We live in an age where good-faith isn't enough.
DRM is necessary because of rampant piracy issues which have already seen companies switch to primarily console development.
True but that is just current trends developed around the PCs and consoles current state.
I was thinking more about the base behind their design and how both will evolve over time as they seek to claim more of the market for themselves.
Not to say your ideas are wrong but you speak only of the current situation, for example the problems with the PC will be fixed within the next decade for sure, the consoles will have too find some other leg to stand on (which they will) The un-user friendliness and immovability of PCs will be a thing of the past, I don't know what consoles will do to keep their share of the market but they will do something.
Once again I agree with what you said but it didn't seem like you got what I was trying to say, I was refuting all the people that think either platform will fade away or gain dominance over the other and stating that they will both simply evolve over time.
It is merely my belief that PCs will develop to be able to do all consoles can do right now to try to edge them out and in response consoles will need to develop into other areas and do them better than the PC attracting more people.
"PC games and Console games share two different mind-sets"
True but these mind-sets will be ever-changing whilst also never the same. Lets also not forgot that other computer systems will arise other than PC and consoles, only a fool (not you) would think otherwise.
Technology will always develop, consoles are merely a branch off of the PC to fill a hole that current PC technology could not.
Consoles AND PCs will always exist, neither is going away. To put it frankly PCs can do so many things consoles can't but Consoles do games (and other stuff like DVDs etc) better than PCs but none of the other stuff they can do; they are specialists.
Technology will always develop, right now there are a myriad of reason why some people use consoles over PCs but in time these weaknesses on the PC will be fixed. But consoles will evolve too do other things that future PCs will not. Other kinds of systems to do other things will also be developed.
At the end of the day this is where I think its heading.
PCs will always be the 'all rounder' doing 'good enough' in everything.
Consoles will probably evolve into more of an all around entertainment center
At least 3 other systems filling in other areas will develop.
But these systems will not be independent of each other, each one will communicate to the others as one whole system. At the end of the day technology will reach the point where this is not only possible but logical and commercially viable.
The people who are like 'PCs rock, consoles are lame' Are Wrong
The people who are like 'Consoles rock, PCs are lame' Are Wrong
The people who think either are going away. Are Wrong
The people who think they will all just come together Are Wrong (at least until a very long time from now)
The people that realize everything is here to stay and each forfills its own part in the industry Are Right.
Comments/Flameing welcome
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We live in an age where good-faith isn't enough. DRM is necessary because of rampant piracy issues which have already seen companies switch to primarily console development.
True but that is just current trends developed around the PCs and consoles current state. I was thinking more about the base behind their design and how both will evolve over time as they seek to claim more of the market for themselves. Not to say your ideas are wrong but you speak only of the current situation, for example the problems with the PC will be fixed within the next decade for sure, the consoles will have too find some other leg to stand on (which they will) The un-user friendliness and immovability of PCs will be a thing of the past, I don't know what consoles will do to keep their share of the market but they will do something. Once again I agree with what you said but it didn't seem like you got what I was trying to say, I was refuting all the people that think either platform will fade away or gain dominance over the other and stating that they will both simply evolve over time. It is merely my belief that PCs will develop to be able to do all consoles can do right now to try to edge them out and in response consoles will need to develop into other areas and do them better than the PC attracting more people. "PC games and Console games share two different mind-sets" True but these mind-sets will be ever-changing whilst also never the same. Lets also not forgot that other computer systems will arise other than PC and consoles, only a fool (not you) would think otherwise.
Technology will always develop, consoles are merely a branch off of the PC to fill a hole that current PC technology could not. Consoles AND PCs will always exist, neither is going away. To put it frankly PCs can do so many things consoles can't but Consoles do games (and other stuff like DVDs etc) better than PCs but none of the other stuff they can do; they are specialists. Technology will always develop, right now there are a myriad of reason why some people use consoles over PCs but in time these weaknesses on the PC will be fixed. But consoles will evolve too do other things that future PCs will not. Other kinds of systems to do other things will also be developed. At the end of the day this is where I think its heading. PCs will always be the 'all rounder' doing 'good enough' in everything. Consoles will probably evolve into more of an all around entertainment center At least 3 other systems filling in other areas will develop. But these systems will not be independent of each other, each one will communicate to the others as one whole system. At the end of the day technology will reach the point where this is not only possible but logical and commercially viable. The people who are like 'PCs rock, consoles are lame' Are Wrong The people who are like 'Consoles rock, PCs are lame' Are Wrong The people who think either are going away. Are Wrong The people who think they will all just come together Are Wrong (at least until a very long time from now) The people that realize everything is here to stay and each forfills its own part in the industry Are Right. Comments/Flameing welcome