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Video Game Consoles Are 'Fundamentally Doomed,' Says Lord British

Posted by Soulskill on from the depends-on-your-timescale dept.

zacharye writes "Microsoft sold nearly one million Xbox 360s last week alone, but we're nearing the end of the road for video game consoles according to one industry visionary. Richard Garriott, known for having created the fantasy role-playing franchise Ultima, says converged devices such as computers, smartphones and tablets will soon render dedicated game consoles obsolete: '... the power that you can carry with you in a portable is really swamping what we've thought of as a console.'"

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  1. Re:What he talks about by MagusSlurpy · · Score: 4, Funny

    You leave the GoR out of this! He's not one of ours!

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  2. Re:Good by hawk · · Score: 3, Funny

    I have to disagree.

    Nethack is *much* better on an interlaced display: when you hack NTSC to 60 frames of 262 lines instead of true 525, you get blank lines between the dots,why just ruin the experience and immersion into the game . .

    hawk