Re: Is The Computer Gaming Industry Finished?
 

The relative lack of piracy of console games is only going to Last a couple more years (if that). Once DVD burners come down in price... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif You can already find ISO images of most modern console games on the internet. The only real way to prevent piracy (other than requiring a constant internet connection to authorize the running of the program from a central server...) would be to make the games come in a form that is very difficult to duplicate, such as game cartridges, AND to not have a hard drive on the console. The introduction of the hard drive + internet + ethernet more than anything just opens up the console to piracy to no end.

Re: Is The Computer Gaming Industry Finished?
 

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Well, merging PCs and TVs is already happening. That's what Windows XP Media Centre Edition is all about.

Re: Is The Computer Gaming Industry Finished?
 

I dont think pc games will die...
the whole thing about PC games is that you can minimise word or whatever, launch SEIV play a turn or to then when the boss comes over alt tab back to word...
well ok maybe not but you get the general idea, its easy to launch a game then exit it and run something else and visa versa.

that being said though, I would not be suprised if eventualy PCs Consoles and TVs merge somewhat...
hell, I can already watch DVDs on my computer, I can also watch TV with a TV tuner card.