Recently, "Final Fantasy 16" producer Naoki Yoshida discussed console platform exclusivity, and it seems that he himself does not like such a thing. He thinks consoles may be gone in ten years. He said that as a developer, he wants to make "games that transcend platforms"! He originally thought that the war between console platforms might end in this generation, but it was delayed by the epidemic, so the console war may continue into the next generation.
He said that if you want your game to be played by as many players in the world as possible, then it is best for everyone to be able to play it and not be restricted by a certain platform. "Players will be happy, developers will be happy," he said.
Yoshida also believes that in the future (about ten years from now), there will no longer be a need for specific gaming platforms as everything will be played via the cloud. But currently, due to insufficient servers, fast enough connections, and inability to solve latency issues, this is not a possibility at the moment.
There have been rumors that the next generation of Xbox console will have a hybrid cloud architecture. Similarly, Ubisoft CEO also expressed similar views at the end of September this year. He believes that Yunchuan Liu will change the game industry in the next 5-10 years.
However, some people believe that even if the gaming industry develops towards cloud gaming in the future, each company may still have its own cloud platform, which is almost the same situation as the previous console platform. At present, different game companies do have their own platforms and ecosystems, so there may be multiple incompatible platforms for cloud games in the future.