"Machines that weren't game machines before will become game machines": Take-Two CEO predicts that streaming will help fix the industry's hardware pricing problem
Gaming hardware costs an absolute megaton , right now, but don't you worry, says Strass Zelnick, CEO of Rockstar parent company Take-Two Interactive – we'll soon be playing all our games via streaming services anyway. Speaking during the company's latest investor call, Strauss suggested that the games industry will "be in commercial streaming mode within three years" - that's to say, people will…
Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick believes that the video game industry will shift to "commercial streaming mode" within three years. This, he thinks, will help alleviate the issue of high gaming hardware costs, which have recently led Sony and Microsoft to raise the prices of their consoles.
Zelnick notes that expensive hardware is "not a good thing" as it limits the number of people who can afford to buy consoles, which in turn affects software sales. He suggests that streaming will change this, allowing people to play games on any device with a low-latency connection, without needing to purchase expensive hardware.
According to IGN, Zelnick acknowledges that current video game streaming services offer a poor experience compared to local play, but believes that high-quality streaming is "around the corner". Rock Paper Shotgun reports that Zelnick thinks this shift will make machines that aren't currently game consoles into game-playing devices.
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