All games will eventually move on to PC but it will take at least 10+ years but portable devices like PSP and DS will still keep growing.

If you really think about stuff these are the economy killers:

-Microsoft (Because of Xbox, think about if we just had PS3)

-Google (Because of Google Adsense)

They've been saying this since 360 and PS3 were announced...

Seriously. If the "Society for promoting Homosexuality" came out with a statement of



"Everyone is actually gay... it's true! We say it's true. So everyone had better start jumping the bones of the same sex - simply cuz it's obvious we are right"



would you say to your girlfriend/boyfriend - "Sorry, I just realized I'm homosexual and need to find someone of the same sex to live out my life with - believe me I read it in an article made by an official group!"



These articles are just as dumb as that idea above.



No intended offense to any homosexuals out there, yo.

Your talk of hardware upgrades suggest that we will have a game that requires Crysis every release.



He clearly went on to state that people care about story over graphics. I agree with this too.



I don't want to revert back to Super Mario World graphics but as long as we stay around current graphics technology I am fine with that. An $800 PC can run most of the better games out there. Not at max resolution with High settings but you get my point.



Also, it would be much easier on the development of games just as much as it would be a hinder them. Think about how hard it is for them to release a game on the XBOX 360 then decide to move it to the Wii or PS3. For the PS3 they can save the textures but have to redo the whole system due to the Cell processor and hardware. Then they have to start from scratch to go to the Wii.



If we had one platform (not buying a PC and upgrading it) then they have one set processor to work on, one set of specs that can't be changed, and a set community to work with.



With the way it is now... I have a friend code that has nothing to do with my gamertag that needs a different e-mail than my Playstation Netowork name and my PC just does whatever when I play on it.



They could do system upgrades just the same as they do now. Give a console a life span and upgrade.



I know that Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft aren't gonna sit down and say "Ok! Let's make a console" because they all have different strategies.



Eventually though... Someone may pitch, "My console can give you cutting graphics, media playing capability, and the ability to design innovative technologies for this price."



Then they may buy in.



PC gaming is a great place but a one console world would be better I believe. Then they could maybe add something on to that.



That is just my 2 cents on the situation.

might also do the trick.



if console makers would focus on making a cross-console toolkit (like square's crystal tools) things would be much easier. of course square's solution is proprietary, and without a doubt, expensive but that would be the way to go .



think about it outside of the games area - you have linux. you can install it on 64bit pc, 32bit pc, mips desktop, sparc, alpha, arm , whatever.



you take a source code to some app (e.g. firefox), and if it's well written it the compiler will produce a working binary for that particular platform. quite often you can take the same source code and build a windows application out of it without modifications to the code.

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of couse this is quite a different world - i was talking about free operating systems, not proprietary games and closed platforms.



in case of consoles things would be much more complex.



single console hardware platform = monopoly. that will mean bloated prices.



second - console makers and game makers don't create games/hardware to make their fans feel good ( despite from what their PR teams tell you ) but for money.



sony holds a tight lock on their platform, so that they can excercise their monopoly on it. it's the same as it was on ps2 - only sony had the technology to press valid ps2 discs, and that probably hasn't changed with introduction of ps3.



same goes for other console makers. maybe except for gp2x guys, they made an open console from the very start.

Doesn't count as a console/handheld...



I love the idea of gp32x, and moreso of the new Pandora....problem is, if you thought PSP had a lack of good games, Pandora will be even worse....



They will never have a mario kart, or a metroid, or a wipeout or a loco roco.....because no homebrew dev will put that much time into it. If it takes a team of proffessional programmers and artists 2 years plus to come out with these games, how long do you think it will take some programmer in a basement that doesn't know how to draw ?



Seriously, best you will get is ports of quake, whoopee....



Those platforms are really not meant for games, but just toying around and having ultra portable linux....

...why would it EVER move back? --Really, what's the logic there? Also, I think it's humorous that the QJ articles states that Randy Stude also uses the Wii and PS2 as examples of why gameplay is more important than graphics. ......They are also BIG examples of why people like plug-and-play CONSOLES. Because the last time I checked, the Wii and the PS2 were CONSOLES, not PC's. Let's look at just the PS2 for a moment: over 110,000,000 units sold and counting. ...Is he seriously trying to suggest that some day we will have a stable enough PC platform (that won't also be hacked) that will guarantee 110,000,000 people the same experience, with the same controller-hardware? ...That's just INSANE on the face of it, especially since history PROVES it to be wrong. I mean, it's not like we've never seen PC gaming attempted before. Last I checked, PC games were even still made, but didn't sell nearly as well as Console games. ---This is just more 'disguised Microsoft propaganda', I believe. And one thing is pretty much for certain: IF there ever WERE a unified PC gaming platform, it's not going to run Windows. ;-O

On a pc I have to sit in front of the friggin monitor. One my ps3 I can sit back and chill on my couch, with a drink on the center table, and enjoy the action (with RUMBLE) on my Sony Bravia (with surround sound of course).



And if my friends come over we can all sit on the couch and play against each other. With PC they have to bring their friggin laptops over, and its a pain in the a$$.



PC ftl!

Okay, first off... gaming has went away from the PC lately... this is evident from looking at what is selling and how game companies are releasing to the PC last. The problem with the PC is that there is too much variety and therefore even if you do save with the PC in the development side, you lose a lot more in the support side, and support is a staying cost with patches and phone support... no one wants to support a company who can't support their own products. On consoles, the only problems that are had are a few tiny bugs that need patching which will exist in all versions of their software and then there are the people who get a copy of the game that doesn't work at first which can be solved by sending a new copy or just by telling them to take it back to the retailer. I see games as going more towards consoles because of the shift in what is happening on the PC... the PC is becoming more Internet based and focusing on smaller types of applications. Applications on the computer are moving towards online applications which are run through the web browser to increase interoperabilit y. Soon it will not matter what operating system you are runninig, the stuff will just work due to this. The place for game consoles is becoming more of a full media center and I feel with the next release of the consoles we will see this even more. Because of this, we will see more game consoles sold because they will do media and play games. The most successful of these will be the ones that appeal to more market, which will be the ones that have more multiplayer/cooperative games. Also, there will not just be one console because that would be terrible for the gaming industry due to to essentially a monopoly and also gamers with different desires (like in the current generation).

This is all of course what I think though, you can take it with a grain of salt.