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The future of gaming will no doubt be pretty much the same as it is now, with a few extra megatexels and plenty of gigahertz per console. However, while the industry and patterns it features (sega release console, sony release better console, nintendo release better console, they all fade out one by one..... and repeat) the real changes will take place in the people that play these games. The different types of gamers will become more divided... at least in my opinion. For example, ten years ago gamers huddled together for warmth, while girls and high school football stars alike pointed at laughed. However, since the PSX boom and the popularisation of gaming, we now have several distinct camps... not fans of certain consoles, rather 'casual', 'hardcore', 'informed' and 'traditional' gamers. The casual gamer might well buy anything sony branded, will buy games because of the graphics or the star wars license.... while the hardcore gamer will praise titles like chuchu and crazy taxi for their ingenuity. The informed gamer knows whats good. he (or she) will buy a game because the magazines liked it, his friends say its good and it looks great. The type of game won't matter to him (or her). The traditional gamer will praise traits like orginality and ingenuity, looking past the flashy graphics and endorsements. This division could kill the industry, but it's just as likely to improve the situation with sony's (to quote someone.....) 'soul-less' games. It's an interesting dilemma. The gaming industries own popularity is slowing killing it.
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The future of gaming will no doubt be pretty much the same as it is now, with a few extra megatexels and plenty of gigahertz per console. However, while the industry and patterns it features (sega release console, sony release better console, nintendo release better console, they all fade out one by one..... and repeat) the real changes will take place in the people that play these games. The different types of gamers will become more divided... at least in my opinion. For example, ten years ago gamers huddled together for warmth, while girls and high school football stars alike pointed at laughed. However, since the PSX boom and the popularisation of gaming, we now have several distinct camps... not fans of certain consoles, rather 'casual', 'hardcore', 'informed' and 'traditional' gamers. The casual gamer might well buy anything sony branded, will buy games because of the graphics or the star wars license.... while the hardcore gamer will praise titles like chuchu and crazy taxi for their ingenuity. The informed gamer knows whats good. he (or she) will buy a game because the magazines liked it, his friends say its good and it looks great. The type of game won't matter to him (or her). The traditional gamer will praise traits like orginality and ingenuity, looking past the flashy graphics and endorsements. This division could kill the industry, but it's just as likely to improve the situation with sony's (to quote someone.....) 'soul-less' games. It's an interesting dilemma. The gaming industries own popularity is slowing killing it.