Re:PlayStation 4 Tops One Million Units in First Day
by EpicEng on Sunday November 17, 2013 @03:05PM
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Yeah, this isn't the first time I've seen this kind of comparison. I can only assume it is made by people who simply don't know anything about the gaming industry. These are the same people who think that the desktop is doomed.
Re:PlayStation 4 Tops One Million Units in First Day
by TillE on Sunday November 17, 2013 @04:10PM
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General tech nerds seem to look at the raw profits of mobile games and assume that console and PC games must surely be dead, without actually looking into the details of the market.
It's not a zero sum game, and it's not an either/or. There's no meaningful segment of the gaming industry that's declining in absolute numbers (most are growing at varying rates), it's just that the industry has been exploding over the past 15+ years, and each segment is now a smaller slice of a much bigger pie.
Re:PlayStation 4 Tops One Million Units in First Day
by maccard on Sunday November 17, 2013 @04:30PM
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Not quite 100000, but 1000 people are watching one guy play clash of clans right now on twitch:
http://www.twitch.tv/directory/game/Clash%20of%20Clans
Re:PlayStation 4 Tops One Million Units in First Day
by Rexxar on Sunday November 17, 2013 @04:47PM
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Currently 47000 for the final of a Starcraft 2 competition : http://www.twitch.tv/taketv (HomeStory Cup VIII)
Right. Let me know how Battlefield 4, Team Fortress, Uncharted, Halo, Call of Duty, et al, are working out for you in a 4 inch screen with touch controls.
Wake me up when your iPhone has almost 2 TFLOPs of computing power and delivers games with 25Gb of graphical content.
Smartphones replace game boys and PS Vitas for casual gamers, they don't replace console and desktop PC gaming by a long shot.
But yeah, Candy Crush Saga and Angry Birds run great.
When was the last time 100,000 people tuned in on Twitch.tv for someone to play a mobile game?