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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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Honestly Swish I dont know whever it was the film or not. The magazine (CVG) I was reading did not actually say. Mind you one of the Ps2s could have shown The Matrix running.
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> 8 PS2's hooked together = PS3!!! God! The PS3 will be mega!
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> you mean the Matrix movie?
MJ is right. 8 PS2's is the equivalent of a PS3! Yep, now you can understand why I said that the graphics will be almost the same quality as films!
And then you asked when will it be out? Well, sadly, I think it was something like: 10 years at the most, that's all I know, sorry.
> 8 PS2's hooked together = PS3!!! God! The PS3 will be mega!
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> you mean the Matrix movie?
MJ is right. 8 PS2's is the equivalent of a PS3! Yep, now you can understand why I said that the graphics will be almost the same quality as films!
And then you asked when will it be out? Well, sadly, I think it was something like: 10 years at the most, that's all I know, sorry.
Sony showed a scene from the Matrix running in real time which was being run by something like 8 Ps2s hooked together. TYhis was rumored to be a prototype for the Ps3.
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Anyone read about the PS3? It's going to be so advanced that it will be just 1...step...away...from film-like graphics!
I agree that when graphics do become real life, it won't be the same. So, when the time comes, I hope that developers add something bizzare and cartoony - something that isn't real.
I agree that when graphics do become real life, it won't be the same. So, when the time comes, I hope that developers add something bizzare and cartoony - something that isn't real.
RawisAndy wrote:
> wouldn't playing a game that was almost lifelike be going against
> the point of videogames I mean we play games for our enjoyment and
> to get away from the real world so a game that was life like
> probably wouldn't be as popular as what you might think.
think
> about it a game where you play in a world where it looks like real
> life and play a real life after a while it wouldn't be very
> entertaining would it because we play that game every day.
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Can you infiltrate a highly armed headquarters with a couple of dangerously dangerous guns and then blast the hell out of guards in real life and get away with it?
No.
Can you command an army of soldiers, horsemen, and catapults to go and attack a nearby ancient viking village in real life?
No.
Do you get 100 ft creatures roaming about in real life?
No.
If there was a 'SimDay' game where by you go about performing daily tasks then I can see where you're going. But there isn't. Almost lifelike graphics will beable to give you a feel of what it would be like if real, to 'put you in the game' infact.
There you go.
Swish
> wouldn't playing a game that was almost lifelike be going against
> the point of videogames I mean we play games for our enjoyment and
> to get away from the real world so a game that was life like
> probably wouldn't be as popular as what you might think.
think
> about it a game where you play in a world where it looks like real
> life and play a real life after a while it wouldn't be very
> entertaining would it because we play that game every day.
***************
Can you infiltrate a highly armed headquarters with a couple of dangerously dangerous guns and then blast the hell out of guards in real life and get away with it?
No.
Can you command an army of soldiers, horsemen, and catapults to go and attack a nearby ancient viking village in real life?
No.
Do you get 100 ft creatures roaming about in real life?
No.
If there was a 'SimDay' game where by you go about performing daily tasks then I can see where you're going. But there isn't. Almost lifelike graphics will beable to give you a feel of what it would be like if real, to 'put you in the game' infact.
There you go.
Swish
I agree with you there RawIsAndy. The fact is gaming gives you the chance to take your mind of real problems and enjoy yourself. If games became too lifelike it would be pointless buying them when you could do the same when you leave your house. Games have to have a sense of being different.As for the future expect a lot of games/ consoles/ maybee new developers making consoles and alot of people playing games.
wouldn't playing a game that was almost lifelike be going against the point of videogames I mean we play games for our enjoyment and to get away from the real world so a game that was life like probably wouldn't be as popular as what you might think.
think about it a game where you play in a world where it looks like real life and play a real life after a while it wouldn't be very entertaining would it because we play that game every day.
think about it a game where you play in a world where it looks like real life and play a real life after a while it wouldn't be very entertaining would it because we play that game every day.
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