Next generation of consoles are getting closer and closer, especially with E3 2019 coming in less than a month, we are probably going to see the first official sight of the next-gen Xbox and its services. However, cloud gaming and streaming platforms will be a big competitor for traditional consoles during the following generation. With Stadia making its debut later this year, streaming platforms are going to take a big step ahead, while Microsoft and Sony are also teaming up to don’t lose the match even this early.
Speaking to Wccftech, Benjamin Charbit explained about his vision on the future of gaming platforms and consoles. CEO of Darewise Entertainment believes that the current concept and framework of gaming consoles will be disappeared in the future, as streaming devices taking over the industry. Charbit said:
It’s a completely device agnostic title. Right now we’re running it on mobile using cloud gaming services, and from day one we’ve designed it with that in mind. I think the notion of platforms, this concept of platforms, is absolutely going to disappear. What will matter will be the experience. And so, to give you an illustration, every time we design something new, we always put it through a matrix that says ‘okay, system, what can I do during a bathroom break? On my smartphone? What can I do when I’m in the taxi on my smartphone? What can I do when I have two hours at home? Sitting five hours in the afternoon or afternoon on my console?’ It’s a completely divisive message.
Charbit then continued his conversation by speaking about the features and possibilities that should be provided on streaming platforms to be successful:
Google Stadia will obviously be an interesting prospect. But I want to make sure that you can play the game anytime you want. And one really important thing is that it’s really designed so that you don’t have to play for many hours, you don’t have to play every day. This is a constraint that has always been a major issue for me because that was easy when I was a kid. But yeah, I have a daughter, I run a company, and still, I fucking love these games. What can I play today that is really high quality, with low entry barriers? I can play Fortnite, I can play Supercell games, and I love these games, but they’re very much for competitive people. You know, there’s always a victory. I love the open world experience, the escapism, the adventure, that’s what I want to be able to play. But right now, I can’t play any of these, I can’t play Red Dead Redemption, I need to commit 50 hours to have a good experience. It’s too limiting, it’s too complicated. So instead, I want to give them this freedom to say ‘Yeah, sometimes I will play on my smartphone, sometimes on my PC or on my console’.
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