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EA: Console evolution after Xbox One, PS4 won't be hardware based

With the release of Xbox One and PlayStation 4 later this year we will begin to see a change in philosophy around the development of both hardware and software — one that will affect how Gen 5 platforms will form in the years to come, EA's chief creative director Rich Hilleman said during today's DICE Europe conference.

SuperWeeb4547d ago

Woah there missy. This ain't Gen 5, this is Gen 8. Gen 5 was ages ago...

Polygon: We know nothing about games.

UltimateMaster4547d ago (Edited 4547d ago )

Yeah, sure, because the evolution of gaming is TV.
*Rolls Eyes*
Oh, and pretty Clouds in the shape of a Sheep.

UltimateMaster4547d ago

GEN 5.
Supposed to go talk about the PS5.
Because we all know PS is the revolution of gaming and Nintendo is irrelevant, right?
Stupid polygon, get your gen right.
This gen "PS4/X1/WiiU" is gen 8 and next gen is 9.

KonsoruMasuta4547d ago

Wait, you mean to tell me the Playstation, Sega Saturn, and Nintendo 64 aren't coming out this year?!

yellowgerbil4547d ago

yeah terribly worded, but by gen 5 I think he means 5th iteration of the playstation brand as that is the only company that will still be around :) just kidding :)

Godmars2904547d ago

They're likely only counting the number of console MS have made.

In which case they're still wrong...

ajax174547d ago (Edited 4547d ago )

He's talking about the 5th gen of consoles having 3D graphics...

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Ohlmay4547d ago

Eventually everything will be Cloud Streamed, welcome to the future folks, hold your consoles tightly :(

MethCupcakes4547d ago

Stop that! Everything can't go software based/cloud. Because of limitations. In the better part of the world no one really has over an 8 Mbps connections and some countries the internet isn't really as big. So going entirely cloud based would be a really stupid Idea.

Ohlmay4547d ago (Edited 4547d ago )

Well that's the future we're heading into, I'm not supporting the idea, I myself only have a 8mb download speed, but it's undenialable that this will happen. Hell, even Sony came out a few days ago saying the Playstation brand will be positioning itself as a Software brand in the future, not hardware and using Cloud services like Gaikai to stream Playstation content to all devices. Cloud Streaming is the future whether you like it or not.

We're talking 10 -15 years from now though, I'm not saying next week. But in 10 -15 years, you can expect Internet speeds to be much faster and reach far more households.

Gamingcapacity4547d ago

I played a game on Gaikai (before Sony bought them) on a 3/4Mbps internet with sharp graphics and very very litlle lag. It's not the speed we should worry about but the stability. Streaming movies is different because it has a buffer. Games will need a constant stable stream.

Gamer6664547d ago

In 1990 the largest hard drives were 1 GB, CPUs were about 33 MHz, had a MB of RAM, and everyone accessed the internet via 1,200 baud modems. Now my smart phone has 32 GB of storage, a 1.6 GHz processor, 2 GB of RAM, and LTE runs circles around many wired networks.

Limitations in technology are removed all the time. To discount technology ideas because of limitations is naïve, uninformed, and just plain dumb... There are a lot of companies looking at alternate ways to deliver networks to the most remote places. In 5 years, the internet could be very high speed and pervasive on every corner of the planet.

Gamingcapacity4547d ago

You could be right. Why? Because it's the cheapest way for people to play and the cheapest (probably) way to get the games out there.

Might not mean the end of consoles though. MS, Nintendo and Sony will be able to make sub $50 consoles that only needs to be able to stream games (no high tech innards) that can hook up to your controller and tv. You can play high end PC quality games.

All we need now it better internet infrastructure because the lines will melt with everybody trying to stream games. Especially with other streaming services getting popular all the time e.g. Netflix.

We might see this within 10 years.

KonsoruMasuta4547d ago

No, we won't be heading in that direction. And if we do, it won't happen for a couple of years.

The newest norm, that won't come until a couple of generations after next, will become downloading games. As much as I hate it, it is bound to come. Consoles will soon no longer have a need for disc trays and we will have to download the latest games.

But cloud streaming? Not going to work. Not everyone has the Internet connection for it. It looks nice when your connection is fast enough, doesn't work or is pixelated to hell if your connection isn't. We will see the cloud more integrated with games we play but as far as every game coming straight from the cloud, nope.

rainslacker4547d ago (Edited 4547d ago )

A lot can change in a console generation. Sure the big thing now is always being connected, but it doesn't take much for a new trend to come around. Just remember, at the start of this gen, smartphones were a rare breed for the super business user, and they were nothing really like what we have now.

Who's to say that in another 7-8 years time, everyone decides to become all retro, and seeing the value in owning the things they buy. One major misstep by Apple or Google, or any of these services that provide digital content, can open up the public's eyes big time.

MS almost did just that with the X1, but I believe they stopped short of it moving wide spread outside of the gaming community. Imagine if Apple went bankrupt in 5 years because their popularity plummeted due to a bad hardware decision. Think what kind of upset that would be to the DD model, when people realize they own nothing, and have no way to get their purchased content.

Nothing is unstoppable. Consumers have more power than they know.

On the down side, people are generally lazy and prefer convenience over value. A man can dream can't he that people will actually think about what they spend their money on.

It's also worth pointing out that if only one company decides to keep physical around, I wouldn't be surprised in the least if they become the biggest player of the generation. Competition more than anything would keep physical around, and at least one of the big 3 will want that market segment. They all know, despite what they may want, that the physical buyers money is still worth getting, and it'll be a very long time before a lot of people will just give it up just to play a game.

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Kayant4547d ago

:( Sad future it is because we would in time lose all rights to purchasing and will merely be renting them monthly with a netflix like sub hopefully it will be cheap though if not the future for gaming is not so awesome.

Retroman4547d ago

look very blight to me :( "BACK TO THE PASS" for me

hold onto your ps3 Marty--------------> thats heavy doc.

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EA makes layoffs at Skate developer Full Circle

The free-to-play reboot topped 15 million players in under three weeks, but EA now claims it needs to reshape the development team.

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Profchaos11d ago

The community warned them this would happen but nope they knew better they continued with the live service push the made the art style cartoonish and this is the result

isarai_lee10d ago

It's always so bizarre when studios announce something super early in development under the suggestion of forming the game to player feedback, and then they push against all feedback heading straight for the cliff while everyone is warning them along the way

badboyz0911d ago (Edited 11d ago )

🤣🤣🤣

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US Lawmakers Urge Review Of EA Sale

The Congressional Labor Caucus sent a letter to the FTC warning the debt-financed, largely PIF-owned deal could be bad news for workers

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Trilithon45d ago

lol ya think? they're sending all that work to the cheaper labor market as soon as possible. and FYI, that labor market has exploded in the last 5-10 years. They have enough people to replace every single job. But honestly, EA is over filled with useless upper management as it is. You could probably trim 25% of their staff with no real loss in production. They aren't gamers, they're business execs. Just look at how many AI related jobs they're already starting to post. Its also hilarious that PIF owns Battle field 6

lodossrage45d ago (Edited 45d ago )

Wait,

The same congress that attacked Lina Khan when she fought the Microsoft Activision purchase.
The same congress that allowed Disney to buy 90% of Fox
The same congress that allowed Liv Golf to buy the PGA
The same congress that sits back while Paramount tries a hostile takeover despite losing the bid for Warner Bros.

NOW, the suddenly cares about doing what's "right" for works? Yeah, right.

thorstein45d ago

No. There were elections and some of the scum were replaced.

TheColbertinator44d ago

Different elections. Different scum. Same results.

rlow145d ago

i know its a long shot, but i hope this gets shot down.

ZwVw44d ago

EA now owned by The Saudis and Ubisoft to inevitably be owned by China. In hindsight, once EA and Ubisoft started having their financial woes, they should have pulled a Koei Tecmo/Bandai Namco by merging their operations into one.

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Saudi Arabia Will Own 93 Percent Of Battlefield 6 Publisher EA

When the dust settles on the $55 billion leveraged buyout of Electronic Arts, Saudi Arabia will be its only true owner, despite a “consortium” of investors being involved in the deal. Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund will control 93 percent of the company, according to filings with Brazil’s antitrust regulator.

blacktiger96d ago

Technically speaking, Saudi Arabia and TENCENT can buy the entire USA. ANf Democrat and Republican will not do crap!

Inverno96d ago

Letting foreign entities own half of American businesses is liberal and very progressive. So is bringing in all that talent from outside the States to replace the talentless and lazy American workers. And here I thought the Trump administration wanted to border is up but nope. We're supposed to worry bout them "radical Muslims" minding their own here and ignore China/Saudi/Israel taking over.

blacktiger96d ago

Another thing I hate hearing is "liberal and very progressive"
It's 2025 and that stuff is outdated. Everything and everyway is literally the same thing wheter it's progressive, conservativ. Because they all wants the same thing have, king unlimited oney buy everything including your house.

Now they making mainstream media news that it's AI Bubble justify to highjack the price of RAM.
Another excuse for inflation!

Tacoboto96d ago

"here I thought the Trump administration wanted to border is up but nope"

Lol, you actually bought what he was selling? Let's see this week alone...

Yesterday he pardoned an international drug lord, while allowing the murder of random fishermen on boats. Remember drain the swamp? He pardoned a Democratic Congressman jailed for bribery just today, nevermind that fraudulent drag queen republican that was kicked out of Congress and imprisoned for their fraud. It's so petty they're picking fights on social media with pop stars while using their music, and even using Franklin the damn Turtle to cartoonify their murders.

thorstein96d ago

You believed him!?!!

I've got some Trump $5000 bills for you, only half off.

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Inverno94d ago

People I do not use /s to point out my sarcasm. Should be obvious I don't believe anything coming out of Trump's mouth or any politicians mouth.

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gold_drake96d ago

its quite ridiculous that they were able to do that. or even allowed to.

but saudis even have their grabby hands in nintendo stocks.

maximusprime_95d ago

Looking on the bright side, the games may be patched to remove any ideologies that are incompatible for the majority of the world.

S2Killinit95d ago

What do you mean? You want censorship in games?

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