Consoles turning into PCs...???

http://games.on.net/article/13933/Battlefield_3_to_Ship_With_Optional_High-Res_Texture_Mode_on_Consoles

Not only this, but with the inclusion of Internet, Photos, Music and Movies....consoles are becoming more and more like PCs.

(yes, I know they will never replace PCs)

Man, they are always finding new ways.

yep thats it.. said it was going to happen and it happened consoles trying to step up their game against the toolable multifuctional pc.. and they will lose that game.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRk_yH4nT4c

impossible, you have to remember whats in an xbox is 6 years old, you can only do so much with it

If they're going to cost as much as Mid-range PC, they better be upgradable, or there wont be no point in wasting money on itAnt0n89

yep thats it.. said it was going to happen and it happened consoles trying to step up their game against the toolable multifuctional pc.. and they will lose that game.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRk_yH4nT4c

ionusX

The only time consoles will be like pc are when u can upgrade all the working parts of the console ohhh wait thats a pc =/ijumping

Meh, consoles have always been a simplified PC that's focus was on gaming. I see nothing but bad things with it trying to become a full fledged PC.

[QUOTE="Ant0n89"]If they're going to cost as much as Mid-range PC, they better be upgradable, or there wont be no point in wasting money on itmasterdrat

Consoles should be gaming machines, period.

They should have their own exclusives.

That's why the PS2 has sold 3x more than the PS3 ever will.

With a console you can simply 'consume' entertainment, but with a PC you can make your own entertainment (and a lot more besides).

Consoles are simply becoming modern-age 'media centres', like the music hi-fi systems of old, or TVs that came with built-in DVD players. Now you can get all these things in one device, and there's nothing inherently wrong with that as long as you still have a lot of choice, ie, you are not restricted by services only offering a narrow selection of content.

I don't see what all the fuss is about, really.

The only thing I would say is that if more games have to be installed on a console to get better 'quality' in the future - they seriously need to increase the hard drive capacity. On my PC, between my Steam folder and other non-Steam games I have installed at the moment, they take up approx. 250Gb.

They should be releasing consoles with 500Gb - 1 Tb drives if this is the way forward, especially if they increase the number of games/movies etc., available via their respective networks. Unless, of course, they all go down the 'streaming' route...oh joy.

Well from MS Press conference at E3, they want them to become the ultimate "multimedia" experience.masterdrat

Can it do modding?

[QUOTE="ijumping"]The only time consoles will be like pc are when u can upgrade all the working parts of the console ohhh wait thats a pc =/FelipeInside

Kinda of a joke really. Fanboys always showing off what a console can do when I'm like.. seriously? It's a dumbed down PC. Just get your current PC and upgrade it. Does 10x as much and cheaper.darkfox101

I always thought it was a joke that "PC gaming is cheaper," but after building my own PC for $800 and finding these amazing Steam, D2D, Gamersgate deals for $5 or less, in the long run PC gaming is so much cheaper. This summer I was excited about getting two brand new 360 games for $50.... man, I was ignorant. :(

Well from MS Press conference at E3, they want them to become the ultimate "multimedia" experience.masterdrat

Can it do modding?

Am_Confucius

[QUOTE="darkfox101"]Kinda of a joke really. Fanboys always showing off what a console can do when I'm like.. seriously? It's a dumbed down PC. Just get your current PC and upgrade it. Does 10x as much and cheaper.Cwagmire21

I always thought it was a joke that "PC gaming is cheaper," but after building my own PC for $800 and finding these amazing Steam, D2D, Gamersgate deals for $5 or less, in the long run PC gaming is so much cheaper. This summer I was excited about getting two brand new 360 games for $50.... man, I was ignorant. :(

i doubt they will ever fully become pcs, consoles were made to give an alternative to building pcs and pc gaming.

soon consoles will cost as much as a midrange PC (yet still perform a lot worse) and all the consolites will flood the forums complaining about price

[QUOTE="FelipeInside"][QUOTE="ijumping"]The only time consoles will be like pc are when u can upgrade all the working parts of the console ohhh wait thats a pc =/Am_Confucius

Personally I think they are already there but obviously more restricted and closed down much like what a Terminal Server is designed for to provide a very basic setup.

[QUOTE="Am_Confucius"][QUOTE="FelipeInside"] So ur saying it's a PC just cause u can upgrade all the parts inside..... please stop saying naive things like that.FelipeInside

That's exactly how I understood his post too.

soon consoles will cost as much as a midrange PC (yet still perform a lot worse) and all the consolites will flood the forums complaining about price

wis3boi

:lol: this

If cloud computing takes off, everything will be the same. You will just have a display device (a TV or monitor), control device (remote, gamepad, or M/KB), a small box containing a network card, and some basic configuration software (screen settings, network settings, etc.). You will be able to watch TV shows, play video games, surf the web, check email, and anything else a average person wants to do with just this basic setup. I still think you can build your own PC, but retailers will not longer sell PCs.

If cloud computing takes off, everything will be the same. You will just have a display device (a TV or monitor), control device (remote, gamepad, or M/KB), a small box containing a network card, and some basic configuration software (screen settings, network settings, etc.). You will be able to watch TV shows, play video games, surf the web, check email, and anything else a average person wants to do with just this basic setup. I still think you can build your own PC, but retailers will not longer sell PCs.

James00715

If that's so, I want Red Dead and Uncharted on PC now!

The Final development of the console will be the PC. Maybe not next gen or the gen after but eventually they will be nothing but PC's. ferrari2001

That would be a glorious time

[QUOTE="Am_Confucius"][QUOTE="FelipeInside"][QUOTE="ijumping"]The only time consoles will be like pc are when u can upgrade all the working parts of the console ohhh wait thats a pc =/FelipeInside

He didn't say it's a PC just 'cause you can upgrade the parts. He said that consoles needs to be able to do this as well if they want to be PCs.

[QUOTE="FelipeInside"][QUOTE="Am_Confucius"][QUOTE="FelipeInside"][QUOTE="ijumping"]The only time consoles will be like pc are when u can upgrade all the working parts of the console ohhh wait thats a pc =/Am_Confucius

He didn't say it's a PC just 'cause you can upgrade the parts. He said that consoles needs to be able to do this as well if they want to be PCs.