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Is the Xbox Dead? Pishevar on the Next Gaming Platforms

02 min 54 sec

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Angel investor Shervin Pishevar argues that when it comes to gaming, platforms like iPad, iPhone, and Android are the wave of the future.

"Anyone that's doing games on platforms outside of these newer platforms," he says, "are essentially the walking dead."
The App Store: Coming to a Refrigerator Near You?

03 min 10 sec

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Lisa Marino, Tim Chang, and Krishna Subramanian discuss the move toward Internet and widget store access from HDTVs.

They explore the potential of the same concept on devices as diverse as wristwatches, cars, and even refrigerators.
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Periergeia

Posted: 06.23.10, 07:57 PM

The interesting thing about this panel is that the general notion that mobile apps are overtaking desktop apps is actually true... most users do not need the full power of desktop apps and the ball and chain of functionality that comes with them! It's the same reason that makes people choose crappy mp3s over 24 bit high def CDs (which require a $30k speaker system and a specially designed listening rooms to hear the difference to 16 bit CDs...). mp3s are simply good enough! And most mobile apps are not only good enough, but they are are much more interesting than a desktop app that comes with an "X for Dummies" book... But I still believe that games are actually an exception. There are plenty of people who are willing to spend years of their life on climbing level after level of the hardest and most demanding desktop shooter and fight games. To the casual user, like me, dying after eight seconds on level one of any of these makes these things utterly unappealing... about the same as skateboarding in the real world would be, I guess, since I just don't find any fun in visits to the ER and OR with three months of rehabilitation for serous injuries... yet, to the kids (and young at heart), who can master these physical challenges, the skateboard, just as the latest desktop games give an enormous amount of satisfaction. I don't think mobile apps are competing for these users.

nos

Posted: 06.22.10, 12:34 AM

What the hell... Two easy ways to spot a douchebag: (a) refers to the general public as "consumers"; (b) speaks like a historian when discussing the future. The mission of this forum is, as stated, "to inspire debate around civic issues", yet I see no debate here, let alone anything about civic issues. Yet I had to watch, because their lack of ethics is perversely entertaining... on the subject of gambling: "talk about addiction -- this mobile device in your pocket is the perfect place to gamble all the time." He goes on, as far as I can tell, to say that social gaming is the legal equivalent. Wow. Keep in mind, this whole discussion would be unchanged if you replace "gambling" with "heroin".

Periergeia

Posted: 06.20.10, 06:34 PM

usernumber304 It's an open secret on the internet that those who criticize other people's spelling have nothing else to criticize. Sorry they didn't give you the memo. As for that threat of "stimulation"... I indeed do not detect that you would have the faintest capacity to provide any. But give it another try... maybe the third time is the charm?

usernumber304

Posted: 06.20.10, 03:47 PM

Apparently you had too much of a life for a basic education. And while I know you’d love to be stimulated by me, I politely refuse.

Alikar

Posted: 06.18.10, 09:57 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by usernumber304 Alikar - I disagree with you. This is probably one of the worst comments in the history of the internet. You can not even follow simple grammar rules: its != it's. Also, the video editing on this clip is superb. Hello usernumber304. I apologize for the quick response, as I have a life and am busy with many things, thus I will miss the occasional grammatical error. Perhaps you could explain further your disagreements with my post, beyond the intellectually stimulating "I disagree with you." Thank you.

Alexander Gambino

Posted: 06.16.10, 12:26 PM

This is foolish. I'm sure this guy doesn't even own an Xbox. The casual gaming market is and will continue to be dominated by the devices and platforms discussed. True gamers will never abandon the level of sophistication and depth that the XBOX and even PS3 along with its developers can offer. As the game market continue to grow to the size and scope of cinema there will be room for many different genres within the market.

Periergeia

Posted: 06.15.10, 06:01 PM

Well, let's see... a high end graphics card plus a top of the line PC come in at 300W of power consumption. A portable device at maybe 1-3W. Graphical game complexity is roughly proportional to CPU power consumption. So, I would like to think, unless everyone likes their games graphically simple, high end games requiring hundred times the computing power won't go away anytime soon. Having said that, there is a market for both and one can see some serious innovation coming from the low complexity game developers. If some of that can be used to rejuvenate the high end sector, the better.

usernumber304

Posted: 06.14.10, 01:25 PM

Alikar - I disagree with you. This is probably one of the worst comments in the history of the internet. You can not even follow simple grammar rules: its != it's. Also, the video editing on this clip is superb.

Alikar

Posted: 06.14.10, 01:20 PM

Its an odd thing to say that the XBox is dead. This is just another TV killed the radio story. Apps for mobile devices will never reach the sophistication of their counter part consoles. Just like consoles are not as detailed as PC games or then PC games are not as detailed as good old Pen and Paper. People will be making games for all of these platforms. To say one is going to die is very odd. Especially when the industry that he is refering to makes more money then the movie industry and is only growing larger.

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