Game news “In 5 years, consoles will no longer be useful! » Will PCs destroy the PS5, Xbox and Switch?
This week, Xbox and PlayStation have made a series of announcements regarding their roadmap. Between the end of exclusives and consoles which do not reach the hoped-for quotas, the editorial staff debated the potential end of these machines in this JV Debate.
This week has been full of twists and turns. While PlayStation indicates that the sales objectives of its PS5 have not been achieved, Xbox has announced the arrival of 4 exclusives from the competition. Does this signal the end of consoles? This is the question that the editorial staff is asking in this JV Debate.
And Nagla attacks this exchange strongly by indicating that “ The more time passes, the less useful the consoles will become to the point that they will no longer be of any use in 5 years “. Kanamé therefore retorted that “ it’s an elitist thought of PC players who comes to preach while home machines can also run the latest games“. Indeed, playing on PC is expensive. While the latest generation consoles generally cost 550 euros, you need at least 800 for a decent tower.
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The cloud, a solution to the price of PCs?
For Nagla, there is no need for an ultra-powerful PC to run the latest games, since in the future, cloud gaming will become more widespread. Argument that did not convince Kaname. “ You tell me about the cloud and improving technologies when people live with very poor connections » he retorts. “ So are you going to come and tell them it’s not serious? People in this situation should anticipate updates and install big titles by downloading them overnight. » Kaname explains. He also mentions the ecological question, because cloud services require both a server to have access to an online virtual machine, but also to be connected to multiplayer software. You must know that the video game industry would release 37 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent each year according to researcher Frédéric Bordage.
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Consoles make it easier for developers to optimize their games
To return to the hardware aspect of the consoles, Nagla indicates that in any case, the consoles are designed like a less efficient PC since they have graphics cards, motherboard etc. A reasoning which also backfires since Kanamé puts the issue of price back on the table by noting thatit is impossible to find PCs for 550 euros that run the new AAA. “ In addition, consoles facilitate the work of developers who do not need to concentrate on thousands of different configurations which also have components of various brands “. And the very recent case is GTA 6 which will only come later on PC. Indeed, Strauss Zelnick, Managing Director of Take-Two Interactive explains that the studio “aims for perfection and that it will be time to release the game when they believe that it will be impeccable creatively speaking”.
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