John Romero: PS3 and Xbox 360 to go away, will be replaced by “PC-like” platform

John Romero, co-creator of Doom, and made infamous because of his baby, Daikatana, recently got questioned by the relaunched Adrenaline Vault about his current plans when it come to gaming.

Aside form the revelation that he’s currently working on a PC MMORPG that he says should be the first of its kind, he had several interesting to say about console games.

Romero says that he believes that consoles as they are at the moment have to undergo a “re-thinking” of sorts in light of dropping processor prices. He expounds:

My prediction is that the game console in the vein of the PS3 and XBOX 360 is going to either undergo a massive rethink or go away altogether. The Wii has the perfect design for a console that doesn’t pretend to be a PC and is geared more toward casual gamers than hardcore gamers. The hardcore gamers are going to either be playing on their PCs or a new PC-like platform that sits in the living room but still serves the whole house over wifi, even the video signal.

Hmm… Romero says that the PS3 and the Xbox 360 will go away to make way for a PC like platform that sits in the living room, that serves the whole house over a wireless network. Well, what exactly IS a “PC-like” platform?

We feel that one could safely say that Sony‘s PlayStation 3 and Microsoft‘s Xbox 360 are high powered PC like platforms that enable users to not only play games but to act as a living room solution, and that both companies are trying to enable their products to better serve the media needs of the household.

So if the high-end consoles of today are already moving in the direction of evolving into a “PC-like” platform, how exactly are they “going away altogether” again?

Perhaps what mister Romero tried to say is that the nature of console gaming is bound to change. …but that’s just us trying hard.

Via Adrenaline Vault

John Romero, co-creator of Doom, and made infamous because of his baby, Daikatana, recently got questioned by the relaunched Adrenaline Vault about his current plans when it come to gaming.

Aside form the revelation that he’s currently working on a PC MMORPG that he says should be the first of its kind, he had several interesting to say about console games.

Romero says that he believes that consoles as they are at the moment have to undergo a “re-thinking” of sorts in light of dropping processor prices. He expounds:

My prediction is that the game console in the vein of the PS3 and XBOX 360 is going to either undergo a massive rethink or go away altogether. The Wii has the perfect design for a console that doesn’t pretend to be a PC and is geared more toward casual gamers than hardcore gamers. The hardcore gamers are going to either be playing on their PCs or a new PC-like platform that sits in the living room but still serves the whole house over wifi, even the video signal.

Hmm… Romero says that the PS3 and the Xbox 360 will go away to make way for a PC like platform that sits in the living room, that serves the whole house over a wireless network. Well, what exactly IS a “PC-like” platform?

We feel that one could safely say that Sony‘s PlayStation 3 and Microsoft‘s Xbox 360 are high powered PC like platforms that enable users to not only play games but to act as a living room solution, and that both companies are trying to enable their products to better serve the media needs of the household.

So if the high-end consoles of today are already moving in the direction of evolving into a “PC-like” platform, how exactly are they “going away altogether” again?

Perhaps what mister Romero tried to say is that the nature of console gaming is bound to change. …but that’s just us trying hard.

Via Adrenaline Vault