Is The Computer Gaming Industry Finished?

[Fyron]

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... 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.

[deccan]

Originally posted by se5a:

that being said though, I would not be suprised if eventualy PCs Consoles and TVs merge somewhat...

Well, merging PCs and TVs is already happening. That's what Windows XP Media Centre Edition is all about.

[se5a]

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.