​PlayStation 5 And Xbox 2 Could Be Last Consoles You Ever Own

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Last month, Google sent tech lovers into a right old tizz when it unveiled its revolutionary new game-streaming platform called Stadia.

 

Revealing plans for the platform, which is 'purpose-built' for modern games, Google's CEO Sundar Pichai said he'd wanted to build a platform for players, viewers and developers.

 

 

Basically, it's a game client that will let you stream high-quality feeds of games to pretty much any screen you might have in your house, meaning you could be watching a trailer for Assassin's Creed Odyssey on YouTube, click a 'Play Now' button to load straight into the game on your desktop, and start playing there and then.

 

However, with its debut, Stadia has also forced tech experts to think about the future of gaming.

 

Microsoft's new Xbox 2 and Sony's PlayStation 5 are due to drop next year, with both devices promising incredible graphics and powerful processors.

 

However, as exciting as all that sounds, these two consoles could well be the last of their kind.

 

Speaking at an AI/5G event in San Francisco, Cristiano Amon - president of Qualcomm, which helps tech giants build their systems - said cloud technology used in game streaming will bring about the end of consoles as we know them, meaning the new PlayStation and Xbox models may be the last you own.

 

"Cloud gaming is going to replace the console," Amon said, according to the Sun.

 

"You'll be able to play a sophisticated game [on a phone] that you could only play on a $10,000 gaming PC."

 

He continued: "There's no question - in our view - that the cloud is the new console.

 

"It's just a matter of time."

 

Amon believes game streaming technology like Stadia's could revolutionise gaming, making it possible to play all the best games anywhere you like.

 

"You are just gonna start playing on any device, on any screen," he said.

 

"That is going to be the future of gaming."

 

Amon added: "If you go to mobile and take away the limitation of processor power, then you can look at [streaming] sophisticated PC games from the cloud."

 

Highlighting Google Stadia specifically, he also explained: "We've started to see some of the cloud gaming announcements.

 

"I'm sure there'll be much more coming."

 

Something tells me PlayStation and Xbox won't go quietly and let their technology become obsolete, which means surely whatever move they have next, it's gonna be BIG.

 

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[gobSIDES]

Cloud/streamed gaming has failed so many times before.

 

This I not the future of gaming, I dont know how many times these companies need to keep telling players what we want before they actually start listening to us.

[金彩媛]

keep it, I enjoy actually owning my games

[accidie]

yikes

[Simson]

That's a no from me. To me, games are not as casual as music. They're more interactive. And many of us have invested hours, days and weeks into getting our games exactly the way we want them because we won't have it any other way. You mean to tell me that players of games that are dependent on their huge modding scene like Fallout, Elder Scrolls and even more casual games like The Sims etc. are going to settle for basic bitch "cloud streaming" where they have tenuous access to what they're putting their time into? These tech companies are so out of touch and fundamentally don't understand the people that they seek to rule over.

[Timur Sharapov]

Google may have good ideas but their services' quality isn't satisfying.

[GetRapper]

keep it, I enjoy actually owning my games

 

My sentiments exactly!  I mostly play on PC now anyways.  I mostly use my PS4 ironically now for just Netflix, Crunchyroll and Hulu streaming.  I tried the PS Now streaming service but it's laggy as hell and the library of games was lacking.

[Juche Bird]

I bet chu those cloud streaming game consoles come with spyware or some type of it to spy on your ass so hell no. Oh and Google Stadia is gonna become like YouTube. That’s 100% fact.

[Mugifrogie]

First, not all country could stream-gaming. The internet connection should be very fast and not every country had that kind of speed to stream it.

 

Second, not if the consoles strengthen their exclusive games Gimmick, especially playstation.

 

Three, some consoles with many hardware Gimmick, like Nintendo.. Can the streaming produce the same kind of feeling like playing with that kind of consoles?

[BigToe]

I always prefer physical copies of games compared to digital

Leave us be with our consoles

[Yooa's Forehead]

after 30 mins of play I get a google ad pop up... no thnx  :P

[SensualSoap]

Cloud gaming sucks unless you have a hard connection and good internet speeds. You're also gonna be charged hourly rates so you might as well buy the game if you're not a fast paced gamer.

[LilVelvet]

They said this last generation. I don't think this will happen, the people who like physical games are stubborn about it and won't change so the demand is always there.

[Gifted]

That's a no from me. To me, games are not as casual as music. They're more interactive. And many of us have invested hours, days and weeks into getting our games exactly the way we want them because we won't have it any other way. You mean to tell me that players of games that are dependent on their huge modding scene like Fallout, Elder Scrolls and even more casual games like The Sims etc. are going to settle for basic bitch "cloud streaming" where they have tenuous access to what they're putting their time into? These tech companies are so out of touch and fundamentally don't understand the people that they seek to rule over.

 

They are talking about consoles and not PC which you can mod the fk out of. Cloud gaming is the future. I think consoles will become obsolete a decade from now.

[Gifted]

Cloud gaming sucks unless you have a hard connection and good internet speeds. You're also gonna be charged hourly rates so you might as well buy the game if you're not a fast paced gamer.

 

It's the ping that you should be focused on.

[Mami3chan]

oh another great idea from google to spy on people. i see 

[delirium]

"You'll be able to play a sophisticated game [on a phone] that you could only play on a $10,000 gaming PC."

 

 

m8, with the way things are going, you'll never be able to keep up with pc no matter how much you exaggerate the actual price of a pc gaming station, which can start at the same price of what people would pay for with a new console bundle. Considering the backlash of Diablo and many other criticism of "auto-play" phone gaming, that future isn't looking plausible. And combined with the unpredictability and insecurity of cloud, gamers will finally flip their shite if companies keep ignoring what they want.

 

$10,000  Not with competition from industry, third parties, access to alternative sources for supplies, etc. People finding out just how much they can do with a good gaming pc for cheaper than what they believe would be one of the real reasons why consoles would ever die out. 

[SeriousRonin]

No thanks. I will be fine with PlayStation.