[citation][nom]StLucre[/nom]Wow, just wow! I thought gamers were supposed to be tech savvy. How long have smart phones and i-pods and smartphones been viable gaming machines? Not long but man they've ascended fast! What about cell-phone cameras? Exactly the same - crappy VGA a few years ago and now really acceptable multi-mp images. What does this highlight? It tells us how fast this area of the tech industry is growing. Very FAST. The comments that a phone will never = a DSLR/PSP/DS/Word Processor are just plain deluded. Anyone who's played a game like Galaxy on Fire 2 on i-pod or Android will know that Sony and Nintendo should be scared. And the fact that you can get great gaming experiences for under $10. Well I know what my purchase of choice will be and I have NO doubt I'll be getting a good gaming experience.[/citation]
[citation][nom]ikefu[/nom]You actually think your smart phone will replace a normal camera? Guess you never do anything but facebook with pictures. The optics in a phone will never match what a camera can do because of space restrictions. Just like the controls of a touch screen smart phone will never match those of the gameboy or PSP.Also, I've played those games from gameloft on my 4th gen Ipod Touch. SOOOO disappointing compared to a PSP or DS game. Great compared to smart phone games but crap compared to dedicated game machines. If that is where all mobile gaming is headed then we are in for sad times away from our PCs and TVs in the gaming world[/citation]
[citation][nom]Yuka[/nom]Guys, your lack of vision is absurdly annoying...Carmack is given Nintendo and (maybe) Sony the big heads up on the changing tide (not that they don't know already, but...) so they can go were the money will be and still be alive. If Nintendo and Sony keep the same "disc" model system, they might suffer like Blockbuster did.And also I find his argument some-what solid and he's totally right IMO; if you take notice over the Xperia Play, Sony played a great card right there. "Gaming on the go" is what smartphones are aiming at, just like when people said "no way a smartphone is gonna replace my Kodak"; well, it's not quite like that yet, but the Nokia N8 could replace any mid-priced camera easily.And it's not just games, wait till we get decent "office productivity" in Android and you'll get a fully functional PC (netbooks, bye bye). It's just a time and timing thing of when it will happen, that's why Intel is so desperate to enter the market.Cheers![/citation]
ok lets start off.
i will never take pictures or video with a smartphone. they are good if thats all you have, but i would rather carry around a dedicated camera. i have no doubt that in 5-10 years, a smartphone can rival even high end non dslrs but in the mean time, i take a real camera with me. even than i hate not using a real camcorder because the camera video usually sucks in comparison.
you want to see nintendo and sony have real competition? get android and iphone, to guarantee at least 10 years of backwards compatibility. get the iphone a shell that attaches and adds real buttons, and alalouge sticks, i have done the math and theoretical engineering (no degree, just trying to make things fit and work in space given), based on mini ps2 controllers, a ps3 controller and the psp1000 demintions. the iphone could become a ligitamate gaming platform than. the android too.
blockbuster failed, because of the archaic thought, when faced with a real competition. the red box lets you rent anything for 2$ a day, last block buster movie i rented cost 5$ for over night, with a 5$ late fee, on top of close to 10$ for a 5 day game rental. not to mention the other competition like gamefly or netflix. block buster was 30 miles away, im 40 feet from a mailbox.
and disc... you may not know this but gamers tend to like discs. we know we own the game and at no time will we ever not own it. i use steam because of drm, steam is better than most... but more likely than not if i like a game i but it off amazon and pirate it for the drm free version.
phones have one thing on consoles that cant be denied. they upgrade faster. in 2 years psp2 will be the norm, in 4 years, it will be surpassed, and in 7 years psp2 will be a joke, but what will i prefer to game on.... psp2.