<![CDATA[Square Enix: Consoles set for extinction]]>Square Enix chief Yoichi Wada is preparing his firm for the demise of physical media – and potentially the death of home consoles.

In an exclusive interview with MCV that will be published next week, the CEO of the publisher – which now owns Eidos and is famous for its epic disc-based Final Fantasy games – said that a dramatic change will come in the next decade offering more opportunity for market growth, but fundamentally transforming the traditional industry.

"In ten years' time a lot of what we call 'console games' won't exist," he said.

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]]>http://localhost:4567/topic/1745/square-enix-consoles-set-for-extinctionRSS for NodeSun, 14 Jun 2026 02:18:08 GMTFri, 27 Nov 2009 08:58:04 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Square Enix: Consoles set for extinction on Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:58:21 GMT]]>I agree with him.

Have you guys heard of OnLive?
It is a service where all you need is a web browser to play the most advanced games on the market.
What happens is games are stored on servers/super computers and are streamed to your PC/Mac/Web browser at 1 millisecond.
Basically you are gaming on the cloud!

All you need to do is download a 1MB plug in and you can play the latest games on the most basic hardware.
As long as you have an internet connection of greater than 1.5Mbps then it should work fine.
It hits America in a few weeks time.
Check out their site, if it works, you will no longer need to keep buying new GPU's to play the best games on the market and you will no longer need to keep buying new consoles every 8-10 years.
It has been a secret project for 7 years!

http://www.onlive.com/

I really recommend you watching the video below. If it works and takes off, it will be the future of gaming.
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGdecNDDr9g[/ame]

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