http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/09/tech/gaming-gadgets/console-gaming-dead/index.html
Interesting take. For me, you can pry my PC out of my cold dead hands.
Interesting take. For me, you can pry my PC out of my cold dead hands.
http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/09/tech/gaming-gadgets/console-gaming-dead/index.html
Interesting take. For me, you can pry my PC out of my cold dead hands.
This may reverse when the new consoles come out. Unfortunately, the decline in console games IMO is not good for PC gaming either. I say this because, the trend is away from epic single player games and toward social gaming (shudder), tablet games, and MMOs, which I refuse to play as well. Granted, there are some indie games that are good, but I have not seemed to really be able to get into those. And just look at the franchises that have gone to online status. KOTOR turned into TOR, now Command and Conquer is mainly online, although EA gave in to the protests and claims they will add single player to the new online game. Even Bethesda is going to an online model. They claim they will still make single player games, but I wonder how much the quality will suffer if they devote a lot of their resources to online. Even Age of Empires went online. How I would have loved another great single player AOE game.
Not dying... yet.
But phones and tablets started to poke console in the ass from below.
Enough phones can play a role of console. Or at least are close to this ability.
An currently, it's wise to spend $60 on 60+ iOS games than on most AAA titles. Quality of Android games comes closer to the same standard.
Funnily enough PC has nothing to fear from mobile devices. And unless new generation of consoles pack a significant punch, embrace some of the PC trends and open up a little, they won't pose as much threat as they currently face.
Currently, a significant chunk of mobile devices support HDMI. Plug it in your TV, hook up one or two wireless controllers and you can do simple "console" gaming.This is rubbish. Gaming on a tiny mobile device doesn't replace an experience in your living room. Gaming on a mobile device is okay, but it doesn't replace a big screen experience in all it's glory. There will always be those who prefer a grand experience when sitting on the couch at home, and mobile devices can't replicate that look and feel.
Honestly, since video game prices haven't changed at ALL in the past 10-15 years, i'm very surprised when people complain about price. Shrug.
They were quoting a dude from Zynga as an expert source.
As for Steam and Linux, it's cute but pretty transparent as to what's going on there. There's no future revolution in gaming with Linux, it's just a Steam temper tantrum from losing their almost monopoly in digital distribution. They are going somewhere where no other consumer choice exists in order to try and boost their revenue.
Steam works just fine under Windows 8, it's the Windows software distribution store that Steam fears.
Do you think Microsoft is going to allow a store within a store? Microsoft's royalties on top of Valve's royalties?
Do you think Microsoft is going to allow a store within a store? Microsoft's royalties on top of Valve's royalties?
They were quoting a dude from Zynga as an expert source.
Interesting take. For me, you can pry my PC out of my cold dead hands.
Do you think Microsoft is going to allow a store within a store? Microsoft's royalties on top of Valve's royalties?
Also to point out that some of these games are beyond Hollywood quality. Some of the world's greatest artists and animators, millions of lines of code, (sometimes epic story writing), music composition, mixing, recording, voice overs... etc People want all this stuff cheap.
The problem is with most games, to achieve that and have a reasonably priced product you have to cut corners somewhere. I think the biggest corner being cut is 'fun' and creative game design elements. They have a formula for making games and the formula has gotten stale. Throw in the crap about piracy, adding DRM, online-only play and you have messed up a lot of games. It's all becoming social gaming and it's awful.
I'm waiting to see what happens to Windows 8, 9, 10.... etc and what that does to gaming. What Valve plans on doing with Linux. Oculus Rift coming eventually. There are a lot of good things that could happen. Developers might have to decide between consoles, Windows, Steam Box etc... Windows might not even be an option in the future. Is Linux going to be the new 'PC gaming'? How many people are really going to jump on board? I don't know a single person besides myself that has Linux installed on anything. I don't know a single person who would even consider or have the ability to even do so. Not that it's difficult. If a Steam Box is to go mainstream then a lot of marketing is going to need to be involved I think.
PC gaming might be coming to a crossroads soon, all at the hands of Microsoft. Or all of this shit could just be blown way out of freaking proportion and accommodation will be made for software such as Steam. It doesn't make sense to me for MS to keep Direct X in development only to dick an entire industry over. Some people will say that Apple has had their app store all along... but that's just the point. Entire industries weren't allowed to form on their platform only to have a rug pulled out from under them. It was like that from the start.
I am not being sarcastic, but a legitimate question. I agree some AAA recent games have quality and immersion much like a hollywood movie. I just would like to know what recent games have "epic story writing" in your opinion. I agree that music, visuals, pacing, etc are very good although not exactly original. But I cant think of a recent game that has an epic story. Mass Effect did until the atrocious ending to the third installment, but otherwise???
"People aren't as motivated by cutting-edge graphics as they once were," says Paul Neurath, creative director at Zynga, makers of "FarmVille," "Mafia Wars" and other social games on Facebook.
"Gamers that care intensely about graphics will continue to do so, but I think there are fewer now than there were in the past," he says. "Big leaps in graphics no longer exist
"The business model for a five-year life cycle isn't working for Sony and Microsoft," says Cole. "They spend billions to R&D and market these new systems, they sell them at a loss for the first few years and then they don't really have the software business to make up the cost. They are better getting out of the business entirely rather than go after a five-year life cycle."
what we need is a leap in AI.
Didn't read the article outside of the first few paragraphs. I think a fair bit of the reason of the slump is, the current consoles are old as fuck. On top of that, publishers are all crapping out the same game with a new coat of paint essentially. That is totally their fault as there are enough of fucktards out there buying it to make it worthwhile, but I think a lot of the more serious gamers aren't buying much anymore because of the lack of good and/or original games out there.
I am not being sarcastic, but a legitimate question. I agree some AAA recent games have quality and immersion much like a hollywood movie. I just would like to know what recent games have "epic story writing" in your opinion. I agree that music, visuals, pacing, etc are very good although not exactly original. But I cant think of a recent game that has an epic story. Mass Effect did until the atrocious ending to the third installment, but otherwise???
This is rubbish. Gaming on a tiny mobile device doesn't replace an experience in your living room. Gaming on a mobile device is okay, but it doesn't replace a big screen experience in all it's glory. There will always be those who prefer a grand experience when sitting on the couch at home, and mobile devices can't replicate that look and feel.
I agree. Typical games will have dozens of artists for the graphics, but for the AI it will be one programmer who only works on the AI part time.
I think the average game AI has gotten dumber over the years.