https://www.jesperjuul.net/ludologist/2011/03/15/the-death-of-consoles-again/ My name is Jesper Juul, and I am a Ludologist [researcher of the design, meaning, culture, and politics of games]. This is my blog on game research and other important things. Mon, 21 Mar 2011 09:59:50 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.jesperjuul.net/ludologist/2011/03/15/the-death-of-consoles-again/comment-page-1/#comment-56315 Mon, 21 Mar 2011 09:59:50 +0000 http://www.jesperjuul.net/ludologist/?p=1230#comment-56315 @Ian Perhaps his comment applies to a distant future in which consoles are so advanced that they can be considered “alive”?

]]> https://www.jesperjuul.net/ludologist/2011/03/15/the-death-of-consoles-again/comment-page-1/#comment-56314 Sun, 20 Mar 2011 23:32:01 +0000 http://www.jesperjuul.net/ludologist/?p=1230#comment-56314 At least he used scarequotes, I guess. Maybe “dying” means “not really dying.”

]]> https://www.jesperjuul.net/ludologist/2011/03/15/the-death-of-consoles-again/comment-page-1/#comment-56308 Wed, 16 Mar 2011 17:03:00 +0000 http://www.jesperjuul.net/ludologist/?p=1230#comment-56308 @harold
Yes, it’s interesting how consoles seem to have lost the “console simplicity” that they used to have.

]]> https://www.jesperjuul.net/ludologist/2011/03/15/the-death-of-consoles-again/comment-page-1/#comment-56307 Wed, 16 Mar 2011 14:13:02 +0000 http://www.jesperjuul.net/ludologist/?p=1230#comment-56307 Not to forget that the current generation of console is basically as bad if not worse than traditional computers to deal with: updates, and making room for games on your hard-drive etc
That trend plus the fact that the business model is clearly not suitable for any modern game development, well I agree with Peter here :)
It’s all about computers and “largest platforms pool using the same code” that are going to expand in the next decade…

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