Bushnell: mobile games done

well im a hardcore gamer and i for one could not care less about either of these.

It's a shame people think what he says still matters. Yes, he was a big part of video game history, but his time has simply past....

**** Bush

Another person in the industry with another ridiculous comment. While I never thought mobile gaming is over, google glass is not going to take over that market. He just sounds like he has a lot invested in Google Glass. These people are out of touch with reality.

good riddance...

He's on it. Mobile software touched the pinnacle of it's innovation a long time ago. Everything new to the market is a line-by-line re-hash of everything that's already been out. Everyone stops by the apps store and sees nothing but garbage they feel they already overplayed, from rail runners to city builders. They suffer the same problem the original Atari suffered...too cheap to make games and a market so flooded with garbage you can't identify something solid even if someone made it. The controls lack depth for expansion same as the Nintendo Wii did.

The Grandfather of Gaming once again hit the nail on the head. Deny what you want, but the proof is in the pudding.

Lol if the Oculus Rift suffers the fate of the Opti-Grab in The Jerk. :D

read between the lines; he is confessing he has no clue how to make a game get into the lime light on an app store and confesses his 70's glory days won't cut him any slack in trying.

I don't think Mobile Gaming's time has come. They said the same thing about the newspaper and the radio. And also about PC Gaming.

Never got into mobile gaming. No need with Vita and 3DS.

I have no idea what Oculus Rift and Google Glass are, but he made a good point about mobile games reaching saturation and becoming unappealing because of it.

I do also agree that Oculus Rift will be huge and I'm really excited about it.

I'm sure the Oculus Rift is cool and all, but somehow I find myself not giving a single shit about it. I'd rather play games on a 60" HDTV with an awesome sound system.

he talks a lot of shit, this atari guy

The Occulus Rift is the future of immersive gaming.

Playing Angry Birds on the toilet is not.

Oh man do I love hearing those words "mobile gaming is over" I can not wait until that market fizzles and dies after companies came in and turned it into a cash grab. Some of the worst practices in gaming occurred because of mobile and facebook. IAP is one of them. Games as a service is the stupidest thing ever and I will never be ok with it. I cringe when I look on the app store for something even resembling a real gaming experience anymore.

This industry is so busy looking at the next, ephemeral "big thing" is going to be that it refuses to put out the fire in its bed.

The same Nolan Bushnell who was telling us mobile games were the way to go and console games were the dying breed last year? I think he just bases these statements on whatever concept his money happens to be tied up in at the time.

Atari, the biggest hasbeens in gaming history.

This guy is so out of touch it isn't funny.

Not yet!

Right now im going to trademark Iwear, Iglass, Iglasses, Ispecs, Iframes, Ivision. That way when apple tries to make their glasses, they will have to pay be a truckload of cash for the name.

In other news, "Nolan Bushnell's eyes scratched out after being recognized in laundromat".

Mobile gaming ended before it started, I had more innovative games on my Nokia 6600 than Angry Birds.

I don't buy this for a second. Mobile devices will continue to get better, and mobile games will grow right along with them. So many people carry mobile devices of some sort that there will always be a market for new and better apps. I'm not just talking about time wasters like Angry Birds either, there are some serious, nigh PS2 quality titles out there these days and with yearly hardware updates it won't be too long before we have current gen quality games in our pockets at bargain basement prices.

if he means in terms of innovation and growth, then yeah, they are pretty much 'done'.

Mobile games are casual games and somehow... necessary when there's time to kill. The Oculus Rift is a long way from being finished. We'll have to see about those. Seeing how he sais Google Glass instead of Google Glasses and mistakes them for some kind of gaming device, I would have a hard time listening to grandpa here. As for "if I told you all my ideas for it, I’d have to kill you", no, just no, you... you don't have any ideas, elderly person.

Everything Bushnell touches turns to crap. So, yeah.

Someone should remind Bushnell that 3D TV isn't taking off because people don't want to purchase overpriced glasses and be forced to wear them to enjoy the effects. Likewise, I don't see myself wearing some contraption on my head for gaming.

Hmmm...I have a hard time believing that mobile games are finished--as they allow people who aren't traditional 'gamers' a chance to play games without spending money on a PC or console (just on an expensive smart phone with a data plan). I definitely believe what he's saying about that being the next big thing for the industry.

While I'm not an expert on the subject, It's hard to believe that those two things (which would seemingly appeal mostly to hardcore gamers), could beat a casual market. Either way, exciting future.

How come all these old farts that haven't made a hit game in 30 years get articles quoting their opinions?