I've used a 360 controller on a PS3 game of Call of Duty. The people I have played with did not seem less or more skilled than on Xbox Live. To write off the PS3 competition would be unwise. Most extremely competitive fighting games are preferred on this system for the fact that the D-Pad is the main area on the controller. However, when it comes to FPS's, I prefer to play them on my 360. Having indented thumb-sticks ensure a slip-proof experience (i've had many instances where my thumbs slide off the PS3 nubs), and having the left analog stick in the main area as opposed to a D-Pad is more natural for FPS movement. Plus: Triggers.
[QUOTE="skrat_01"][QUOTE="amaneuvering"] That's simply because current eBooks are absolute crap, I mean even the DS can flip through pages faster and smoother than current eBook readers and with a touch based interface, but the principle is absolutely the future. Print media is the past...and digital reading/browsing/viewing devices, basically tablets, are absolutely the future (not like 500 hundred years in the future because then we'll have went far beyond that stuff, most likely, but the near future). There will be a minority of people who like to view good old fashioned paper books, as there are still a minority of people who actually like to listen to vinyl records, but the vast majority of people will be reading their magazines and viewing their media on what is basically a personal tablet PC. You would be naive to think there would be such a simplistic transition to 'future technology' Just because the tech is there does not mean social trends will conform to it, and public opinion would take to it. At all. This is a massive generalization, especially if you are only referring to the first world, having physical print media goes beyond simple convenience of having 'the tech' which you state. As I said for one example, your idea of the 'future' completely removes anything personal about having a book, something that people by nature take to. Something that the last few decades have completely forgotten, ironically creating visions of the future that completely lack something that has human characteristics. You can not quantify how such a broad range of people will simply conform to where new technology goes. Without a doubt things will change in a few decades time, but 'predicting the future' in such a broad manner like this is nothing more than simple speculation. Hell otherwise we would all have central user friendly touch screen computers in our main living / kitchen areas. Please consider how quickly the population adopted MP3 player technology over CD players. Much like the jump from physical to digital distribution in the music industry, the same sort of adoption rate will be similar for the publishing industry. Please also refer to the Wired demo I have supplied. I initially thought digital magazines were a load of crock until I stumbled upon this bit, and now I look forward to it more than ever. (big Wired and Popular Science magazine fan)
Nintendo in general is full of lazy developers. So is Apple. The same is not so bad on Sony and Microsoft, mainly because the majority of the PS3 and 360 audience all expect premium experiences, so it leaves the developers on those consoles scrambling to make these big-budget games if they want to even find any remote success among the other big-budget games.
Basically, if Conde Naste (largest magazine distributor) believes in Digital Magazines taking over the very near future, I'm pretty certain the possibility of it happening is a lot more likely than you think. Take a look at their digital Wired magazine demo. If you don't see that as the next evolutionary step, then you probably still have a black and white, standard definition T.V.
Here's a much better example of a digital magazine than that poorly contructed EGM one: http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/02/the-wired-ipad-app-a-video-demonstration/ Just beautiful I agree with you completely. Digital magazines/books are the future.
[QUOTE="madmenno"]Not that PC doesn't get any but why are exclusives so important? I don't know anything about console releases but i find playing a FPS game with keyboard and mouse instead of a gamepad pretty much exclusive. What about diablo 3, deus ex 3 and stalker? I'm playing certain PC games because they offer WAY more then all the console games together. So like i said, even if the PC does not get anymore titles i will still have loads of fun with the thousands (millions?) of games already out there. That's all nice and all, and I'm right there with you... But I believe the point was that it's grown increasingly difficult for developers to turn a profit on the PC platform, with some jumping ship to developing on consoles. With the advent and rampant activity of piracy, with no sign of ever being quelled, it's an unfortunate reality I can completely understand. $$$ isn't everything, but it sure dictates a lot for these hard working developers trying to feed themselves and/or their families. You're absolutely right, I can easily go to a torrent site and get everything you've mentioned for FREE. Yet this very same awesome ability is exactly why the PC has been losing support in the videogame industry at a steady pace.
I highly doubt Apple would release a home console in lieu of 360, PS3 or Wii. Their track record thus far shows that they like to severely differentiate itself from any competitors in new markets they jump in. In my opinion, I believe they might try to infiltrate the Game Industry stealthily using the iPad as a trojan horse. It kind of makes sense. An accelerometer, multi-touch controlled 10 inch portable TV screen with blue-tooth local play or WiFi online :shrug:
Dying would be an extreme way of putting it. Shrinking? Maybe more this word than others. PC gaming won't ever die, but I'm sure it's quite possible for its market to stagnate someday.
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