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"FUTURE OF GAMING"

In this disscusion forum i noticed that very few talk about the relevent subject but I thought I would change this trend.All of the next generation consoles have been unveiled and your already nagging your parents for one,all the specs are out and demos are being used to show off the power of the console but is it human nature to want the best or in this case the most powerful,of cause it is but what about the games,i bet very few of you know what software you really want for your machine,what ever happened to going to the console which had the best games and the most fun that soon went out the window.At the momment I see alot of gamers going on about the power of these machines but none of you talk about the games.The future for our consoles is very limited which is to our eyes,Companies should expand their norm and search for a new wave of gaming maybe in our mind where no games are needed just our immagination wher we can control our actions.Of cause this wont happen for ages perhaps never but lets just think are the next generation of consoles really the future.Maybe they have fancy graphics but that factor is always get better.Games for consoles will get much bigger and they will contain emotions for the character as well as the player,the new wave of games will unite people over the world like the internet is doing at this present day.Games like Shenmue on the Dreamcast are going to revolutionise the industry and turn it up side down and set a new standard for gaming,surely the gamer wants to feel one with the character and feel his/her emotions when they go through them.The future of gaming will consist of emotions and feelings towards the next age of games characters.

Big D:- with response to your reply that PC's were not in the wars with consoles, personally I think they are. The PC market for games is huge, hence Voodoo and Soundblaster et all. There have always been quality titles available on the PC, and they were around for a few years before the first dedicated games consoles were brought out.

I think they will continue to play a major part in the games industry, developments in PC games development running parallel to console games development, but which, in the end, will come out the final winner is a good subject for debate. I don't think you should discount the PC so readily, it still has a great future in the marketplace, but I can see your point, it's not the market leader it once was, but my point is, could it ever be market leader again?

The topic is, afterall, the future of gaming, and this does not include just consoles.

Consoles come and go and the 'future' of gaming today is tomorrow's history. The Playstation 2 is currently being awaited with baited breath and when it arrives it will be the 'next big thing' for all of 2 minutes and then everyone will be waiting for the next big thing to arrive. Shenume will be big if Sega market it right and get more people interested, if not it will be a shame. But releasing it in parts is a bit worrying. Anyway, back to the subject. The gamers creed should say 'Please enjoy the present and await the future when it comes. For your past cannot be regained.' Technology moves fast, I know, but you need to enjoy every minute of the current consoles otherwise you may have wasted your money and will never be satified.
Live in the now!

Oh, and don't take this the wrong way, Big D, but if you are not typing this into a Dreamcast controller then could you try to use more punctuation, it makes your (interesting) prose easier to read.

I never said it was a rpg

Shenmue ISN'T an RPG in the truest sense. You don't have to level up, gain more party members or anything like that. It's more of an Action/Adventure title with an RPG influence to it.

The RPG influence comes from wandering around the town seeking information. There's two different battle systems within the game. One of which sees you pushing the buttons that you are prompted to. If you mess up, you have to do it again. And the other sees you battling using what Yu created, which is called FREE mode. FREE mode works, where by you can fight the enemies on screen Virtua Fighter style.

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as graet as the pc is ,it is not in the wars as it is not a console.

Staying with the title of this discussion for a second, who says that the future of gaming will be decided by console wars. How about the PC and its internet capabilities?

And how far into the future are we meant to be gazing with our crystal balls here? 1 year? 5 years? The gaming industry has developed so much over the last 18 years (from the ZX80) to where we are now, and silicone technology is advancing so rapidly today, who knows where we will be in a couple of years?

I have seen a definate shift from console to PC in recent years, but then Bill Gates' X-Box looks to be turning the trend back to consoles again, where will it all end? Will we have both consoles AND PCs in the future, or will some clever business finally manage to combine them all in one?

if you have not heard of it im laughing because this game cost sega 9 million dollers to make that is how important this game is to sega.

Well i was away for a week, but before that we covered practically everything i think, we're waiting for the next-next generation consoles i suppose! Not as emotional? the game is about emotion! Black being negative ones, and White being positive, good and evil and all (of course some would say that White is negative and Black positive, but i wont quibble). Shenmue? haven't heard of it! is it for the Dreamcast? i think you said it was an RPG, you should try Fallout 2 for the PC, now there's an RPG with everything!

hold on look at the topics who talks about the future of gaming ,very little and as for emotions sod black and white though it will be a top game not as emotional as shenmue.

Hmm, quite... We do talk about games a lot, so get your facts straight. Human Nature to want the best machine? not really, it depends on people's preferences (which isn't nature, it's a decision). Anyway this isn't a new topic either. Oh and emotions in games are already on the move, see "BLack & White" for the PC for details. In addition, everyone loves their favorite games characters like Mario and so forth, and even lots of baddies. Oh and in my immagination i can control my imaginary actions... so what difference does it make? Just that you get someone else's idea instead of your own?