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"Final Fantasy producer Naoki Yoshida predicts 5G will end games console’s long reign" (FT.com - paywall)

Humidex

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‘Final Fantasy’ producer says 5G will end games console’s long reign

Square Enix’s Naoki Yoshida predicts that mobile standard will enable quality image delivery to any device
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...improved streaming speeds and a long-term shift away from the television as the primary medium for gaming could change that. "Once 5G becomes the global standard, there will definitely come a time when we can transfer images to any device," Yoshida told the Financial Times in an online interview...
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I can't see this happening commercially right now with the cost of data plans as they are.

Plus I don't have an appetite to play a future GTA game on an iPhone...
 
JazzmanZ

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May as well say Google Stadia is going to own all the console makers too
 

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Yeah I think streaming will take over from designated consoles in the long term, and maybe PC will end up as the de facto platform for people who want to see the absolute best quality locally.

But I think we're a long way off that. It's not just 5G. The biggest market in the world has backward ass infrastructure and data caps. Till that's resolved then streaming is dead in the water.
 
Soulflarz

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Moreso just saying cloud will kill console. Depends how much people hate latency at the end of the day.
 
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Once 5G becomes the global standard
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Kolx

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5G is gonna popular in 3 years or so, so I totally expect Metroid 4 to be on my mobile, right?
 
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Streaming gaming is never going to be the standard in the near future, not seeing this happen
 
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Imagine having all your devices connected to your expensive mobile data plan instead of your cable plan.
 
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Video games are gradually becoming more platform-agnostic and it's accelerated even further by game streaming technology that's starting more mature. So I can see why he thinks like that.

The problem is the adoption rate of streaming services since many regions still have poor internet infrastructure.
 
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Is 5G really that low latency or is it once again best case scenario which will not be realistic to 90% of users?
 
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I was like "How? Due to streaming" and he does have a point. Once it gets cheaper to get full nextgen console experiences on your phone or cheap laptop consoles will slowly lose marketshare like they did in Japan where mobile games dominate. Could take a decade or more tho.
 
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Poor internet infrastructure and general instability is probably gonna be the reason this doesn't happen. I can't see it happening until it can be guaranteed that connections will always be stable and fast 100% of the time. Get past that hurdle and it would definitely happen though.
 
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Probably need a bit more context if it isn't along the lines of 'once streaming gets big we'll be able to sell the product to multiple streaming services like they do in movies, TV shows or anime'.
 
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Since 4G is not standard in my country yet I won't hold my breathe. 5G has little coverage outside the main cities. Then there are the lunatics damaging the towers and generally slowing progress.
 
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Streaming boxes with exclusive platforms or whatever are eventually going to take over, but that's ways away and I think it's still the same as a console.

As for phones, depends on the country. In the west, I think F2P has already made people too averse to buying expensive games on mobile. So, I dunno. 🤷🏻‍♂️
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5G is gonna popular in 3 years or so, so I totally expect Metroid 4 to be on my mobile, right?
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That's already on GBA 🤔
 
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Don't think I've ever had a stable mobile connection in my life.

Constantly hopping between 5G and 4G with downtime, as well as losing connection entirely.
 
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Everyone we've paid for 5G now, so we don't have to pretend it does all of these magical things other than make network congestion better in crowded areas but that wasn't sexy enough to justify several billion in upgrade costs.
 
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The vaccines put the chip in
the chip uses 5G
the 5G streams Final Fantasy 14 directly into our brains
every single person on earth subscribes automatically to FF14

Finally
WoW
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People will no longer have wired internet and will just use 5G. Who needs extremely fast internet when you can just get fast internet
 

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Games being limited to one TV box certainly is a dying thing. It's about flexibility nowadays, being able to play your games wherever, whenever you want. Why do people think the Switch is so successful? It's not just due to the software, but thanks to the hardware appeal as well. Steam, PS, and Xbox all offer avenues of playing your games on other devices already, even if still bound via Wi-Fi to your PC, PS, or Xbox. Stuff like SteamLink and Remote Play show where the future of gaming is headed, and it's definitely not being tied to the TV all the time. The way of consumption is gradually shifting. And it's not about necessarily taking away a certain style of gaming (e.g. on the TV), but about adding new ways, so even more people are willing and able to engage with the medium. Which should be to the liking of every gamer, wanting to see the hobby thrive even more.
 
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What "reign" are they talking about? Hasn't mobile gaming overtook console as being the main gaming platform for majority of people for quite a while now anyway? The article being behind paywall and only things we can comment on is from a (presumably) hyperbolic headline and a few lines of interview so I'm not sure what to make of it.
 
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I read the article on FT.com. He doesn't say that, or at least is not quoted saying anything even remotely close to the headline.
 
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Xils said:
What "reign" are they talking about? Hasn't mobile gaming overtook console as being the main gaming platform for majority of people for quite a while now anyway? The article being behind paywall and only things we can comment on is from a (presumably) hyperbolic headline and a few lines of interview so I'm not sure what to make of it.
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He went on to say we're going to the direction that people can enjoy a high-quality gaming experience on any device by not being tied to gaming hardware or a TV monitor. Can't agree with that, even with the shift away from the TV as the primary gaming medium.
 
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I don't understand the obsession with being able to game anywhere when it means squinting at a tiny screen unless that's you're only way of gaming at all.
 
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Wasn't there someone to say the same about 4G? Then they realized that once everyone has it, it's really not so fast anymore
 
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Humidex said:
He went on to say we're going to the direction that people can enjoy a high-quality gaming experience on any device by not being tied to gaming hardware or a TV monitor. Can't agree with that, even with the shift away from the TV as the primary gaming medium.
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Isn't that statement already true with the current state of game streaming and mobile gaming in general? It's undeniable that we're shifting away from TV as primary gaming medium if you look at gaming as a whole, not just enthusiast community.

With that kind of headline I thought he said something like streaming will replace all console/PC gaming or something but it seems like he only think that you will be able to play high quality game anywhere, not just in front of your TV and more people will do that once it's good enough, which seems to be the natural course of things.

Again, this is just going off of what you provided.
 
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