Ubisoft Believes Next Gen Is the Last for Consoles as Microsoft Looks Beyond Platforms

[Spliff]

I'm assuming game streaming = my inputs uploaded to the host server that relays the resulting action as an image to my screen/device?

Latency issues shyt all over that concept.

 

[radio rahiem]

Is Microsoft’s acquisition of github tied to this?

 

[Regular_P]

Besides other factors that have already been mentioned like infrastructure and latency, he's talking like net neutrality didn't just get killed in the US.

Battlefield 1 is 100 gigs on my PS4 right now and games will only continue to get bigger. Laughable to think this will happen anytime in the near future.

 

[Ciggavelli]

Besides other factors that have already been mentioned like infrastructure and latency, he's talking like net neutrality didn't just get killed in the US.

Battlefield 1 is 100 gigs on my PS4 right now and games will only continue to get bigger. Laughable to think this will happen anytime in the near future.

Streaming a 10gb game in 4K is the same as streaming a 100gb game in 4K. The size of the game doesn’t matter, just the resolution.

I have shytty ass Comcast (and believe me, they are horrible), and I can stream 4K videos just fine. If I can do that, I’ll certainly be able to stream a 4K game.

Plus, everybody plays multiplayer games online, and it’s fine. I just don’t see what the problem is

 

[Pressure]

Is Microsoft’s acquisition of github tied to this?

No. Not at all. Gaming makes up a small part of the overall business.

 

[Zero]

If gaming goes all digital, that $60 price point needs to go.

And spare me the "b-b-but games are so expensive to make now! "

I'm a consumer, I don't give a fukk about a pub/dev's budget

 

[Zero]

Consumers drive the market. Always remember that. What consumers demand, businesses supply. The demand is not out there for streaming the way it is for consoles. I'm ready to see.microsoft step up and try this so they can be buried once and for all.

Gamers don't understand this and its rather sad.

 

[Auger]

The Netflix-esque GaaS model will gain more and more traction.
I think gamers would be more inclined to pay a subscription to have access to a whole library of games. It won't be streaming.

The only problem is whether or not each publisher will offer their own exclusive service and how much will each of them charge per month.

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

It's getting to the point where you don't own shyt nowadays, even games. I'm prepared for such affairs by just going back to MMOs since I get my dollars worth, while focusing on the game that I truly enjoy.

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

Gamers don't understand this and its rather sad.

Pretty much. Hence why the vocal minority are bytching about battle royales, while the average Joe throwing money at the screen for another one.

 

[Jimmy Two-Times™]

Lol fukkers are stupid as hell. Microsoft will fall further behind. There's no need to assimilate the markets this way. People have options and still choose to be console gamers. Anyways, I don't see this happening.

it's a billion dollar industry -- that is literally the definition of a cash cow.

So these stupid journalists making up stories because that's what it is are trying to tell me all of the leading console manufacturers like Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft are suddenly going to stop selling something that makes them money in their sleep.

Xbox makes more money for Microsoft than the sales of Windows.

The article makes no sense.

 

[Thatrogueassdiaz]

it's a billion dollar industry -- that is literally the definition of a cash cow.

So these stupid journalists making up stories because that's what it is are trying to tell me all of the leading console manufacturers like Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft are suddenly going to stop selling something that makes them money in their sleep.

Xbox makes more money for Microsoft than the sales of Windows.

The article makes no sense.

Now I do believe that's what Microsoft is trying to do. I predicted it last year and posted about it. That's why I say let Microsoft find out the hard way. Phil Spencer is a fukking hack man...they need to get rid of him before it's too late.

 

[Jimmy Two-Times™]

Now I do believe that's what Microsoft is trying to do. I predicted it last year and posted about it. That's why I say let Microsoft find out the hard way. Phil Spencer is a fukking hack man...they need to get rid of him before it's too late.

microsoft are just embarrassing at times lol

 

[Kaydigi]

Streaming a 10gb game in 4K is the same as streaming a 100gb game in 4K. The size of the game doesn’t matter, just the resolution.

I have shytty ass Comcast (and believe me, they are horrible), and I can stream 4K videos just fine. If I can do that, I’ll certainly be able to stream a 4K game.

Plus, everybody plays multiplayer games online, and it’s fine. I just don’t see what the problem is

Xfinity going to feast when everyone goes over their limit.

 

[mrfortune]

will always be consoles, but will move to streaming