Ultima Creator Says Consoles Will Soon Fade Into Inexistence

Well he and Patcher are obviously correct

Just because tablet gaming is becoming more popular, he believes that consoles are inevitably going to become obsolete? Jogging and riding bicycles are pretty trendy as well, but people still drive cars. What's his point?

And what the hell is a "television-based solution?"

Maybe he's just bitter Ultima has faded into inexistance

He sold his rights to the Ultima franchise to EA a few years back.

"Over the next few iterations," meaning "generations." The Xbox and PS4 had a life span of 8 years or so? If he believes that the consoles will be around for even two more generations, that's roughly 15 years from now!15 years is a long time, our society and the technology will change a lot between now and then. I imagine consoles will still be around, but what they'll look like will be completely different than what we're accustom to right now.

PC's rule, colsoles drool!

"My name is Richard Garriott and I invented the question mark"

Why no SEGA Master System in that pic?

Nah, they\'re not going anywhere yet. \r
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Instead, they\'re trying to dip into other markets, too. For example, as a DVD player, connect to the internet, etc. The lines are becoming blurred instead of simply canceling each other out.

*Traditional* consoles are fading out of existence. Now, your consoles have hard drives, patches, online multiplayer, etc. They are more PC than gaming consoles.

I like how the Commodore 64 is included as a console in the pic!
Although it really wasn't, it deserves to be in the group since it was mostly used for games, and fills a space after the "video game crash" when there were not major consoles.

Hey Taxi! Pad 5 please!

Pffff as if, i dont believe consoles will be wiped out, still i do believe video game franchise has gone down, but we gamers are never heard. The fact is, Video games are being released too quick and gaming systems are too expensive now and days, sadly but true. I rather spend money on books for school than having to pay almost $800 for a system that wont garantee that game prices will be cheap the moment their released. Games worth $65 dllrs, its just too much. :/

Yup. Games with micro transaction like league of legends are on the rise. For those who don`t know how league of legends works.
All characters New and old can be bought with in game currency
Skins which only change the appearance/sounds/colors of skills can only be bought with real money
Money cannot buy you in game advantages.

Forgot to mention league of legends is free to play

My guess if a game has free additions to it (dlc) some of them and its great to play, then I would also buy it, but my guess is that these games with in game currency are more of RPGs than others such as COD, GOW, or HALO and etc.