The current, seventh, home game console generation will probably be the last. I view this as a very good thing, as it really was a tough one, economically, for most game developers. You could blame that in part on the inordinate success of Nintendo this round with its sixth generation hardware, funky controller, and fun [...]
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The Next Generation of Gaming
Posted in Game Biz, graphics, Technology on July 31, 2009 | 1 Comment »
A random interesting quote
Posted in Game Biz on July 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
VentureBeat: How would you start a game company today? CT (Chris Taylor): I would save up a bunch of money to live on for two years. Then I would develop an iPhone game. I would start building relationships with Sony and Microsoft. I would roll that game into an Xbox Live title or a PlayStation [...]
OnLive, OToy, and why the future of gaming is high in the cloud
Posted in Game Biz, graphics, Technology on April 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
For the last six months or so, I have been researching the idea of cloud computing for games, the technical and economic challenges, and the video compression system required to pull it off. So of course I was shocked and elated with the big OnLive announcement at GDC.If OnLive or something like it works and [...]
