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[Tom Penny]

Doubt it.

http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=128846http://195.157.98.219/oa/delivery/afr.php?n=aa0c7abf&zoneid=117

Sandy Duncan, the former boss of Xbox Europe, has said he believes consoles will disappear very soon as everything gets "virtualised".

Speaking to ThatVideoGameBlog Duncan said, "The industry is fundamentally driven by technology. I think dedicated games devices, i.e. consoles and handhelds, will die [out] in the next five to ten years."

Duncan was with Microsoft for 15 years before leaving to co-found YoYo Games. Having established the Xbox business in Europe he knows a few things about launching new hardware, and observed there are huge risks involved. He predicted that as companies attempt to reduce these, there will be "a definite 'convergence' of other devices such as set-top boxes".

"There's hardly any technology difference between some hard disc video recorders and an Xbox 360, for example," Duncan stated.

"In fact in five to ten years I don’t think you’ll have any box at all under your TV; most of this stuff will be "virtualised" as web services by your content provider."

 

[Durante]

I predict the death of this thread.

(Old news)

 

[Zaraki_Kenpachi]

search... or look at the second page...

 

[crunker99]

that's ex-xbox WOMAN

 

[Wonderdog]

Nice to hear Sandy Duncan found work after that successful run in The Hogan Family.

 

[Salazar]

Convergence = greed = fuck off.

 

[Doubledex]

Doubt it.

http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=128846http://195.157.98.219/oa/delivery/afr.php?n=aa0c7abf&zoneid=117

:lol :lol :lol :lol how old is this news? :lol

 

[Davidion]

Oh no! Not again!

 

[alr1ght]

 

[ambalek]

I predict the radical invention of web services that don't require some kind of "box"

 

[ghostmind]

I thought this was going to be Seamus Blackley...

 

[XiaNaphryz]

Is this really old? I thought the first time this came around it was from the ex-DirectX software architect, someone different.

 

[davepoobond]

except its a lot easier to market a game towards a market that is created for a gaming console than it is to market a game towards a market that is created for recording tv shows

 

[RiskyChris]

I predict death of this thread.

 

[Zaraki_Kenpachi]

"Is this really old? I thought the first time this came around it was from the ex-DirectX software architect, someone different."


It's been on the front page for a while today just replace ex-xbox man with xbox vp and it's the same title.

 

[PhoenixDark]

Why doubt it? We already know it's unlikely that Sony or Microsoft will break even on their consoles this generation. Next generation will be even worse as we get $700 and $800 videogame systems due to the technology costs. Unless companies start looking at what Nintendo is doing (I'd suggest starting in their financial reports) they'll be in trouble. I'm not suggesting they need to just forfeit graphics like Nintendo has done this generation, but the bottom line is that having some "twice as powerful" as the 360 or PS3 is going to cost a shit ton of money

 

[Tom Penny]

It's been on the front page for a while today just replace ex-xbox man with xbox vp and it's the same title.

Negative.

 

[GavinGT]

I predict the death of EVERYONE HERE within the next 60-80 years.

 

[dark steve]

Next generation will be even worse as we get $700 and $800 videogame systems due to the technology costs.

Just curious, but how exactly did you come up with these no doubt highly scientific estimates?

 

[Zaraki_Kenpachi]

"Negative."


I don't remember the exact title but it's pretty similar and besides it's the same exact article. I don't know what you're arguing but it's definately old.