG247<\/a><\/h5>\n

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