kamm

Netbooks Will Push Games to the Cloud

On Nov 24 04:03 PM dnice wrote:

> Sorry but this makes little sense. First off PC games are far from
> popularity of console games and they surely are not the future of
> gameing.

Nonsense. Consoles might sell more but PC games always had and still have an edge when it comes to new game genres, new graphics, inventions in gaming etc.

In other words without PC as the #1 game *inventor* platform console gaming would be an utter crap.
Also there are several types of gmaes that are either simply laughably simplified on consoles (stupid controllers, anyone?) or doesn't even exist at all (stupid controllers, anyone?).

Anything that sets new standards in game graphics always arrive on PC.
In fact PC is *THE* standard, consoles rather just copy it and provide a more streamlined - thus more cost effective - development pipeline.


> Simply look at the amount of store space given to consoles
> vs. pc games.

Ehh? PCs have a MAGNITUDE MORE space than consoles, you're not making sense, I'm afraid.

> Second PC games require expensive hardware to play
> which flies in the face of this idea that netbooks are going to be
> cheap. $100 dollars? Not with the video card that costs $400. Even
> with mmos you need the power to display the images even if they are
> in a cloud.

Even though your numbers are way off - the sub-$200 Radeon 4850 is the "affordable & powerful" poster child of the PC VGA market for months now - the final conclusion is correct, indeed.

> Another thing it runs on linux an ubuntu. Sorry that's
> not mainstream and it's not scaring any of the major players. Hey
> social networking and gaming are already together on services like
> xbox live and social networking is trendy. It's already fading away.
> I know few people who use myspace or facebook like they used too.
> As for an arrow in the back. Looks to me like this is more like an
> flimsy twig breaking in two on impact and not even leaving a scratch.

I agree, social gaming is sort of an oxymoron for me too: the only people into constant Twittering etc I know are those way beyond your typical gaming age - they never be hooked on any game, that's for sure.