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EA’s Peter Moore says disc-less consoles a decade away
The industry seems sharply divided on how much of an impact digital downloading will have on the future of game sales.
There has been speculation about whether the next Xbox or PlayStation will even feature any kind of disc drive. EA Sports President Peter Moore doesn’t think it’s time to put away the plastic cases and shrink wrapping just yet.
At the recent Berkeley Digital Media Conference, Moore gave his take:
“[The industry is] at least a decade away from saying goodbye to a physical disc. The more important question is what does the next generation of console look like?”
The talk of all digital gaming also gives rise to a question: What becomes of games such as Guitar Hero which have plastic peripherals as an important part of their gameplay?
Moore used this opportunity to take a few potshots at fellow gaming superpowers Activision Blizzard and Nintendo. Moore said if gaming did go digital, Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick would be sitting on half the world’s plastic. Moore called Wii Fit‘s peripherals “bathroom scales” while talking about how much better he believes EA Sports Active is.
Moore, formerly of Microsoft, said that company will get to whatever the future of consoles is first.
Oh no, he didn’t! Are you listening, Nintendo and Sony?
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While Digital Downloads won’t work for certain games as mentioned (Guitar Hero, EA Active, etc.) where accessories are required, that is obvious.
For other games however… XBOX Live is proving this to be possible, and this isn’t a decade away. It’s happening now. Hardly news.
Microsoft isn’t doing BLU-RAY for Xbox, as they believe their *immediate* future is in digital downloads.
on October 30, 2009 at 12:32 PM - LINK