Posted at 1:52pm on Thu 26 May 2011 |
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VG_Staff- Posts: 17,991
| id Software co-founder predicts movement towards digital distribution.
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Posted at 1:52pm on Thu 26 May 2011 |
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Bloodstorm- Posts: 5,980
| He said this years ago too. |
Posted at 1:59pm on Thu 26 May 2011 |
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Woffls- Posts: 7,332
| Quote:I'll go out a little bit on a limb and say that I think cloud gaming will eventually be a significant part of the landscape. Consumers have shown over and over again that convenience can often more than offset some quality issues,
Oh come on, that's hardly "going out on a limb", John. Of course cloud gaming will be significant, but it's going to take at least another decade. It's like saying "renewable energy is going to be significant". I assume he's referring to iTunes and iOS with the latter comment, which I agree with, and it does concern me that people might be happy to play a game over a service like OnLive and be happy with the obscene video compression and lag. |