Xbox 720 and PS4

Developer of Xbox 720 and PS4 says that it'll be a browser-based. Gimme5Games head, Matt Spall, believes the traditional console is dead. The next round of consoles will be purely browser-based as all games move online and David Perry tries to take over the world.

Speaking at the Develop Conference, veteran developer Matt Spall, who earlier in the year took his casual games studio Gimme5Games independent from Eidos, told an audience that cloud computing will be the dominant force in the next generation of consoles. The traditional console market as we know it is in its last stages.

“I think the Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii will be purely browser-based systems,” he remarked, according to MCV. “Things will change a great deal.”

Spall seemingly echoed recent comments by David Perry, who of course is pushing cloud computing heavily with his own Gaikai service. "It won’t be long before 100 percent of games are all online," Perry said at the conference.

Perry pointed out that along with the digital revolution will come greater accessibility to content. The iPhone, for example, takes just one tap to install an app and another tap to play, whereas something like World of Warcraft, “I’m twenty clicks in and, finally, I see a play button.”

Perry plans to install his Gaikai servers in "every major city" across the globe. He noted that currently 67% of the U.K. and 60% of North America has enough bandwidth to support Gaikai.

via: GameDaily

Zeebo - "The Fourth Video Game Console"

Zeebo (a new company) together with Qualcomm - designed a new gaming console for emerging markets. Showcasing 3G wireless game delivery, the Zeebo will launch in Brazil next month, where it will ship. The new gaming console is called as the "Fourth Video Game Console" that will target middle-class buyers in emerging markets. The Zeebo system will come pre-loaded with four games, with the ability to download a fifth title for free and it does not discs or other fixed media. Instead, the console employs a Qualcomm chipset that provide users to connect through a wireless network connection game downloads and purchasing. The games are stored in flash memory with a capacity to hold about 50 games on the machine at a time.

The Zeebo console will be the cheapest gaming console for $200. All of the components are derived from cellphone chipsets, which contribute to the Zeebo's low cost, and low power consumption -- two important facets to consider when marketing a device to emerging nations.@ psyorg