{"id":42005,"date":"2012-07-27T12:26:49","date_gmt":"2012-07-27T10:26:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=42005"},"modified":"2012-07-27T12:30:09","modified_gmt":"2012-07-27T10:30:09","slug":"crytek-producer-dubs-dual-screen-gaming-as-a-novelty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/42005-crytek-producer-dubs-dual-screen-gaming-as-a-novelty","title":{"rendered":"Crytek producer dubs dual-screen gaming as a &#8220;novelty&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nintendo and Microsoft are backing the two-screen horse with full force, as Nintendo&#8217;s Wii U console and handheld&#8217;s are essentially based around the concept, while Microsoft recently introduced their <a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/39028-microsofts-smartglass-links-tablets-to-consoles.html\" target=\"_blank\">Smartglass plans to integrate tablets<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Crytek&#8217;s producer Mike Read appreciates what Nintendo did with the Wii, although he thinks that dual-screens aren&#8217;t the way forward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne thing I really love about the Wii, and I\u2019m not sure Nintendo even realised this when it launched, is that the Wii\u2019s demographic was between the age of 6 to 60,\u201d Read told CVG in an interview regarding his take on second screen technology. \u201cI would gladly give a Wii controller to my three-year-old to play that game, but when I saw the Wii U controller I thought, I\u2019m not sure if I\u2019d give that to my child to play with, that\u2019s an expensive piece of hardware.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut past that, in terms of the dual screen stuff, I personally believe it\u2019s a bit of a novelty at this point,\u201d continued Read, \u201cand if I would to have to point at anything that really moves into next gen, I think it\u2019s cloud gaming.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The utilisation of cloud-based technology for gaming consoles is definitely going to be a race all three manufacturers are going to enter, and with Sony&#8217;s recent <a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/40613-sony-buys-cloud-gaming-service-gaikai.html\" target=\"_blank\">acquisition of cloud-streaming service Gaikai<\/a>, we should be seeing the next step of console evolution with the forthcoming generation.<\/p>\n<h5>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.computerandvideogames.com\/359977\/interviews\/cryteks-mike-read-we-cannot-take-the-current-generation-any-further\/?page=2#top_banner\" target=\"_blank\">CVG<\/a><\/h5>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Related articles<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/41838-ubisoft-says-new-consoles-are-overdue.html\"><strong>Ubisoft says new consoles are overdue<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Scribblenauts dev: \u201cWii U is definitely more powerful than current generation\u201d\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/41343-scribblenauts-dev-wii-u-is-definitely-more-powerful-than-current-generation.html\" target=\"_blank\">Scribblenauts dev: \u201cWii U is definitely more powerful than current generation\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"New Super Mario Bros Wii U hands-on\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/40770-new-super-mario-bros-wii-u-hands-on.html\" target=\"_blank\">New Super Mario Bros Wii U hands-on<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/40052-wii-u-more-powerful-than-360-and-ps3-crytek.html\">Wii U more powerful than 360 and PS3 \u2013 Crytek<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/39532-nintendo-wii-u-is-hard-to-understand-until-you-get-your-hands-on-it.html\" target=\"_blank\">Nintendo: \u201cWii U is hard to understand until you get your hands on it\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Molyneux: The Wii U can be \u201cconfusing\u201d\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/39529-molyneux-the-wii-u-can-be-confusing.html\" target=\"_blank\">Molyneux: The Wii U can be \u201cconfusing\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crytek&#8217;s Mike Read wouldn&#8217;t let his child play with a Wii U 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