>Their hardware business is (IMHO doomed. Because of Apple.
Their hardware business is doomed because of convergence. Standard, custom-built gaming machines will only last so long as having a single consistent target environment requires a custom-built gaming machine.
But personally, I don't really see what that has to do with gaming. Gaming is an art, and I still find games written for the Nintendo just as compelling as they were 20 years ago. All iOS really offers is a better distribution mechanism. And it's still somewhat limited in that you still need to have an expensive piece of locked-down hardware. It's a footnote compared to the first First Person Shooter, top-down RPG, 3D action game, Tower defense game.
It seems silly to talk about hardware when the really interesting stuff is new paradigms in games.
>Gaming is an art, and I still find games written for the Nintendo just as compelling as they were 20 years ago.
I agree. Nintendo, much like Apple, controlled the hardware and software which allowed them to create a compelling experience.
> All iOS really offers is a better distribution mechanism. And it's still somewhat limited in that you still need to have an expensive piece of locked-down hardware.
i think that mobile is the future of all computing and there will be a day when most are choosing tablets instead of computers. At that point, it will be considerably cheaper to just own a tablet than owning a computer, a console and possibly even a smartphone for some.
Their hardware business is doomed because of convergence. Standard, custom-built gaming machines will only last so long as having a single consistent target environment requires a custom-built gaming machine.
But personally, I don't really see what that has to do with gaming. Gaming is an art, and I still find games written for the Nintendo just as compelling as they were 20 years ago. All iOS really offers is a better distribution mechanism. And it's still somewhat limited in that you still need to have an expensive piece of locked-down hardware. It's a footnote compared to the first First Person Shooter, top-down RPG, 3D action game, Tower defense game.
It seems silly to talk about hardware when the really interesting stuff is new paradigms in games.