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General: Square Enix CEO Steps Down
Shelassa
MMORPG.COM Staff UncommonPosts: 616
After 15 years with Square Enix Yoichi Wada steps down as the chief executor officer of the company. He will be focusing on Shinra Technologies in order to build a cloud gaming technology.
Read more at Gamesindustry.biz
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wasnt that the guy at the square enix press conference that no one understood and that -not really- presented a new rpg ip?
besides...calling your company shinra technologies...really? whats next? google being renamed into the galactic empire?
Steam: Neph
It can't be too far out of reach for Japan/S.Korea. I mean, not the USA, we have crap internet and that won't change any time soon. Unless Google Fiber can just magically appear everywhere overnight.
i dont think its a ludacris estimation to assume that
a) this console generation will be the last
b) the future is mobile gaming / streaming
and if only because processing power is getting so efficient... i really dont see another console generation 7 years down the road
Ludacris
Ludicrous
1: amusing or laughable through obvious absurdity, incongruity, exaggeration, or eccentricity
2: meriting derisive laughter or scorn as absurdly inept, false, or foolish
Consoles will only die when you can build a $1k-3k high end gaming computer for the same price of a console.
The accessibility and convenience of a console at the cost of being less powerful than a PC will always be a top gaming choice.
I see consoles end up turning in to a mini pc with there own OS and app store, but as games only consoles will be the same even if pc can run it 10x better, but the consoles makers will just pay a lot money to make people buy there consoles to just play 1 game that they just payed for there console only, like FF7 remake.
This is sorta true. Many people just prefer playing with a controller and not having to deal with all the PC shit like viruses, maintenance, upgrades, etc., and knowing that if they buy a game for the console, they know that console will be able to run it well without putting any thought into it.
The convenience, price and preference will bring in the majority of the people. But there are always gonna be people with money to spare who really want to play one or two games and then let it sit in the corner.
It's not about whether you have 'crap internet' or not, the problem is one of basic physics. Electrical signals can only travel so fast. Throw in networking latency, server latency, and client legacy and in a country as large as the US with as low a population density (which, by the way, is why we have "crap internet" compared to many much smaller and far, far higher population dense countries) and there's just no way you're going to get around latency issues unless the games people are playing are incredibly forgiving.
Japan: Size: 145,914mi^2, Population: 871/mi^2.
South Korea: Size: 38,691mi^2, Population: 1,303/mi^2
United States: Size: 3,794,101mi^2, Population: 84.67/mi^2
(source)
The US is over an order of magnitude larger than Japan, with a population density nearly an order of magnitude lower. In a way you're right, both in Japan and, especially, a country as small and population dense as South Korea, a wholly client/server gaming system might work, though there's issues even there. But in a country as large and as comparatively unpopulated as the US, both the laws of economics and physics argue against such a system ever being overly practical.
There are two ways I see consoles surviving into 2020 at present:
1) They release a new generation within five years of launching the previous; Xboxone and PS4 are woefully inferior products with ancient technology, and technological prowess is far exceeding their capabilities.
2) They become unrecognizable as a whole, but with the same brand logos so as to incorporate the new technologies that are already have or are being developed that traditional consoles are unable to take full advantage of.
If cloud technologies develop to a point where all the issues become moot, then many things will change. Though that would have to be able to look good on 4k+ resolutions when it comes to VR games as well, or at least only play traditional games that won't look like crap only playing in 720 resolution.
As it stands now, you can build a superior product with 400-600 USD in terms of computer technologies that will play games on a higher setting and resolution, and save you thousands on games through various deals on the interwebs. Not to mention the adaptability of the computer system when it comes to incorporating new hardware and software whereas you simply have to wait half a decade or more for them to maybe put that in the new consoles (which still don't have 1080p capabilities for the most part). There just isn't any reason to own a console this generation unless you're a hardcore fan of Sony or Microsoft or their exclusive IPs that more oft than not show up on the PC anyway. Then at that point, enjoy all that milking.
Nintendo is probably the only console that is worth owning at present, though I am loath to admit it as I don't really like Nintendo or their IPs that were originally meant for children (that is, most of us were children when they released their most popular IPs today, and we as adults enjoy them because of the nostalgia) and family friendly atmospheres.
I would not be surprised if the name (or emphasized info) of the next iteration of consoles have the words "Computer" or "Mobile" in them to signify the change of the industry. Last E3 Sony made sure to say the PS4 was a "computer" or "computer system" rather than just say console or the like. Though that might've just been something I caught a few times and put too much emphasis into at the time. That said, the makers of consoles want to keep control and authority over their system and their sales. It is unlikely that they will come out with nothing.
I don't see consoles going anywhere until they get replaced with something else. IMHO, that " something else " will be a $400 set of VR goggles that require a good computer to run.