Final Fantasy 16 Producer Naoki Yoshida Wishes There Was Only One Console - IGN
Final Fantasy 16 Producer Naoki Yoshida Wishes There Was Only One Console - IGN
Final Fantasy 16 producer and 14 director Naoki Yoshida wishes everyone played games on the same console.
Final Fantasy 16 producer and 14 director Naoki Yoshida wishes everyone played games on the same console.
I see where he's coming from, as when cross-play isn't available niche online games can die quickly and exclusives are annoying, but if there was only one platform holder, that status would quickly be exploited with high online fees and tighter controls of how games are purchased/resold.
Everyone on Steam Deck, fuck these shitty walled gardens.
With the itty bitty tiny text? I love my deck but damn it doesn't work with my old man eyes.
I'm okay with this on the condition that that platform is PC.
Even that might become an x86-64 vs ARM divide.
Especially if resellable physical games became widely available on PC again. In my eyes, that's the biggest advantage consoles still have.
Well, three of the top four are PC. Two of those just have locked down drm ridden crapware operating systems.
By that logic the remaining one is also PC with a locked down crapware system (Switch is ARM, people have gotten Android running)
I’m okay with this on the condition that that platform is PC.
You want developers to choose a specific set of hardware requirements and only develop games to target and work on that specific set of hardware specifications?
That sounds like a bad idea all around.
Don't forget RISC-V, it's really the future i think. Anyone who doesn't want to live under the yoke of proprietary architectures, this looks to be the only alternative to the status quo.
If I was seeing RISC-V get widespread adoption in consumer-grade hardware, I'd be thinking about it (granted, having X86-64 and ARM on the market could make room for a third competitor compared to the 15-year x86 hegemony.) But I don't see a push for that, and there probably won't be unless RISC-V delivers better results than ARM. Keep in mind that you and I probably care more about CPU architecture than the average gamer.
And I wish Square Enix (among others) didn't charge 80€ for their AAA titles. If there was no competition, prices would probably be even worse.
A single console is one of those things that sounds great on paper, but considering how scummy the industry has been lately, would be used in the most anti-consumer way possible.
A single console on the market = Monopoly. Those are never good for consumers.