The Death of Console and PC Gaming?
A few of the mobile game
developers claim that mobile devices will cause consoles, like the PS3 and the
XBOX, to die. I believe this is,
sadly, somewhat true but they aren’t just gonna disappear or “die” they just
need a fancy, new, innovative upgrade to boost their sales. Even though PC and console games are
obviously better, most people spend most of their time on mobile devices
causing them to lose interest in their consoles or PCs. In my opinion, most mobile games are
too simple and arcade-like. I
think console and PC games are more immersive and interactive.
Apple’s iOS
devices are the most common mobile devices because of their wide variety of
games. Over 200 million iOS
devices have been sold to date when only 94.97 million Wiis, 62 million PS3s
and 65.8 million XBOX consoles have been sold. These 200 million devices are just Apple’s iOS. Over 300,000 Android devices are sold
per day and all of the Nintendo DS’s models combined have sold 151.06 million
devices up to date. All this is
evidence showing that people are forgetting consoles and PC games and focusing
on mobile games like Angry Birds, Temple Run and Fruit Ninja.
Even though
mobile devices are more popular, PCs and consoles are built to play games. Some of them might be bulkier and
noisier but they still provide better gameplay than arcade style games that
have only one objective (shooting pigs with explosive birds or running away
from some monkeys while collecting coins). Console and PC games provide more immersive games that have
multiple paths and obstacles to the end.
When I say that consoles and PCs are built for games I mean that they
are capable of having better graphics, longer stories and larger, more complex
games.
So, in my
opinion, console and PC gaming is not dying. They are just becoming slightly less popular. Mobile devices’ cool new touch screens and
fancy cameras are making people less interested in consoles that have been
around for over 5 years and more interested in the newer portable games. Consoles/PCs just need that fancy, new
thing that will catch people’s attention again. In conclusion, consoles and PCs (the superior devices) will
rise again. They just need a
boost.
