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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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MJSwerve long name wrote:
> hmmm I am not sure if it has worked for me. Well I should be about
> to find out.
Ahhh! This thread has just mucked up. MJSwerve your name hasnt worked and it mucked up the alignment. It looks a bit like this on mine, and probably others PCs' fg#dgs#rtrdsg%gf35245##erte.
Oh dear!!!
:D
> hmmm I am not sure if it has worked for me. Well I should be about
> to find out.
Ahhh! This thread has just mucked up. MJSwerve your name hasnt worked and it mucked up the alignment. It looks a bit like this on mine, and probably others PCs' fg#dgs#rtrdsg%gf35245##erte.
Oh dear!!!
:D
oooops a daisy that looks utter sh*te.
hmmm I am not sure if it has worked for me. Well I should be about to find out.
yeah i'd already tried that before but you have to make sure the font is compatible with people's comp's otherwise it comes out as gibberish.
Maybe making our names look fancy will liven up the forum.
Maybe making our names look fancy will liven up the forum.
MJswerve wrote:
> Hey Swish how did you write your name like that? It looks class.
Unfortunatly you can't make them via the keyboard alone, apart from the w in my case.
Go into a program like MS Word. Click on 'Insert > Symbols' and choose which ones you'd like from there (in arial font). Spell them out on a normal blank page. Then, highlight them all and press ctrl + c (copy). Then go to where you enter your name and press ctrl + v (paste). Voila.
Problem is though, that now no one can 'spell' it properly without going out fo their way. Though it like to be called Swish, and not §w¡§µ.
> Hey Swish how did you write your name like that? It looks class.
Unfortunatly you can't make them via the keyboard alone, apart from the w in my case.
Go into a program like MS Word. Click on 'Insert > Symbols' and choose which ones you'd like from there (in arial font). Spell them out on a normal blank page. Then, highlight them all and press ctrl + c (copy). Then go to where you enter your name and press ctrl + v (paste). Voila.
Problem is though, that now no one can 'spell' it properly without going out fo their way. Though it like to be called Swish, and not §w¡§µ.
Hey Swish how did you write your name like that? It looks class.
What do you think the next generation of consoles will be called? The PS will obviously be called the PS3. But what will Nintendo and Microsoft call theirs if they made a new one?
Also does anybody think that the 'Nintendo Dolphin' sounds better than the 'Nintendo Gamecube' in names terms (cause they are the same machine!) I do.
Also does anybody think that the 'Nintendo Dolphin' sounds better than the 'Nintendo Gamecube' in names terms (cause they are the same machine!) I do.
Bye nutsy. Of course i'll read it.
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