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All of this petty console wars is around and we continue to argue about which console is going to win out of the X-Box, GameCube and PS2. But cast your mind back to the 80ís and think then how stupid this argument would sound, arguing about something, which just wasnít possible or thinkable.
It just shows how far weíve come in the last 20 years and how much further we will be going. Think how far weíve come in technological wise, since the beginning of the 20th century there has been no turning back. We have been supplied with new devices that make life far easier or much more entertaining. Ranging from the things we take for granted nowadays to the highly expensive and complex weíve got it all, faxes, telephones, e-mails, aeroplanes, fast travelling trains, luxury cars, computers, consoles, internet, microwaves, gas heaters and so much more that has decreased the amount of time needed to achieve something.
And now this has all taken on in the console world and now we now expect more. We would no longer buy a game with its graphics look like a pair of incompetent fools made the game without any knowledge of what they were doing. But if we saw that the game had some jaw dropping graphics then the image of a great game flashes to mind. Now Iím not saying that Graphics is the most important thing to look for when purchasing a game, but it does help more then anything.
When you look through you magazines you canít test a game out, you canít even look at whatís not printed there, so with the help of the press all you need to do is give it some inspiring graphics and then youíve grabbed their attention and youíre on your way to making a hell of a game, right? Well not entirely, the details given to you will make you more excited about what your about to spend all of your hard earned cash on.
You love shootíem ups and you see the list of the weapons and gore factory, you love RPGís and you see the possible spells and the amazing graphics it has to offer, you look at football games and take note of the graphics, teams and options that the game offers. But most of will involve something to do with graphics, and that is something that you could only have dreamed about only a matter of 6 years ago.
Back before the playstation, you never looked at these games and took note of graphics, you would hardly have cared what shape or style the graphics came in, so why are we so bothered now? Itís the rise in possibilities I suppose, if you asked someone to take you to London from Newcastle 500 years ago to pass on a message then that would have cost you a hell of a lot of money and would have taken you 7-9 days. Now we can send e-mails that can reach someone on the other side of the world in 2 seconds.
The gaming industry has sky rocketed since weíve been able to do greater things, now even the computer giants Microsoft want a piece of the action and they seem to know that theyíre doing. All looks hopeful and the gaming industry is going nowhere, just try imagine what youíll be playing on in as little as 5 years time. As back in 1990 if showed them pictures of Gran Tusimo then what would have been there impression, then if I showed someone back in 1995 a picture of MGS2 how would they have reacted to that? But if I showed someone from 2000 a picture of what would be available in 2005 will they be surprised about it?
It just shows how far weíve come in the last 20 years and how much further we will be going. Think how far weíve come in technological wise, since the beginning of the 20th century there has been no turning back. We have been supplied with new devices that make life far easier or much more entertaining. Ranging from the things we take for granted nowadays to the highly expensive and complex weíve got it all, faxes, telephones, e-mails, aeroplanes, fast travelling trains, luxury cars, computers, consoles, internet, microwaves, gas heaters and so much more that has decreased the amount of time needed to achieve something.
And now this has all taken on in the console world and now we now expect more. We would no longer buy a game with its graphics look like a pair of incompetent fools made the game without any knowledge of what they were doing. But if we saw that the game had some jaw dropping graphics then the image of a great game flashes to mind. Now Iím not saying that Graphics is the most important thing to look for when purchasing a game, but it does help more then anything.
When you look through you magazines you canít test a game out, you canít even look at whatís not printed there, so with the help of the press all you need to do is give it some inspiring graphics and then youíve grabbed their attention and youíre on your way to making a hell of a game, right? Well not entirely, the details given to you will make you more excited about what your about to spend all of your hard earned cash on.
You love shootíem ups and you see the list of the weapons and gore factory, you love RPGís and you see the possible spells and the amazing graphics it has to offer, you look at football games and take note of the graphics, teams and options that the game offers. But most of will involve something to do with graphics, and that is something that you could only have dreamed about only a matter of 6 years ago.
Back before the playstation, you never looked at these games and took note of graphics, you would hardly have cared what shape or style the graphics came in, so why are we so bothered now? Itís the rise in possibilities I suppose, if you asked someone to take you to London from Newcastle 500 years ago to pass on a message then that would have cost you a hell of a lot of money and would have taken you 7-9 days. Now we can send e-mails that can reach someone on the other side of the world in 2 seconds.
The gaming industry has sky rocketed since weíve been able to do greater things, now even the computer giants Microsoft want a piece of the action and they seem to know that theyíre doing. All looks hopeful and the gaming industry is going nowhere, just try imagine what youíll be playing on in as little as 5 years time. As back in 1990 if showed them pictures of Gran Tusimo then what would have been there impression, then if I showed someone back in 1995 a picture of MGS2 how would they have reacted to that? But if I showed someone from 2000 a picture of what would be available in 2005 will they be surprised about it?
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All of this petty console wars is around and we continue to argue about which console is going to win out of the X-Box, GameCube and PS2. But cast your mind back to the 80ís and think then how stupid this argument would sound, arguing about something, which just wasnít possible or thinkable.
It just shows how far weíve come in the last 20 years and how much further we will be going. Think how far weíve come in technological wise, since the beginning of the 20th century there has been no turning back. We have been supplied with new devices that make life far easier or much more entertaining. Ranging from the things we take for granted nowadays to the highly expensive and complex weíve got it all, faxes, telephones, e-mails, aeroplanes, fast travelling trains, luxury cars, computers, consoles, internet, microwaves, gas heaters and so much more that has decreased the amount of time needed to achieve something.
And now this has all taken on in the console world and now we now expect more. We would no longer buy a game with its graphics look like a pair of incompetent fools made the game without any knowledge of what they were doing. But if we saw that the game had some jaw dropping graphics then the image of a great game flashes to mind. Now Iím not saying that Graphics is the most important thing to look for when purchasing a game, but it does help more then anything.
When you look through you magazines you canít test a game out, you canít even look at whatís not printed there, so with the help of the press all you need to do is give it some inspiring graphics and then youíve grabbed their attention and youíre on your way to making a hell of a game, right? Well not entirely, the details given to you will make you more excited about what your about to spend all of your hard earned cash on.
You love shootíem ups and you see the list of the weapons and gore factory, you love RPGís and you see the possible spells and the amazing graphics it has to offer, you look at football games and take note of the graphics, teams and options that the game offers. But most of will involve something to do with graphics, and that is something that you could only have dreamed about only a matter of 6 years ago.
Back before the playstation, you never looked at these games and took note of graphics, you would hardly have cared what shape or style the graphics came in, so why are we so bothered now? Itís the rise in possibilities I suppose, if you asked someone to take you to London from Newcastle 500 years ago to pass on a message then that would have cost you a hell of a lot of money and would have taken you 7-9 days. Now we can send e-mails that can reach someone on the other side of the world in 2 seconds.
The gaming industry has sky rocketed since weíve been able to do greater things, now even the computer giants Microsoft want a piece of the action and they seem to know that theyíre doing. All looks hopeful and the gaming industry is going nowhere, just try imagine what youíll be playing on in as little as 5 years time. As back in 1990 if showed them pictures of Gran Tusimo then what would have been there impression, then if I showed someone back in 1995 a picture of MGS2 how would they have reacted to that? But if I showed someone from 2000 a picture of what would be available in 2005 will they be surprised about it?
It just shows how far weíve come in the last 20 years and how much further we will be going. Think how far weíve come in technological wise, since the beginning of the 20th century there has been no turning back. We have been supplied with new devices that make life far easier or much more entertaining. Ranging from the things we take for granted nowadays to the highly expensive and complex weíve got it all, faxes, telephones, e-mails, aeroplanes, fast travelling trains, luxury cars, computers, consoles, internet, microwaves, gas heaters and so much more that has decreased the amount of time needed to achieve something.
And now this has all taken on in the console world and now we now expect more. We would no longer buy a game with its graphics look like a pair of incompetent fools made the game without any knowledge of what they were doing. But if we saw that the game had some jaw dropping graphics then the image of a great game flashes to mind. Now Iím not saying that Graphics is the most important thing to look for when purchasing a game, but it does help more then anything.
When you look through you magazines you canít test a game out, you canít even look at whatís not printed there, so with the help of the press all you need to do is give it some inspiring graphics and then youíve grabbed their attention and youíre on your way to making a hell of a game, right? Well not entirely, the details given to you will make you more excited about what your about to spend all of your hard earned cash on.
You love shootíem ups and you see the list of the weapons and gore factory, you love RPGís and you see the possible spells and the amazing graphics it has to offer, you look at football games and take note of the graphics, teams and options that the game offers. But most of will involve something to do with graphics, and that is something that you could only have dreamed about only a matter of 6 years ago.
Back before the playstation, you never looked at these games and took note of graphics, you would hardly have cared what shape or style the graphics came in, so why are we so bothered now? Itís the rise in possibilities I suppose, if you asked someone to take you to London from Newcastle 500 years ago to pass on a message then that would have cost you a hell of a lot of money and would have taken you 7-9 days. Now we can send e-mails that can reach someone on the other side of the world in 2 seconds.
The gaming industry has sky rocketed since weíve been able to do greater things, now even the computer giants Microsoft want a piece of the action and they seem to know that theyíre doing. All looks hopeful and the gaming industry is going nowhere, just try imagine what youíll be playing on in as little as 5 years time. As back in 1990 if showed them pictures of Gran Tusimo then what would have been there impression, then if I showed someone back in 1995 a picture of MGS2 how would they have reacted to that? But if I showed someone from 2000 a picture of what would be available in 2005 will they be surprised about it?
Your very right Tom. Things are moving extremely fast. If you had shown me any one of the 128 bit games a few years ago I would have called the police on you :-D
What does 2005 have in store for us? I don't know myself, but whatever it is I can assure you it will be fantastic.
MJ
Great post by the way.
What does 2005 have in store for us? I don't know myself, but whatever it is I can assure you it will be fantastic.
MJ
Great post by the way.
Oh so very right there Tom.
A long time back (6 years) I got my grubby little hands on a snes I think. Before that I had a nes, the graphics on the snes were so much better :o) Alomost 3d. In fact, stunt fx was 3d ish :D
In the past 5 years we have come such a long way, like now on the ps2, international track and field looks so real, so real infact that it looks like the person could actually come out the screen.
In 2005? VR perhaps, Super GameCube? X-Box2? PS4? Or maybe Sega make a comeback? Or there might even be another entry in the ever so popular console market.
I liked the way you mentioned GAS heaters :-D I liked that.
A long time back (6 years) I got my grubby little hands on a snes I think. Before that I had a nes, the graphics on the snes were so much better :o) Alomost 3d. In fact, stunt fx was 3d ish :D
In the past 5 years we have come such a long way, like now on the ps2, international track and field looks so real, so real infact that it looks like the person could actually come out the screen.
In 2005? VR perhaps, Super GameCube? X-Box2? PS4? Or maybe Sega make a comeback? Or there might even be another entry in the ever so popular console market.
I liked the way you mentioned GAS heaters :-D I liked that.
WEll that is two more people that read this post then expected, thanks guys anyway and who knows what we'll be playing on? 2005 is a long way away and like I said we're just getting better and we're doing it so much faster.
Cheers for reading.
Cheers for reading.
AS i like to say for a brighter future don't look back at the past learn from it.
I agree, gaming has progressed a lot, very quickly.
I'd just like to point this out...people thought the graphics on GT3 were amazing, and on MGS2 too. However, the PSX didn't reach it's full potential for 5 years, so imagine PS2 games in 5 years time.
I'd just like to point this out...people thought the graphics on GT3 were amazing, and on MGS2 too. However, the PSX didn't reach it's full potential for 5 years, so imagine PS2 games in 5 years time.
Ant wrote:
> I agree, gaming has progressed a lot, very quickly.
I'd just like to point
> this out...people thought the graphics on GT3 were amazing, and on MGS2 too.
> However, the PSX didn't reach it's full potential for 5 years, so imagine PS2
> games in 5 years time.
I have actually read in a few magazines that we shouldn't expect too see anything more being pushed from the Ps2 visuals wise Ant...sorry to dampen your fire mate.
Someone set me straight if I am terribly wrong.
MJ
> I agree, gaming has progressed a lot, very quickly.
I'd just like to point
> this out...people thought the graphics on GT3 were amazing, and on MGS2 too.
> However, the PSX didn't reach it's full potential for 5 years, so imagine PS2
> games in 5 years time.
I have actually read in a few magazines that we shouldn't expect too see anything more being pushed from the Ps2 visuals wise Ant...sorry to dampen your fire mate.
Someone set me straight if I am terribly wrong.
MJ
MJswerve wrote:
> Ant wrote:
> I agree, gaming has progressed a lot, very quickly.
I'd just
> like to point
> this out...people thought the graphics on GT3 were amazing,
> and on MGS2 too.
> However, the PSX didn't reach it's full potential for 5
> years, so imagine PS2
> games in 5 years time.
I have actually read in a
> few magazines that we shouldn't expect too see anything more being pushed from
> the Ps2 visuals wise Ant...sorry to dampen your fire mate.
Someone set me
> straight if I am terribly wrong.
MJ
Nope, seems true enough to me. :)
> Ant wrote:
> I agree, gaming has progressed a lot, very quickly.
I'd just
> like to point
> this out...people thought the graphics on GT3 were amazing,
> and on MGS2 too.
> However, the PSX didn't reach it's full potential for 5
> years, so imagine PS2
> games in 5 years time.
I have actually read in a
> few magazines that we shouldn't expect too see anything more being pushed from
> the Ps2 visuals wise Ant...sorry to dampen your fire mate.
Someone set me
> straight if I am terribly wrong.
MJ
Nope, seems true enough to me. :)
Ant wrote:
> I agree, gaming has progressed a lot, very quickly.
I'd just like to point
> this out...people thought the graphics on GT3 were amazing, and on MGS2 too.
> However, the PSX didn't reach it's full potential for 5 years, so imagine PS2
> games in 5 years time.
MGS2 only utillises 65% of the PS2's power.
> I agree, gaming has progressed a lot, very quickly.
I'd just like to point
> this out...people thought the graphics on GT3 were amazing, and on MGS2 too.
> However, the PSX didn't reach it's full potential for 5 years, so imagine PS2
> games in 5 years time.
MGS2 only utillises 65% of the PS2's power.
Hate to sound like a Bad Guy as I'm such a Nice Guy, but please stop using that damn annoying button 'Reply Quoting', it ruins the damn thread. We all know what you're on about and if you're gonna use it then do what MJ or I do and atleast make it presentable.
*Gets thrown bottles at and boo'd off*
*Gets thrown bottles at and boo'd off*
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