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Mobiles Will Not Surpass Home Consoles – Helgason

Unity boss David Helgason has proclaimed that the home console will always be more superior than portable devices, despite acknowledging that the technology gap is in fact getting smaller. He also acknowledged that the mobile scene is making some great leaps in technology as well, noting that,

“What’s interesting is that mobile phone hardware cycles are as short as 18 months. It’s very quick, and there’s enormous investment in it because it’s so competitive, so the hardware sophistication is advancing at a crazy rate.”

Helgason, speaking to Develop, believes that smartphones can match the memory capacities of consoles but are still behind in terms of the GPU and CPU scene. Here is more on what Helgason had to say,

“But I think by the time mobiles reach current generation console quality, a new set of consoles will be released, which will raise the bar again by a lot more.”

He also believes that the biggest factor on portable development is in fact how to balance the progress in technology with the battery life of the portable hardware, whether it be a smartphone or a dedicated gaming device. The Nintendo 3DS and Sony’s Playstation Vita will have battery lives in the 4-5 hour mark. Smartphones, running applications and everything else, also suffers a short battery life.

“With mobiles you have to balance everything with the progress of battery life”

This may be in response to a current trend where social and mobile gaming will take over the traditional home and portable consoles. I tend to agree with Helgason. Instead of a challenge to the home market, just make them as a portable device, as they should function.

Joshua Spudic
Joshua Spudic
Josh is the name, writing is my game... well my degree will say that. But, when uni gets me down (and it does), there is no better way that to grab a chair, sit back and slicing up some DarkspawnI started my gaming interest back in the good old 16 bit era with the Sega Mega Drive and Sonic The Hedgehog 2. I was roughly five years old. To this day I still try to fire up the dusty companion and speed through the wacky and bright levels, jumping on some Badniks, collecting those damn Chaos Emeralds. Then I moved onto Sony's disk based console the Playstation (thanks to my uncle). Since then I have picked up each of Sony's consoles from the 5th to current generation that has been released in Australia (with more to come).In terms of writing about games, I am quite new to the field. I started out late last year with my own blog before deciding to move to greener pastures. I have written a few reviews for the Playstation 3 and Playstation Portable. Features as well. I hope I can flex my muscles while writing with Capsule Computers.If I'm not gaming, however, I'm writing narratives. I am currently trying to kickstart a high fantasy novel (which, hopefully, turns into a complex RPG) that I want done in five years or so. My passion of writing has been there for a long time and has flourished as I grew. I'm into the fantasy genre, both games and novels, and thoroughly enjoy a deep and complex RPG, whether it comes from the East or West.Oh and anime is awesome!