Wada could be very correct if he meant Core Gaming Consoles.
Handheld gaming is very popular in Japan and everywhere else. No one has explained to me how server based gaming is supposed to work on handhelds.
If Square and other third party companies did this, why would anyone buy a Playstation console?
The future of gaming is hardware. This is because the future of gaming has always been in hardware. Changing the interface and the hardware it is on alters the game substantially. I guess some people missed the giant clues such as the Wii phenomenon or the Wii Fit phenomenon or even the music games with their plastic instruments.
As is the rule, whenever someone mentions “Cloud Gaming”, I have to post “Up, Up, and Away” from Fifth Dimension to show how ridiculous the “Cloud Gaming as Future” is.
