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Howdy!
Just yesterday I was thinking what the future of console hardware will look like.
Over recent years I think we've all noticed a pattern - simple output to reasonable output to graet output to brilliant output. I was wondering if there would ever come a time when the change in hardware won't make much of a difference to the graphical, audio output etc. with such changes getting less and less as their standards approach realistic.
What will this mean? Will people stop buying new consoles every 5 years? Will hardware producers be able to survive if there is less demand for new machines?
Just a thought.
Just yesterday I was thinking what the future of console hardware will look like.
Over recent years I think we've all noticed a pattern - simple output to reasonable output to graet output to brilliant output. I was wondering if there would ever come a time when the change in hardware won't make much of a difference to the graphical, audio output etc. with such changes getting less and less as their standards approach realistic.
What will this mean? Will people stop buying new consoles every 5 years? Will hardware producers be able to survive if there is less demand for new machines?
Just a thought.
Howdy!
Just yesterday I was thinking what the future of console hardware will look like.
Over recent years I think we've all noticed a pattern - simple output to reasonable output to graet output to brilliant output. I was wondering if there would ever come a time when the change in hardware won't make much of a difference to the graphical, audio output etc. with such changes getting less and less as their standards approach realistic.
What will this mean? Will people stop buying new consoles every 5 years? Will hardware producers be able to survive if there is less demand for new machines?
Just a thought.
Just yesterday I was thinking what the future of console hardware will look like.
Over recent years I think we've all noticed a pattern - simple output to reasonable output to graet output to brilliant output. I was wondering if there would ever come a time when the change in hardware won't make much of a difference to the graphical, audio output etc. with such changes getting less and less as their standards approach realistic.
What will this mean? Will people stop buying new consoles every 5 years? Will hardware producers be able to survive if there is less demand for new machines?
Just a thought.
I'd imagine that in the future the line will be reached where the hardware is capable of everything we would ever need to be able to do would be reached...
yeah maybe, but i think that line is too far away to be able to judge when it will come. Then again, with the current increase in the gaming industry, we can only look on and wonder what the next generation of consoles will be after the ps2, gamecube and xbox.
Photo/Video quality realism is the next landmark. It's a way off even with todays specs.
And after that, gaming will have to take a step in a new direction. Hologrammes, immersion, etc....