The current crop of mobile games usually remind many PC gamers of old flash games and remind consolers of the first generation games but will they take over mainstream gaming. Surely angry birds and temple run, no matter how popular they get will not be considered for comparison with AAA titles like eg: Assassins Creed, Diablo etc.
But what if mobile gaming continues to grow at the pace it is. It is sensitising more people about games, habituating more and more people into playing and most importantly more people now have a device capable of gaming than ever before.
For starters, many people are already reluctant to buy a portable console like the PS Vita or DS, either due to expense, library or just due to similar experiences in other mobile platforms. With new features like video streaming to TV sets and accepting many inputs, they can turn into mini consoles. But what about games?
Well, most cellphones right now can implement an Ouya like gaming UI if they want, but none of the manufacturers are doing it, but they can. Also most mobiles are capable of playing games that are released on Ouya. Now if you give them something like a Gaikai or OnLive kind of capability, then every cellphone can act as a console and play AAA titles like Assassins Creed, GTA etc by connecting to a bluetooth controller and streaming to TV using WiDi or similar implementation.
What if in the future you would just put your phone down in front of the TV, pick up the BT controller (joystick) and start playing AAA titles, just like that.
Right now the closest thing that comes to this implementation is the nVidia Shield, just add cellphone capability and make it smaller, maybe the 4th or 5th revision would be right up there.
But what if mobile gaming continues to grow at the pace it is. It is sensitising more people about games, habituating more and more people into playing and most importantly more people now have a device capable of gaming than ever before.
For starters, many people are already reluctant to buy a portable console like the PS Vita or DS, either due to expense, library or just due to similar experiences in other mobile platforms. With new features like video streaming to TV sets and accepting many inputs, they can turn into mini consoles. But what about games?
Well, most cellphones right now can implement an Ouya like gaming UI if they want, but none of the manufacturers are doing it, but they can. Also most mobiles are capable of playing games that are released on Ouya. Now if you give them something like a Gaikai or OnLive kind of capability, then every cellphone can act as a console and play AAA titles like Assassins Creed, GTA etc by connecting to a bluetooth controller and streaming to TV using WiDi or similar implementation.
What if in the future you would just put your phone down in front of the TV, pick up the BT controller (joystick) and start playing AAA titles, just like that.
Right now the closest thing that comes to this implementation is the nVidia Shield, just add cellphone capability and make it smaller, maybe the 4th or 5th revision would be right up there.
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