Enjoying your new console? Well,
Wedbush Securities analyst Michael Pachter thinks it’ll soon be
obsolete, and he thinks that Xbox maker Microsoft knows it.
Speaking this morning with moderator Geoff
Keighley at our GamesBeat 2014 in San Francisco, Pachter explained why
he thought Microsoft would shift its gaming focus from consoles to PCs
and mobile.
“I think consoles are going away, because
you used to need a console because you could not connect a
microprocessor to your TV screen,” Pachter said. “Now, if you have a
Chromecast stick or a Roku box, you can. So why do we buy consoles? I
mean, your phone will be powerful enough to power any game in two more
generations. And, so, why buy a console? I think Microsoft actually
knows that.”
These comments come after Microsoft bought
Minecraft developer Mojang for $2.5 billion earlier today. Microsoft has
always had a lot of success with hardcore gamers, but acquiring the
mass-appealing Minecraft — a game that’s especially popular on mobile
platforms — could be a sign that the company is looking to reach a wider
audience.
Pachter also talked about the middling
critical response to Destiny, the recently released first-person
shooter/massively multiplayer online game hybrid for Xbox One,
PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC. The PlayStation 4
version currently has a Metacritic score of 76.
“That’s not good enough, I think, to
support a recurring franchise,” Pachter said. “They’re going to have to
step it up next time.”
Publisher Activison Blizzard spent millions
promoting Destiny. The game already had a successful launch, but
reviews didn’t start coming out until after the shooter’s release.
Source: Venturebeat
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