I mean think about it if there was just one mega-system things would be much better. No Fanboys and games would be much better because developers would not need to make different versions of the same game and could focus on just one. I wanted to know what is your opinion on this, would you like this idea or hate it?
If this happened there would be no competition meaning they could price it at 800$ and no exclusives so quality would drop as deveolpers have no competition also.
Nope, Sony and Microsoft arn't giving up their slice of the pie just yet.
While I'm sure Nintendo is probably in the most happiest position they've ever been in.
Personally?
No. Fucking Hell no.
You may think its a one console future, but its going to have more confusing SKU's than anyone can imagine. I mean we have people complaining about the PS3 and 360 SKU's being confusing already, but it will be even worst.
I'd rather miss out on some games than see the whole console thing turn into a miserable mess.
If you'd like to ponder if a game would work on your system (as you do on a PC), you'd enjoy the confusion a one console future will create.
Anyways, Denis Dyack needs to STFUJMG! (Shut the Hell Up Just Make Games!)
it's not going to happen but something like this in the make, kind of. lets see there was the phantom it never was made and supposedly onLive is coming out. it's a system that u pay for a service and u can download games on it. it showed like crysis on it and it was played on very high, it's all server side. who knows if this is going to come out because the phantom never came out.
No. Is there one DVD player? Even with blue-ray, there's several. A Unified Standard Format would be nice, and the company that licenses their own standard to third party hardware manufacturers could set one, by default. Right now, though, it's not going to happen. The major companies all have too much of a vested stake in manufacturing and selling their own hardware to give up that monopoly.
Just because we'd have access to everything doesn't mean it's better. Every one has to live with the RROD? You think that took a long time to fix with competition? Wait til there is no reason to fix it.
maybe. Most media things end up basically having one type. Look at things like t.v.'s or dvd players, they are made by hundreds of different companies, have a ton of different settings and types, but they all play the same thing. All dvd's work in all dvd players and such. The same thing could happen with consoles. You might have a Sony, Ms, or Nintendo console, but they will all play the same things. Also it would make it so more company's can make consoles. You could have the Toshiba console or something.
I'm not saying it will happen, just saying it's basically happened to everything else so there is a possibilty that it could happen to consoles.
" If this happened there would be no competition meaning they could price it at 800$ and no exclusives so quality would drop as deveolpers have no competition also. "
I don't think it's the systems that have to merge, but the games. There needs to be ONE version of the game that runs on all systems.
I mean, look at PC already; it doesn't matter who you buy your components from, the game will still play. Your hardware choices are mostly irrelevant. Old games continue to be playable even as your hardware changes too. The key component is Windows. It's also a key issue with this idea. But, look at Java, Air, Python and other cross-platform programming languages. There's the answer to that problem. It's possible to make things cross-platform and there are in fact games that are programmed in these languages which run on multiple operating systems. Perhaps someone could make a new one that's specifically designed to be fast and efficient for cross-platform games.
The goal of this being so that the only decision you have to make in your gaming experience is who's hardware you want (which is how it is with Windows gaming right now). You then buy the game and you can play it on Windows, Mac, Linux, Xbox, PS3, Wii, whatever. It would change the console manufacturers into what they should be: makers of hardware, not dictators of what games I can play or how I can enjoy my games.
Will never happen, even if it's not 'huge', PC gaming will always exist, be it underground or mainstream. There will always be that factor, because a PC is a loose definition, it can be a bunch of things, it's not just a strict set of components, unless Graphics Cards become illegal to buy or something, PC gaming will always exist, and there will always be home consoles, so there will always be at least 2. Now granted, one console and one pc is just as bad as one console, because the pc isn't really competition, it's its own beast, so if you do like playing on consoles, you could be on the receiving end of some price gouging.
I don't think I'll ever understand it when people say the quality of games will go downhill in the one console future with their reasoning being no competition. The way I see it there is more competition since everyone who is buying your game has the same console and thus all companies are making games for you're single console. If there was one console all the money that the three companies use and lose on hardware gets put towards game budgets and the dev team can focus on making that game run as well as possible on the one and only console. But I do agree that it will never happen, like the guy said before capitalism. But just imagine the one console future, I don't mean that one console simply crushed the others, but what if Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo all banded together to make a single console. That is the future I want but will never happen.
I would like to see it. No more competition, no more companies being bias, and no more fanboys. But I think I would rather see more fanboys and people being bias than a company running a monopoly. Think about it. You think Sony is charging too much for their conole? Then wait till you see it when all their is is Nintendo. They will charge thousands for their console. Because they know that theirs no other consoles out there.
Competition keeps gaming alive. Without it, there would be less innovation because innovation is basically stealing ideas from someone else and making it better.
Someday, maybe sooner than later, there WILL BE a Unified Standard. However, it won't arise from within the industry, but from without. I can guarantee you also, the games won't come on little plastic discs. Then, we can all start arguing about which game developer is the best. They, not console companies, will compete with one another for our money.
It's bound to happen, sooner than later. Face it; game consoles are destined for same fate as the VCR. Relics on the junk-heep of technology history. Something better always comes along.
The only way this would happen is if technology advances to a extent in which the differences between competing console hardware would be irrelevant to the consumer. In other words, when gaming technology peaks and more advanced hardware won't have any significant impact on the consumer's experience, then hardware differences becomes mostly irrelevant, and the focus would then shift to the software. Even then though, I doubt there would be only "one console" on the market, merely that the console wars would become basically meaningless.
If there is it will likely be one of those direct play systems like OnLive. Otherwise, I certainly hope not. Sure there are other makes and models of DVD players but the core component of DVD players haven't changed in more than a decade. This is because changing them would divide the market the same way that blu-ray has from standard DVDs. Backwards compatibility might be something manufacturers could overcome, as they have in current generation games, but to anyone who has an old game system, the introduction of a newer, faster, smarter system amounts to a brand new console. Do we really want to all be playing games a decade from now that utilize the same set of parameters that are set on today's consoles? Do you want to look across at our PC breathern and cry from jealously since that platform is constantly updating? Competition is good, it's healthy and it inspires creativity. Removing that by developing a "one console future" will likely turn the hobby we all enjoy into something much less than it is today. As for the OnLive thing, I think that would be the way to go if there is going to be that limitation placed on gaming. However, I don't believe much of the Western world has the broadband infrastructure to accompany that network for gaming.
Actualy,I think that would be a bad idea.One system equals no competition,which means no inovation.But goig too deep into this subject would be a matter of economic systems,Socialisam vs. Capitalisam...
Unlikely. The only scenario that I could see is if two of the major players ran into financial disaster and had to drop out for a generation, leaving one console to suck up the majority of the marketplace, and a few fringe players taking up a small percentage. That would be short-lived until other competition came along.
Nope. The big three would never want to loose the money the make from selling their consoles. It wouldn't make buissnes sense for the big three to make one console, this of course assumes the Sony and Microsoft start making money on their consoles soon. If they don't we might see them sliding towards services like OnLive.
It's all the same kind of hardware already, just different name brands & feature sets.
Software. How much different can it be? Microsoft's is the best & whatever runs on an Xbox can run on a PC, or came from a PC. It's a majority market already & the prices are low due to that.
Prices don't go up once you have a monopoly. But it can stagnate or lower in quality. Remember how Internet Explorer used to download all of that malware, trojans, viruses & such? Other browsers weren't being used by many. Then Firefox took off. But also keep in mind that even when IE had 90% dominance it was still free with the OS.
If it happened then it would be something like pc gaming, where you would need to update your system frequently. If they didn't roll out yearly iterations then you would still prolly need to buy upgrades or something. Also, having a single system would segment the market horribly. Competition helps, and it benefits all gamers involved to have these companies fight to improve their end product.
There may never be a single console, but there could be a single format. It could be a situation where the developers make their game and the one (Blu-ray) disc will play on all consoles. It seems like a good comprimise to retain console competition (sort-of) but also give gamers the convenience of having a single fomat.
" Thank you Denis Dyack for your vision of a one console utopia. Too bad that will never happen. Why? Capitalism. "
I hear you Water.
@SmashedControllers: I think it's ultimately a bad idea. If this ever happens, you'll still have to decide if you want to get the Sony brand with these features, the Microsoft brand with these features, the Nintendo brand with these features, etc. etc. You're still going to be choosing a certain system over another, except this time around there would no longer be any AAA first party titles. These main companies would potentially be making games for use on their competitors machine. If console gaming had grown up the way PC gaming had this wouldn't be an issue, but as Arbitrary has already stated, "Capitalism."
We had one system for a time, the NES. I could argue that it was the greatest era of gaming, but that's subjective, and age has something to do with your idea of what that would be.
Yes, a lot of people would like to freeze-frame the present, because they like things the way they are, and don't want them to change. Instead of shoe-horning multi-media functionality into five year old game consoles, I envision a device, built from the ground up for multi-media functionality--including PC, that also plays games through digital download. Instead of three or four pieces of hardware, just one. One can not back into the future. However, cling to your bulky, archaic disc-playing consoles as long as you like. Just remember that they're dinosaurs, whose days are numbered.
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