Activision: Next-Gen Phones Will Be At Xbox 360 Level

[exfileme]

While the latest tablets sport console quality graphics, next-generation smartphones will likely crank out Xbox 360-level visuals, claims Activision.

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[metallifux]

when does one generation of phones end and the next begin?

 

[pharoahhalfdead]

Instead of console ported games to the PC, we'll be getting phone ported games to the PC? No thanx!!

 

[briteball]

Not if Apple has anything to say about it >:/

 

[bak0n]

Until they have a keyboard and mouse for a phone with at least a 20" screen minimum. I still won't play games on them.

That and if you pumped the graphics to that level good luck having any battery life.

 

[tomfreak]

[citation][nom]pharoahhalfdead[/nom]Instead of console ported games to the PC, we'll be getting phone ported games to the PC? No thanx!![/citation]omgz...phone ported games. 😱

brb, getting SB-E 3930K with 7970GHz edition in triple crossfire. This might be able to last 10-15years and still can MAX everything in full detail without AA.

 

[master_chen]

...360? Pretty low of a level, then.
Wake me up when phones would be running Unreal Engine 4 games, with 60 FPS, MINIMUM at the 1280x720.
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[Maziar]

Even if they reach console's quality,they can't match the experience.Because playing with a controller/mouse/keyboard is something you never achieve with playing on a mobile/tablet screen

 

[lucky015]

Doesn't really surprise me, Not entirely sure if it says something good about phones or something terrible about consoles though.

 

[amuffin]

Many current phones are already faster than consoles hardware wise.

 

[chimera201]

[citation][nom]Tomfreak[/nom]omgz...phone ported games. brb, getting SB-E 3930K with 7970GHz edition in triple crossfire. This might be able to last 10-15years and still can MAX everything in full detail without AA.[/citation]

with AA

 

[mayankleoboy1]

quad core Qualcomm Krait.
is that next-gen enough?

 

[aggroboy]

[citation][nom]metallifux[/nom]when does one generation of phones end and the next begin?[/citation]
on the next iteration of galaxy and iphone

 

[yeeeeman]

The current games on the mobile phone are not even using techniques used in games from 2006. The games are still very pixelated, with low resolution textures, without AA, HDR and many other goodies that make PC and Xbox/PS3 games look so good. And even with these limitations, the GPU's on these smartphones barely run at 30-40 fps in games.
Not to mention the fact that the puny ARM processors still have a very long way to go to reach the levels of processing power of a triple core PowerPC processor.
Maybe at 5nm level, we'll start to see true powerfull mobile devices.

 

[JOSHSKORN]

[citation][nom]Tomfreak[/nom]omgz...phone ported games. brb, getting SB-E 3930K with 7970GHz edition in triple crossfire. This might be able to last 10-15years and still can MAX everything in full detail without AA.[/citation]
By then they'll probably have a SmartPhone better than that.

 

[killerclick]

The problem with phones isn't poor graphics, it's small screens, lack of immersion and shallow casual games which is all that form factor can support. Gaming on a phone is something you do while waiting for something else, so it's not what a gamer would consider a gaming platform.

Then again what I think about gaming on phones I also think about gaming on laptops, so what do I know?

 

[hetneo]

[citation][nom]Maziar[/nom]Even if they reach console's quality,they can't match the experience.Because playing with a controller/mouse/keyboard is something you never achieve with playing on a mobile/tablet screen[/citation]
Not if they are aiming at console level of experience. In that case phone can output to TV via HDMI while phone is used as controller. It will be very different from mouse+keyboard experience, but still can be very similar to console controller.

 

[ET3D]

It's also not a problem to hook a controller or keyboard+mouse to a phone via bluetooth. Having a phone or a tablet that serves as a personal console could be a good alternative to a dedicated console.

 

[partimedeity]

So they should start developing lesser games?

 

[Vladislaus]

No tablet currently on sale has the same graphical capability of a Xbox360. Even the PS Vita isn't on par with "current" gen consoles. In two generations (one generation in the case of tablets), phones will most likely be at PS Vita levels. Perhaps in three or four generations they will have the capability as the Xbox360 and the PS3.

 

[guardianangel42]

Man this comments section is hilarious. Who'd have thought that all it took for PC gamers to accept console gamers was an article about phones reaching console quality.

Dear god this is funny.

 

[tomfreak]

[citation][nom]guardianangel42[/nom]Man this comments section is hilarious. Who'd have thought that all it took for PC gamers to accept console gamers was an article about phones reaching console quality.Dear god this is funny.[/citation]At this rate pretty soon Intel/Nvidia/AMD going to feel the pain when no one gonna buy high end GPU for gaming. If anything these trio should start investing on Game studio to make PC exclusive title b4 a $70 GPU can max everything up.

Recap... 3930K for 15yrs...hell Intel not gonna take my money again for 10-15yrs. lol And yes I still have my 15yrs old Pentium 166MHz MMX running without issue, so it is absolutely possible for a PC to last 15yrs without breaking down.

 

[Thunderfox]

Until phones have game controls, all this horsepower is a waste. Touchscreen controls are a joke for anything other than Angry Birds, which like all cellphone games is something you play for a level or two at a time while standing in line. It is not something you immerse yourself in, and cellphone games likely never will be.

 

[theconsolegamer]

[citation][nom]Tomfreak[/nom]At this rate pretty soon Intel/Nvidia/AMD going to feel the pain when no one gonna buy high end GPU for gaming. If anything these trio should start investing on Game studio to make PC exclusive title b4 a $70 GPU can max everything up.Recap... 3930K for 15yrs...hell Intel not gonna take my money again for 10-15yrs. lol And yes I still have my 15yrs old Pentium 166MHz MMX running without issue, so it is absolutely possible for a PC to last 15yrs without breaking down.[/citation]
Fuuny thing is Nvidia is pushing so hard with cloud gaming is not even funny.

 

[tomfreak]

[citation][nom]Thunderfox[/nom]Until phones have game controls, all this horsepower is a waste. Touchscreen controls are a joke for anything other than Angry Birds, which like all cellphone games is something you play for a level or two at a time while standing in line. It is not something you immerse yourself in, and cellphone games likely never will be.[/citation]kinect is motion detection is already here, it wont be long that someone can invent something that using a laser to project a "virtual" keyboard on ur desk then use Kinect to get the feedback from u where u touch.(Apple this is my idea dont patent it) So dont hold ur breath when Tablet/phones can create a "virtual projectile" keyboard.