Scott Miller: Consoles will die. They have two cycles left...

Interview with Scott Miller in Matt Chat show. They also talks about Max Payne, Prey, Duke Nukem: Forever, 3D Realms and immortality.

Link:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhPvXw4cZGc

What do you thing about it?

I think that people need to put their crystal balls away and actually wait and see what happens.

I think consoles will just ultimately revert back into being like computers more than anything. They'll be closed systems like laptops and phones are, with either limited to no upgradability beyond the OS and perhaps mass storage device. We might still have handheld consoles, but even then they are more likely to be killed off by phones than normal TV console systems. My main hope is too see a larger variance in OSs and computing architectures, beyond ARM, x86, Windows, Mac OS, and Linux.

never heard of this guy, and he's an idiot.

Link fixed.

And a little help to 10 years old players who doesn't know who Scott Miller is: "Miller started as game programmer, but now handles primary business duties of 3D Realms, as well as producing and co-designing all third-party games associated with the company, including Wolfenstein 3D, Raptor: Call of the Shadows, Terminal Velocity, Max Payne and Prey."

And before saying anything, just watch the video. His vision on the future of consoles is very plausible. ;)

Link fixed.

And a little help to 10 years old players who doesn't know who Scott Miller is: "Miller started as game programmer, but now handles primary business duties of 3D Realms, as well as producing and co-designing all third-party games associated with the company, including Wolfenstein 3D, Raptor: Call of the Shadows, Terminal Velocity, Max Payne and Prey."

And before saying anything, just watch the video. His vision on the future of consoles is very plausible. ;)

RyuRanVII

10 year old players? are you serious? :?

when attempting to bash a system or consoles in general you should think your statements through.

Yeah,I´ve seen it yesterday,good interview. And lol at those who don´t know who Scott Miller is.

Consoles yes but desktops no? Lol oh-ho :lol:

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Link fixed.

And a little help to 10 years old players who doesn't know who Scott Miller is: "Miller started as game programmer, but now handles primary business duties of 3D Realms, as well as producing and co-designing all third-party games associated with the company, including Wolfenstein 3D, Raptor: Call of the Shadows, Terminal Velocity, Max Payne and Prey."

And before saying anything, just watch the video. His vision on the future of consoles is very plausible. ;)

theuncharted34

10 year old players? are you serious? :?

when attempting to bash a system or consoles in general you should think your statements through.

[QUOTE="theuncharted34"]

[QUOTE="RyuRanVII"]

Link fixed.

And a little help to 10 years old players who doesn't know who Scott Miller is: "Miller started as game programmer, but now handles primary business duties of 3D Realms, as well as producing and co-designing all third-party games associated with the company, including Wolfenstein 3D, Raptor: Call of the Shadows, Terminal Velocity, Max Payne and Prey."

And before saying anything, just watch the video. His vision on the future of consoles is very plausible. ;)

millerlight89

10 year old players? are you serious? :?

when attempting to bash a system or consoles in general you should think your statements through.

doesn't matter. he still said the people who didn't know who this person was, are 10 years old.

Yeah maybe 2 generations from now. That is actually realistic. Or maybe we'll make the switch to DD only. I dont see everyone taking that route tho.

[QUOTE="darkspineslayer"]...Who? :|GreenGoblin2099

This

...Who? :|darkspineslayer

Yeah,I´ve seen it yesterday,good interview. And lol at those who don´t know who Scott Miller is.

Arach666

lol at those who believe the crap this unkwnon guy says... :evil:

Yeah maybe 2 generations from now. That is actually realistic. Or maybe we'll make the switch to DD only. I dont see everyone taking that route tho.

painguy1

:o 8x the nyan! :3

[QUOTE="Arach666"]

Yeah,I´ve seen it yesterday,good interview. And lol at those who don´t know who Scott Miller is.

GreenGoblin2099

lol at those who believe the crap this unkwnon guy says... :evil:

[QUOTE="Arach666"]

Yeah,I´ve seen it yesterday,good interview. And lol at those who don´t know who Scott Miller is.

GreenGoblin2099

lol at those who believe the crap this unkwnon guy says... :evil:

Apogee and 3D Realms Part 1

[QUOTE="painguy1"]

Yeah maybe 2 generations from now. That is actually realistic. Or maybe we'll make the switch to DD only. I dont see everyone taking that route tho.

theuncharted34

:o 8x the nyan! :3

bow down to the power of NYAN CAT!!!!

On topic: Scott Miller is from 3DRealms ppl

[QUOTE="millerlight89"][QUOTE="theuncharted34"]

10 year old players? are you serious? :?

when attempting to bash a system or consoles in general you should think your statements through.

theuncharted34

doesn't matter. he still said the people who didn't know who this person was, are 10 years old.

[QUOTE="theuncharted34"]

[QUOTE="painguy1"]

Yeah maybe 2 generations from now. That is actually realistic. Or maybe we'll make the switch to DD only. I dont see everyone taking that route tho.

painguy1

:o 8x the nyan! :3

bow down to the power of NYAN CAT!!!!

On topic: Scott Miller is from 3DRealms ppl

wow that first cat does not look happy. :P

[QUOTE="theuncharted34"]

[QUOTE="millerlight89"] You seem to think he was referring to console gamers, he wasn't. Maybe you should read carefully next time ;)millerlight89

doesn't matter. he still said the people who didn't know who this person was, are 10 years old.

it doesn't make sense though, I know developers that have been around longer than him.

alright though, I'll drop it.

Not at all. At most, Consoles will fully conform to Digital Distribution.

we are in the last "console" gen

I agree. OnLive may be ahead of its time right now, but cloud gaming/DD is undoubtedly the future. I don't know anyone with any knowledge of how the industry works that would dispute that.

I'm 33 and I didn't know who Scott Miller was... ??? so fricken what? Am I supposed to know the first and last names of everyone who has worked on every game? In order to be "teh mature gamer"?

I'm 33 and I didn't know who Scott Miller was... ??? so fricken what? Am I supposed to know the first and last names of everyone who has worked on every game? In order to be "teh mature gamer"?

moistsandwich

Yeah maybe 2 generations from now. That is actually realistic. Or maybe we'll make the switch to DD only. I dont see everyone taking that route tho.

painguy1

Two generations from now could be anything from 15-20 years. So yes, it is quite plausible there will be no more consoles. Nothing special about this prediction folks, move right along.

[QUOTE="painguy1"]

Yeah maybe 2 generations from now. That is actually realistic. Or maybe we'll make the switch to DD only. I dont see everyone taking that route tho.

Vari3ty

Two generations from now could be anything from 15-20 years. So yes, it is quite plausible there will be no more consoles. Nothing special about this prediction folks, move right along.

I was assuming that we still go by the 5/6 year cycle. Which it seems like we're still following.

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[QUOTE="painguy1"]

Yeah maybe 2 generations from now. That is actually realistic. Or maybe we'll make the switch to DD only. I dont see everyone taking that route tho.

painguy1

Two generations from now could be anything from 15-20 years. So yes, it is quite plausible there will be no more consoles. Nothing special about this prediction folks, move right along.

I was assuming that we still go by the 5/6 year cycle. Which it seems like we're still following.

Quite possibly. But let's say the next Xbox comes out in 2013. That's an 8 year life cycle, and if the console after that (if there is one) lasts a similar length, I do think 15 years is a fairly accurate prediction.

Yeah, I remember when people like this said cinema's were going to die because of VCR's :roll:

He does make some good points, that we have heard before from all over the industry. So If the Industry all seems to have this idea, then ofcourse it Will happen, because... you know they are the industry.

What he as talking about in the interview (for those too lazy to click the link) Is that the consoles themselves will vanish, not the console gaming. Basicly cloud gaming, kind of like Onlive just integrated into TV's The reasonings he gave was from an industry standpoint, and those were very sound, and very interesting.

Who the hell is Scott Miller? MrSelf-Destruct

Now all your Nyan cat is belong to me! HAHAHAHA! NYAN! :twisted:

[QUOTE="MrSelf-Destruct"]Who the hell is Scott Miller? killzonexbox

One thing that is important to remember is the big three aren't going to just "let" consoles die. If it's profitable (which consoles are) the companies will be fighting to keep them, so consoles may stick around longer if only because the big three try to make as much as possible from their established brands. It's not like Sony and Microsoft are going to shutdown the Playstation and Xbox brands one day because "the future is here".

[QUOTE="Arach666"]

Yeah,I´ve seen it yesterday,good interview. And lol at those who don´t know who Scott Miller is.

GreenGoblin2099

lol at those who believe the crap this unkwnon guy says... :evil:

And yeah, watch the video first..

Kojima said the same things.

[QUOTE="killzonexbox"][QUOTE="MrSelf-Destruct"]Who the hell is Scott Miller? MrSelf-Destruct

That says all. Right the reason gaming industry has been more sucessfull than ever will die :lol:

This is more funny than the people who believe cod will die :lol:....for the same reason as said above ^

Yeah,I´ve seen it yesterday,good interview. And lol at those who don´t know who Scott Miller is.

Arach666

Perhaps there are some people who don't let video games dominate their lives to the point where they actually care who some nobody is in the game industry.