Game consoles will soon become useless.
According to the head of the eSports Department of Electronic Arts, Peter Moore, the future of the player in order to play, you don’t need a third-party device.
Director, eSports Electronic Arts ‘ Peter Moore during his visit to the University of Syracuse (new York) suggested that the current generation of gaming consoles, which include PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, will be the last in the history of the industry. On Wednesday, may 11.
According to Moore, in the future between the player and the game does not need an intermediary in the form of a separate device. “All we will need is a monitor controller and some semblance of the flash drive”, — he explained. “If you want to play Battlefield 12, we will be able to use for this purpose any display, which will be at home.”
Thus, Moore concludes, the role of modern consoles will play the microchips in monitors, but the main burden associated with the processing of graphics, will be on remote servers.
April 20, Microsoft shut down production of the Xbox 360 console. The gaming platform has existed on the market for over 10 years, during which time its sales have exceeded 85 million copies.
A day earlier, on April 19, the media learned of the technical characteristics of the new PlayStation. It was reported that among developers, the console was code-named NEO.
According to unofficial data, the updated console is not intended for connecting of virtual reality helmet VR PlayStation, as previously reported, and to output a 4K image on corresponding televisions and to increase frame rate in games with lower resolution FullHD
