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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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I have heard nothing of this.
turbonutter wrote:
You
> can't find MGS 2 on a PC. Not for 2 or 3 years, anyway. Such is the
> power of the PS2.
If thats the case... why is it seen as such a breakthrough to have Deus Ex ported over to the PS2?
You
> can't find MGS 2 on a PC. Not for 2 or 3 years, anyway. Such is the
> power of the PS2.
If thats the case... why is it seen as such a breakthrough to have Deus Ex ported over to the PS2?
Armitage wrote:" Well...you...can't then judge a PS2 against any other console" Of course you can , It whipped gthe Dreamcast in it's first month or something. And even though a PC isn't a console, the PS2 will also have internet capability as soon as Broadband is released. The PS2 was purpously built for games.
Shocktrooper wrote:
Hmmmm, let me see now. Ahhhhhh yes, SSX,
> Timesplitters, MGS2, Ominusha Warlords, Ready 2 Rumble round 2, and
> so many more I can't possibly type 'em all!
YOU WILL NOT FIND
> MGS2 ON A PC!
Do you want me to list the best games of each console and compaire them?
I'll bet that even the malnourushed (with regard to games releases) N64 had as many good titles in its first year as the PS2 has...
Hmmmm, let me see now. Ahhhhhh yes, SSX,
> Timesplitters, MGS2, Ominusha Warlords, Ready 2 Rumble round 2, and
> so many more I can't possibly type 'em all!
YOU WILL NOT FIND
> MGS2 ON A PC!
Do you want me to list the best games of each console and compaire them?
I'll bet that even the malnourushed (with regard to games releases) N64 had as many good titles in its first year as the PS2 has...
Shocktrooper wrote:
> YOU WILL NOT FIND MGS2 ON A PC!
You can't find MGS 2 on a PC. Not for 2 or 3 years, anyway. Such is the power of the PS2.
> YOU WILL NOT FIND MGS2 ON A PC!
You can't find MGS 2 on a PC. Not for 2 or 3 years, anyway. Such is the power of the PS2.
Shocktrooper wrote:
> Shankshy! You really can't own a PS2! I asked if you've played on
> one and you said: "Unfortunately yes I have." You would of
> mentioned that you had one then.
not neccasarily... I might have been stringing you along??
Oh, and what do ya mean?
> "unfortunately"? You're probably the only one who has that
> stupid opinion. Face-it, PS2 is THE BEST CONSOLE (at the moment)
Its the best spec console at the moment, certainly... but not neccasarily the best...
Besides, my point wasnt to argue over how good the PS2 was... only that saying one machine is great and all others are rubbish is pointless...
:)
> Shankshy! You really can't own a PS2! I asked if you've played on
> one and you said: "Unfortunately yes I have." You would of
> mentioned that you had one then.
not neccasarily... I might have been stringing you along??
Oh, and what do ya mean?
> "unfortunately"? You're probably the only one who has that
> stupid opinion. Face-it, PS2 is THE BEST CONSOLE (at the moment)
Its the best spec console at the moment, certainly... but not neccasarily the best...
Besides, my point wasnt to argue over how good the PS2 was... only that saying one machine is great and all others are rubbish is pointless...
:)
Armitage wrote: "you think the console's specs are better and not the games?" Hmmmm, let me see now. Ahhhhhh yes, SSX, Timesplitters, MGS2, Ominusha Warlords, Ready 2 Rumble round 2, and so many more I can't possibly type 'em all!
YOU WILL NOT FIND MGS2 ON A PC!
YOU WILL NOT FIND MGS2 ON A PC!
turbonutter wrote:
At launch, the PS2 was way
> ahead of its time. You can't judge it by what it is now.
Well... then... you cant judge the PS2 by any of the other consoels standards either?
(Which by your statement would mean the PS2 was the best machine, in the range of 1 machines?)
And since I wasnt the one originally judging...
At launch, the PS2 was way
> ahead of its time. You can't judge it by what it is now.
Well... then... you cant judge the PS2 by any of the other consoels standards either?
(Which by your statement would mean the PS2 was the best machine, in the range of 1 machines?)
And since I wasnt the one originally judging...
Just remember to the dyas when PSX came out. Brill games like Toum Raider, and crash bandicoot. Somethingthat no-one has seen before. The games kept getting better and better!
This is the same with PS2, with games like Gran Turismo 3 and Metal Gear Solid II at the beginning think what the PS2 will be like at it's prime!
This is the same with PS2, with games like Gran Turismo 3 and Metal Gear Solid II at the beginning think what the PS2 will be like at it's prime!
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