There's a lot of talk among the tech media, websites and press regarding the next generation of consoles to be showcased at the next E3 Expo this coming June. Sony have said they won't be announcing the Playstation 4 at the Expo and are looking at possible partnerships regarding a cloud based system. As for the Microsoft and future Xbox's, there's talk of a possible new machine that comes with a tablet, possibly a challenger for the new Nintendo system expected soon, though industry experts say a new Xbox will be doubtful.
Samsung have recently announced future proof televisions that you can upgrade without buying a new set and most new televisions now are internet enabled giving you the ability to browse or download films with subscription services such as Netflix.
It doesn't really take a genius to see where it's all going and that is 'cloud' based. I would imagine the industry will find it much cheaper to have games available to either play or download from the cloud, it'll obviously replace the need (eventually) to purchase hard copies of games on disks I should imagine and it's probably a better way to combat piracy both with games and movies.
I can see consoles getting much smaller as their main jobs will be just to run the games via the cloud, they'll just be a small device with a wireless controller, though I suspect still able to play blu-ray and such for a good few years yet but inevitably films on demand and internet tv's will be the new thing. You'll be able to purchase films on the cloud and stream them whenever you want. In all honesty I don't think these changes are too far off, my reasoning being when you look how far technology has jumped over the last 20 years.
I think we are ideally looking at the living room containing a voice recognition tablet device (as the processing power is rapidly growing on these) as the main but portable focus. Combined with this will be a voice recognition tv (they're already here) and a wireless controller for games, that will be all you need. Should you want to relax in bed you'll be able to stream things to your tablet, or maybe a family will have multiple tablets all streamed to via a central hub of sorts, parents being in control of a master tablet to control settings and content for their kids.
Having an ipad I can already see how the cloud is working and the benefit of it it breaks or you lose it, then all your downloaded software and files are still there indefinitely.
Whatever happens, exciting times are ahead.
Samsung have recently announced future proof televisions that you can upgrade without buying a new set and most new televisions now are internet enabled giving you the ability to browse or download films with subscription services such as Netflix.
It doesn't really take a genius to see where it's all going and that is 'cloud' based. I would imagine the industry will find it much cheaper to have games available to either play or download from the cloud, it'll obviously replace the need (eventually) to purchase hard copies of games on disks I should imagine and it's probably a better way to combat piracy both with games and movies.
I can see consoles getting much smaller as their main jobs will be just to run the games via the cloud, they'll just be a small device with a wireless controller, though I suspect still able to play blu-ray and such for a good few years yet but inevitably films on demand and internet tv's will be the new thing. You'll be able to purchase films on the cloud and stream them whenever you want. In all honesty I don't think these changes are too far off, my reasoning being when you look how far technology has jumped over the last 20 years.
I think we are ideally looking at the living room containing a voice recognition tablet device (as the processing power is rapidly growing on these) as the main but portable focus. Combined with this will be a voice recognition tv (they're already here) and a wireless controller for games, that will be all you need. Should you want to relax in bed you'll be able to stream things to your tablet, or maybe a family will have multiple tablets all streamed to via a central hub of sorts, parents being in control of a master tablet to control settings and content for their kids.
Having an ipad I can already see how the cloud is working and the benefit of it it breaks or you lose it, then all your downloaded software and files are still there indefinitely.
Whatever happens, exciting times are ahead.
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