Hi Dark, Agreed. The way console gaming has evolved interms of the new Wii controllers, the XBox Connect technology, etc I think there will still be more than enough of a market for console gaming despite what the article says.
For one thing, the article completely overlooked or ignored is that newer isn't necessarily cinonimous with better. There are always going to be people who are happier with their old console, their old games, and no matter how many new cool games you come up with, create some new online style of gaming that makes consoles obsolete, there will be someone who still wants to play the old games using the old hardware. I do it all the time with my Atari 2600, NES, and Super NES consoles, because I still like them despite being old and obsolete. So saying that consoles are or will be soon at the end of their life is stretching things a bit I think. For instance, let's take Windows 7 vs XP. Well, we all know Windows 7 is the latest and newest Windows operating system available. However, it still has not convinced the majority of the Windows PC market to move away from XP. Both blind and sighted users alike generally agree Windows XP is better, they don't like this or that about Windows 7, or they just don't feel the need to spend money to upgrade both hardware and software to get Windows 7. Either way Windows XP still has the market share even though it is now 10 years old. Its not likely that this will change right away. Eventually, yes, Windows 7 will replace Windows XP, but people will hold onto XP as long as they can delaying that change as long as possible. We might compare this to how many people have PS III's and how many people like myself still play using a PS II. My point being is that the article is a hypathetical look at where the gaming market will be 10 years from now. However, that can be hard to determine at the best of times. Right now the way the global economic situation is I don't see people rushing out to buy new tech for games if we don't have a serious improvement in the next couple of years. The USA is almost bankrupt as it is, and if the dollar goes belly up the entire global economey will go straight down the toilet. So now isn't a great time to look at future projectsions when everyone is watching his her wallet closely. That doesn't even consider personal preference, and probably doesn't exclude people like myself who could care less if Sony has online games or comes out with the PS IV console next as I'm currently happy with my PS II. Cheers! On 6/29/11, dark <[email protected]> wrote: > Hmmm, interesting artical, though I'm not as convinced myself, not with some > of the things the Wii has done in control that are specifically tied to the > hardware. > > however, I will say that with the far fewer playable mainstream games, i'm > less interested myself in consoles than I used to be back in the days of the > Snes or Mega drive when many games were playable for me, or even during the > release of the gba where I could play games using a gamecube and gba > player. > > As I've said, access wise I stil think indi developers are the best way > forward. > > Beware the grue! > > Dark. > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [email protected]. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to [email protected]. > --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
