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What exactly will the future of gaming be like in say 10 years? No body knows for sure at the moment, but this is what I think it will similar to…
The graphics will be astounding, far superior to what they are now. X-box? Gamecube? Pah! Look at all those nasty square pixels, ugly. This will be almost real. Has anybody seen a preview of the movie Shrek? The graphics in it are brilliant. This is the mark videogame graphics will beat easily. Lifelike almost? I hope so.
Although this may not happen in ten years, I am sure this will happen at some point: After slipping on a head set, and have the wires and/or sensors attached to/around your body. You will be able to ‘live’ the videogame, properly. Imagine running around a level with a gun in your hand, killing all in sight. You will be in first person mode, no handsets or controllers, just your body – what you do, the game does, you see everything. Move your head, the game changes what you can see on screen. Like advanced virtually reality, like real life, only better.
You need a friend to play against in a multiplayer battle, yet none can make it over to your house at this time. What do you do? You carry on. Although the thrills of beating a mate will be gone, the thrills of beating a computer will emerge – still not quite the same, as taunting will be out of the question, but this time it will be worth it. At this moment computer players may seem to be a little stupid, walking in walls, building structures in your area. This won’t happen. The AI will be so advanced that it would be just like playing against a human player. You’ll have to double check just to make sure you aren’t!
Online play will thrive. ALL connections will be lightning quick (not just those with ADSL on their PC), you won’t notice the jogging and slow play that games today experience if you possess a 56k modem. All the consoles will come as standard with a built in super fast T1 type modem. You will think that you are playing offline because it plays so fast.
And then there is a bad point. The prices. Consoles today are always going up in price. When the N64 was released, a ‘fairish’ price of £120 was tagged onto it, which quickly fell to £100. The Dreamcast then entered at around £200, quite a lot, but worth it. Then came the PS2, weighing in at a hefty £300, which has now fallen to £270, and that is too much for me. If the future follows the pattern, which I think it will, then consoles could be getting pretty expensive. But by that time people will be richer, as the industry’s expand.
Games, I think, will slowly increase in price. PS2 games have increased by an average of £7.00 to £8.00 over PSX games (from £28.99 to about £36.00), and GBA games have increased by an average of as much as £9.00 to £10.00 from the GBC games (from £22.99 to about £32.99). Could we see games as much as 70, even eighty pounds plus? I really don’t hope so.
I believe I have covered the main aspects of future gaming, but if I haven’t, then perhaps you could fill the rest in.
Thanks for reading,
Swish
The graphics will be astounding, far superior to what they are now. X-box? Gamecube? Pah! Look at all those nasty square pixels, ugly. This will be almost real. Has anybody seen a preview of the movie Shrek? The graphics in it are brilliant. This is the mark videogame graphics will beat easily. Lifelike almost? I hope so.
Although this may not happen in ten years, I am sure this will happen at some point: After slipping on a head set, and have the wires and/or sensors attached to/around your body. You will be able to ‘live’ the videogame, properly. Imagine running around a level with a gun in your hand, killing all in sight. You will be in first person mode, no handsets or controllers, just your body – what you do, the game does, you see everything. Move your head, the game changes what you can see on screen. Like advanced virtually reality, like real life, only better.
You need a friend to play against in a multiplayer battle, yet none can make it over to your house at this time. What do you do? You carry on. Although the thrills of beating a mate will be gone, the thrills of beating a computer will emerge – still not quite the same, as taunting will be out of the question, but this time it will be worth it. At this moment computer players may seem to be a little stupid, walking in walls, building structures in your area. This won’t happen. The AI will be so advanced that it would be just like playing against a human player. You’ll have to double check just to make sure you aren’t!
Online play will thrive. ALL connections will be lightning quick (not just those with ADSL on their PC), you won’t notice the jogging and slow play that games today experience if you possess a 56k modem. All the consoles will come as standard with a built in super fast T1 type modem. You will think that you are playing offline because it plays so fast.
And then there is a bad point. The prices. Consoles today are always going up in price. When the N64 was released, a ‘fairish’ price of £120 was tagged onto it, which quickly fell to £100. The Dreamcast then entered at around £200, quite a lot, but worth it. Then came the PS2, weighing in at a hefty £300, which has now fallen to £270, and that is too much for me. If the future follows the pattern, which I think it will, then consoles could be getting pretty expensive. But by that time people will be richer, as the industry’s expand.
Games, I think, will slowly increase in price. PS2 games have increased by an average of £7.00 to £8.00 over PSX games (from £28.99 to about £36.00), and GBA games have increased by an average of as much as £9.00 to £10.00 from the GBC games (from £22.99 to about £32.99). Could we see games as much as 70, even eighty pounds plus? I really don’t hope so.
I believe I have covered the main aspects of future gaming, but if I haven’t, then perhaps you could fill the rest in.
Thanks for reading,
Swish
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Cheers turbo man. Armitage...you can rot in your tiny PC corner on your own mate.
Spider II wrote:
> Shamks can you get this in your head, it doesn't matter what conosle
> other people have. As long as you've got a console that you love
> isnt that enough, if you do sway other peoples mind what difference
> will it make. You wont get any new games or anything like that!
I'm the one trying to keep everybodys mind open... Its Shocktrooper climing that one system is better than another...
:)
> Shamks can you get this in your head, it doesn't matter what conosle
> other people have. As long as you've got a console that you love
> isnt that enough, if you do sway other peoples mind what difference
> will it make. You wont get any new games or anything like that!
I'm the one trying to keep everybodys mind open... Its Shocktrooper climing that one system is better than another...
:)
I must mention the PS2 is far better than anything on the market, and that's what matters.
Shocktrooper wrote:
> Have you actually played on a PS2?
Unfortunatly I have, yes...
Haven't you yet used
> your ridiculously small-PC brain? I'm still wondering how Sony
> managed to fit a 128-bit console, DVD player, CD player, Audio Cd
> player. into one average sized PS2!
Not really... its pretty obvious man...
Look at the Xbox! It's the
> size of a VCR and it hasn't even got a DVD player in it?
Yes, it does...
It also has (amongst other things, a Hard Drive, modem, and overall a FAR superios spec system...
???
> Have you actually played on a PS2?
Unfortunatly I have, yes...
Haven't you yet used
> your ridiculously small-PC brain? I'm still wondering how Sony
> managed to fit a 128-bit console, DVD player, CD player, Audio Cd
> player. into one average sized PS2!
Not really... its pretty obvious man...
Look at the Xbox! It's the
> size of a VCR and it hasn't even got a DVD player in it?
Yes, it does...
It also has (amongst other things, a Hard Drive, modem, and overall a FAR superios spec system...
???
Armitage? Have you actually played on a PS2? Haven't you yet used your ridiculously small-PC brain? I'm still wondering how Sony managed to fit a 128-bit console, DVD player, CD player, Audio Cd player. into one average sized PS2!
Look at the Xbox! It's the size of a VCR and it hasn't even got a DVD player in it?
Look at the Xbox! It's the size of a VCR and it hasn't even got a DVD player in it?
Shamks can you get this in your head, it doesn't matter what conosle other people have. As long as you've got a console that you love isnt that enough, if you do sway other peoples mind what difference will it make. You wont get any new games or anything like that!
Armitage Shanks said that the PS2 has already managed to screw itself. How's that, when it became the fastest selling console on earth until the Gameboy Advance came along (and that's still a hand-held so it doesn't really matter)
You don't see a PC stand at E3 do ya?
You don't see a PC stand at E3 do ya?
Ok ok. Pc gamers aren't sad. In fact, some games are actually over average!
Shocktrooper wrote:
> Shankshy old boy, you're a PC gamer aren't you? YOU ARE SAD.
This from the man.. who... with the ENTIRE range of consoles to purchase... chose the PS2...
the console which, whilst currently having NO competition (since the GCna d X-Box have yet to be released) is still managing to screw itself :) )
:P
> Shankshy old boy, you're a PC gamer aren't you? YOU ARE SAD.
This from the man.. who... with the ENTIRE range of consoles to purchase... chose the PS2...
the console which, whilst currently having NO competition (since the GCna d X-Box have yet to be released) is still managing to screw itself :) )
:P
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