Name: The Future of Gaming Isn't Consoles, It's Streaming
Uploaded: 2019-12-16
Duration: 2 min 30 s
Description: Apple and Google are on the right path.

[MUSIC PLAYING] Welcome to Fortune Tech Debate, where we discuss the issues of the day in two minutes. Today we are talking about Google Stadia and Apple Arcade and whether streaming is the future of games. Chris, what do you think? I think it is. I think that the console experience is going to disappear. It's clunky. It costs too much money. I went and bought a Switch recently and by the time I left the store I'd spent $400, right? I think this is going to be something that people are really going to attach to. They can just turn on their laptop and stream Call of Duty with Stadia. I mean, like this is the future. Yeah, it's interesting that you mentioned the cost, though, For example, games typically with some exceptions cost about $60. That hasn't changed much over the last decade. That can't be good for the teams working behind this, and especially when you have EA and Activision and Telltale laying off people, you wonder, is this price model, a subscription type model, going to be sustainable for the game companies? Well, I don't think so. So what I think is going to happen is developers are going to start leaning towards the subscription model. They're going to want their games to be easily accessible and so they're going to basically pull back their budgets so that they can optimize their games for these more streaming type services or like Apple. Smaller games that you can download quickly. People don't want to waste time. You go and buy a game now, it's $60, you bring it home, you put it in the console, and you have to wait two hours for it to install depending on your internet connection, obviously. So I think-- Yeah, but you said it. It depends on your internet connection. And if you have to take a long time to download it, imagine the lag and the terrible experience if you don't have a solid enough internet connection. And you have to stream the games now. That is just not going to work for a lot of people. It's going to leave a massive market out that just don't have control over the internet in their area. Yeah. I think that's a fair point, except I don't think that the console games are going to go away. I think that the streaming, though, is really just going to become a bigger part of the market share. Yeah. Maybe for a bit, but I think it's ultimately going to just be a fad. Well, that's all the time we have. Come to fortune.com for more Tech Debate. [MUSIC PLAYING] 

The Future of Gaming Isn't Consoles, It's Streaming

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welcome to Fortune Tec tive eight, where we discuss the issues of the day in two minutes. Today we are talking about Google stadia and Apple Arcade and whether streaming is the future of games, Chris, what do you think? I think it is. I think that the console experience is going to disappear. It's clunky. It costs too much money. I went and bought a switch recently, and, uh, by the time I left the store, I spent $400 right? I think this is gonna be something that people are really gonna attach to. You know, they could just turn on their laptop and stream call of duty with stadium, you know, I mean, like, this is the future. Yeah, it's interesting that you mention the cost. For example, games typically with some exceptions, cost about $60. That hasn't changed much over the last decade. That can't be good for the team's working behind this. And especially when you have, you know, e A and Activision and telltale laying off people. You wonder. Is this price model a subscription type model going to be sustainable for the game companies? Well, I don't think so. So what I think is going to happen is, uh, developers are going to start leaning towards the subscription model. They're gonna want their games to be easily accessible. And so they're gonna basically pull back their budget so that they can optimize their games for these more streaming type service's or like Apple, right? Smaller games that you can download quickly. People don't wanna waste time, you know. You go on by a game. Now it's $60. You bring it home, you put it in the console and you have to wait two hours for it to install. Depending on your Internet connection, obviously. So I think, Yeah, but you said it. It depends on your Internet connection. And if you have to take a long time to download it, imagine the lag and the terrible experience. If you don't have a solid of Internet connection and you have to stream the gains now, that is just not going to work for a lot of people. It's going to leave a massive market out that just don't have control over the Internet in their area. Yeah, I think I think that's a fair point, except I don't think that the concho games. They're gonna go away. I think that the streaming, though, is really just gonna become a bigger part of the market. Share. Yeah, maybe for a bit. But I think it's ultimately going to just be sad. Well, that's all the time. We have come to fortune dot com for more tech debate.