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I was having a conversation the other day and Somehow ended up talking about consoles and games and then was asked by a friend "So where do you think the industry will end up?"
I couldn't fully answer this as I found it a strange question with possibly too many answers to think of. But after my first three exams were out the way I thought on it some more and yesterday came up with a few ideas.
Sure the industry is huge, all the usual things like graphics and gameplay, interaction, gaming engines, peripherals and consoles will evolve and improve all the time, but will the rate at which this happens slow down? Once graphics become very realistic or like animated films and once there is no restrictions on what a developer can and can't do then where do we go after that? Im sure new ideas will still come out and improve the industry for the better but I doubt they will be regular ideas, more likely they will take time to think through and implement meaning it takes the industry longer to move from one step to the other.
The way I see it is everything in life can be improved. Especially in computers and gaming, things reach a high standard and then something new comes along and makes the old standard not seem as great as it was. I think the console industry will probably always go this way. The same can be said for the games. Who knows the way games are made could change, developers could discover a far more effective way to produce a much better game.
As my friends and I were thinking about this one said "What happens if it dies out?"
I thought this seemed a bit stupid at first but is it?
I mean what happens if developers pull out due to fierce competition and the number just slowly goes down and down, or if the console developers call it a day as it no longer provides the profits they are after. It is a possibility that the industry could die out, I think it is unlikely but you know what they say "Expect the un-expected."
Will games ever reach a standard where you can do what you want when you want, interact with everything and have artificially inteligent characters? Will graphics ever become like everyday life? Or like animated filsm? Who knows? I guess nobody knows, the industry could change towards virtual reality and make us feel much more like part of the game.
Well I'll cut it short here as many of you don't read my long posts, just hope you read this and post any views you have. Where do you see the industry going? Will it be the happy industry we picture it as or will various problems lead to it crumbling down and disapearing for good?
I couldn't fully answer this as I found it a strange question with possibly too many answers to think of. But after my first three exams were out the way I thought on it some more and yesterday came up with a few ideas.
Sure the industry is huge, all the usual things like graphics and gameplay, interaction, gaming engines, peripherals and consoles will evolve and improve all the time, but will the rate at which this happens slow down? Once graphics become very realistic or like animated films and once there is no restrictions on what a developer can and can't do then where do we go after that? Im sure new ideas will still come out and improve the industry for the better but I doubt they will be regular ideas, more likely they will take time to think through and implement meaning it takes the industry longer to move from one step to the other.
The way I see it is everything in life can be improved. Especially in computers and gaming, things reach a high standard and then something new comes along and makes the old standard not seem as great as it was. I think the console industry will probably always go this way. The same can be said for the games. Who knows the way games are made could change, developers could discover a far more effective way to produce a much better game.
As my friends and I were thinking about this one said "What happens if it dies out?"
I thought this seemed a bit stupid at first but is it?
I mean what happens if developers pull out due to fierce competition and the number just slowly goes down and down, or if the console developers call it a day as it no longer provides the profits they are after. It is a possibility that the industry could die out, I think it is unlikely but you know what they say "Expect the un-expected."
Will games ever reach a standard where you can do what you want when you want, interact with everything and have artificially inteligent characters? Will graphics ever become like everyday life? Or like animated filsm? Who knows? I guess nobody knows, the industry could change towards virtual reality and make us feel much more like part of the game.
Well I'll cut it short here as many of you don't read my long posts, just hope you read this and post any views you have. Where do you see the industry going? Will it be the happy industry we picture it as or will various problems lead to it crumbling down and disapearing for good?
I somehow don't see the games industry dying out any time soon!
It has been hailed as the fastest growing market in recent times! And due to unexpected results, money made by the games industry actually increased by quite a hefy percentage over 2000 last year!
As for your comment about improving AI, interaction, real life graphics, I ask you to take a look at Shenmue! The best example I have EVER seen of a game really trying to recreate a world inside a game. Absolutely STUNNING graphics, and the amount of stuff you can ask/talk to people about is quite phenomenal. I think this game is quite the benchmark for advancements in computer games. I recently designed a game, which I submitted in for an ICA at uni, and it will hopefully be shown to a games developer (as the designs are getting shown to games developers). And if it gets developed, you can see what I think a new original concept for a game is! I can't tell you anything about it at the moment, (case it does get made)! :D
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It has been hailed as the fastest growing market in recent times! And due to unexpected results, money made by the games industry actually increased by quite a hefy percentage over 2000 last year!
As for your comment about improving AI, interaction, real life graphics, I ask you to take a look at Shenmue! The best example I have EVER seen of a game really trying to recreate a world inside a game. Absolutely STUNNING graphics, and the amount of stuff you can ask/talk to people about is quite phenomenal. I think this game is quite the benchmark for advancements in computer games. I recently designed a game, which I submitted in for an ICA at uni, and it will hopefully be shown to a games developer (as the designs are getting shown to games developers). And if it gets developed, you can see what I think a new original concept for a game is! I can't tell you anything about it at the moment, (case it does get made)! :D
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Graphics can only progress so far.
Rather than competing in terms of who can make the most realistic looking world, I can forsee games trying to convince us of a more believable fantasy world.
The thing is the industry is growing to a huge level. Also the cost of making a game is now huge. Can developers really afford to start spending more time on games? Not really. I can see many shallow games that look great, and others where the graphics may be slightly flawed, but are wonderful to play?
Maybe advancements in middleware will mean 3D modelling will require less time, so more can be put into the game itself?
Rather than competing in terms of who can make the most realistic looking world, I can forsee games trying to convince us of a more believable fantasy world.
The thing is the industry is growing to a huge level. Also the cost of making a game is now huge. Can developers really afford to start spending more time on games? Not really. I can see many shallow games that look great, and others where the graphics may be slightly flawed, but are wonderful to play?
Maybe advancements in middleware will mean 3D modelling will require less time, so more can be put into the game itself?
I was having a conversation the other day and Somehow ended up talking about consoles and games and then was asked by a friend "So where do you think the industry will end up?"
I couldn't fully answer this as I found it a strange question with possibly too many answers to think of. But after my first three exams were out the way I thought on it some more and yesterday came up with a few ideas.
Sure the industry is huge, all the usual things like graphics and gameplay, interaction, gaming engines, peripherals and consoles will evolve and improve all the time, but will the rate at which this happens slow down? Once graphics become very realistic or like animated films and once there is no restrictions on what a developer can and can't do then where do we go after that? Im sure new ideas will still come out and improve the industry for the better but I doubt they will be regular ideas, more likely they will take time to think through and implement meaning it takes the industry longer to move from one step to the other.
The way I see it is everything in life can be improved. Especially in computers and gaming, things reach a high standard and then something new comes along and makes the old standard not seem as great as it was. I think the console industry will probably always go this way. The same can be said for the games. Who knows the way games are made could change, developers could discover a far more effective way to produce a much better game.
As my friends and I were thinking about this one said "What happens if it dies out?"
I thought this seemed a bit stupid at first but is it?
I mean what happens if developers pull out due to fierce competition and the number just slowly goes down and down, or if the console developers call it a day as it no longer provides the profits they are after. It is a possibility that the industry could die out, I think it is unlikely but you know what they say "Expect the un-expected."
Will games ever reach a standard where you can do what you want when you want, interact with everything and have artificially inteligent characters? Will graphics ever become like everyday life? Or like animated filsm? Who knows? I guess nobody knows, the industry could change towards virtual reality and make us feel much more like part of the game.
Well I'll cut it short here as many of you don't read my long posts, just hope you read this and post any views you have. Where do you see the industry going? Will it be the happy industry we picture it as or will various problems lead to it crumbling down and disapearing for good?
I couldn't fully answer this as I found it a strange question with possibly too many answers to think of. But after my first three exams were out the way I thought on it some more and yesterday came up with a few ideas.
Sure the industry is huge, all the usual things like graphics and gameplay, interaction, gaming engines, peripherals and consoles will evolve and improve all the time, but will the rate at which this happens slow down? Once graphics become very realistic or like animated films and once there is no restrictions on what a developer can and can't do then where do we go after that? Im sure new ideas will still come out and improve the industry for the better but I doubt they will be regular ideas, more likely they will take time to think through and implement meaning it takes the industry longer to move from one step to the other.
The way I see it is everything in life can be improved. Especially in computers and gaming, things reach a high standard and then something new comes along and makes the old standard not seem as great as it was. I think the console industry will probably always go this way. The same can be said for the games. Who knows the way games are made could change, developers could discover a far more effective way to produce a much better game.
As my friends and I were thinking about this one said "What happens if it dies out?"
I thought this seemed a bit stupid at first but is it?
I mean what happens if developers pull out due to fierce competition and the number just slowly goes down and down, or if the console developers call it a day as it no longer provides the profits they are after. It is a possibility that the industry could die out, I think it is unlikely but you know what they say "Expect the un-expected."
Will games ever reach a standard where you can do what you want when you want, interact with everything and have artificially inteligent characters? Will graphics ever become like everyday life? Or like animated filsm? Who knows? I guess nobody knows, the industry could change towards virtual reality and make us feel much more like part of the game.
Well I'll cut it short here as many of you don't read my long posts, just hope you read this and post any views you have. Where do you see the industry going? Will it be the happy industry we picture it as or will various problems lead to it crumbling down and disapearing for good?