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This forum is supposed to be about the future of gaming, so excuse me if this has already been done before but im new around here.
What does everyone expect from games/consoles over the next few years?
My vision is of a whole virtual battlefield, incoporating PC, DC, PS2 X and 'Cube owners into the war.
Someone would command the troops C & C style, other people could be pilots in the war, others could drive tanks or something and a third set could play first person like UT or something.
It's just a suggestion, so what do other people think?
What does everyone expect from games/consoles over the next few years?
My vision is of a whole virtual battlefield, incoporating PC, DC, PS2 X and 'Cube owners into the war.
Someone would command the troops C & C style, other people could be pilots in the war, others could drive tanks or something and a third set could play first person like UT or something.
It's just a suggestion, so what do other people think?
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Consoles have always had the focused appeal. The fact that they are AIMED at a certain type of people... I.E. us, people who just want to play enjoyable games.
When consoles are shown to have "throw in" additions, it affects two types of people.
Firstly, it will affect the casual gamer. It will say to them, that not only that they will get the game playing machine, but they will also get the DVD player/Internet connection/time machine or whatever thrown in for free... Some casual gamers also see the add-in as something that is above and more important than the game playing itself.
Secondly, it will affect the hardcore gamer... and for us, it puts the fear of God into us.
It gives us the fear of the "wider appeal".
The "wider appeal" is the thing that a lot of people are scared of happening to their favourite pastime, or their favourite performers... it's happened to a lot of great bands of the past... and it could happen to consoles.
Imagine that you have 100% resources to be used for a console.
We hardcore gamers like to see 100% of that resource being shoved into the game making... so we get full benefit of the game... but when the console has the "wider appeal", the percentage for games will fall in the way for profits. The curse of the "wider appeal" is only for the love of money... and other tastes have to be satisfied by the people who wouldn't normally buy a console...
This is why PC games always feel so much different to console games... and why they feel more like experiences, than just "games".
When consoles are shown to have "throw in" additions, it affects two types of people.
Firstly, it will affect the casual gamer. It will say to them, that not only that they will get the game playing machine, but they will also get the DVD player/Internet connection/time machine or whatever thrown in for free... Some casual gamers also see the add-in as something that is above and more important than the game playing itself.
Secondly, it will affect the hardcore gamer... and for us, it puts the fear of God into us.
It gives us the fear of the "wider appeal".
The "wider appeal" is the thing that a lot of people are scared of happening to their favourite pastime, or their favourite performers... it's happened to a lot of great bands of the past... and it could happen to consoles.
Imagine that you have 100% resources to be used for a console.
We hardcore gamers like to see 100% of that resource being shoved into the game making... so we get full benefit of the game... but when the console has the "wider appeal", the percentage for games will fall in the way for profits. The curse of the "wider appeal" is only for the love of money... and other tastes have to be satisfied by the people who wouldn't normally buy a console...
This is why PC games always feel so much different to console games... and why they feel more like experiences, than just "games".
COnsoles and computers will merge, look at the consoles now, DC for example, mouse, keyboard, internet availabilty, the only differences are you write a reprt and print it out, you have to connect it to a telly and its not upgradeable. Compare that with the differences between consoles and computers even 3 years ago and you can see how much closer the two have become. Give it a few more years and they'll be even closer.
No, what will be the next step up from DVD's?
The two should be different... the idea of one thing that does everything, the PC, should be kept away from consoles... and the additions like browsing the internet, and playing DVD's is alright... but when you can write documents and print them out with a console, is a terrible day indeed.
Like Gameboy wars on the Advanced.
The FOG is all about what gaming will bring you in the future.
Pseudo, why does the inclusion of PC terrify you?
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