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In about 30 thirty ears can you imagine the power of som consoles,they will be absolutly stunning,the Mastersystem only came out in 89 6 yeras later 3d technology was released in the form of the Playstation,that was a huge leap in gaming as it is harder to develop 3d games over 2d,which is pretty obvious.The potential every games machine will have is immense ,developers can exploit their thoughts and produce games which will not only challenge the brain but also stimulate.This all takes time but with the rapid develpoment in technology it will be in our lifetime.Games like Shenmue and Metal Gear Solid 2 will bring new levels of detail never seen before on a console.Consoles these days are all pretty much the same tecnology wise.Soon we will get to a point where you can not omprove on the specifications of a console but only make them more emotional ,very much like real life.Virtual Reality is not very popular but if you develope vaster areas of play with better surrounding graphics it will be very popular.THe graphics will no longer improve but only loook like what we see today(like Shenmue)and look like,wouldn't be great if we could step in James Bond shoes and act him out,to feel his pain and fear,that will be the new wave of games maybe even a new genre which will bw emotional development ,the prospects of games like this may seem distant but look how far we have come in our lifetime just think what our children will experience.
Whats the gaming world coming to, in 1989 the Master system was released and then in 1995 the Playstation this made computer gaming change from 2D to 3D all in the space of 6 years. whats next the speed of the consoles being as faster as the latest PC's (1GHz) our the bits being doubled to 236bits. As everyone knows Sony have tripled the speed and bits of their old console, in the Playstation 2. Imagine what their next console is going to be like. What are the consoles going to be like in 15-20 years? Will the computer game characters look real and act like a normal person? Nobody knows what they will be like, but the way they are going at the moment they might just be able to do this. In the future hopefully game developers can exploit their ideas into a game that not only puzzles your mind but lets you take control and twist the story of the game using your own imagination. Could developers create a game where you can change the ending of the game buy every battle you win or lose, how many people/monsters you kill or even every mistake you make? Look at future games like Metal gear solid 2, Bouncer and Tekken tag tournament (which uses the emotion chip) the graphics on these games are astounding but imagine if they look like our reality. Sony, Nintendo and sega have all taken huge steps in the development of their consoles but they could take it alot further and create consoles beyond our imagination. Imagine game developers created games where if your cahracter was hurt or was afraid or even shocked, it would show their emotion in immense detail, that would be amazing. All these ideas may seem distant but the way the gaming companies are going at the moment but it may all become true. This may seem like like it will take along time to do but the way everything is going at the moment it will become true alot quicker than we expect.
In response to the comment posted by "Lucas".
Comparing the consoles of today with the gaming platforms of tomorrow is pointless. The advancement in technology has proved to increase at an exponential rate, and any predication of the level of technology in twenty or even thirty years time is a futile exercise.
Twenty years ago, computer scientists thought that 128bit computing was impossible and that the 1GHZ processor speed "barrier" could never we reached, let alone broken. Today we have the Dreamcast and the home PC market is growing rapidly with processor speeds well above the 1GHZ "barrier".
Thirty years ago, there were no home game consoles (or none that I have heard about), and the computer games industry was non-existent. Who's to say that in another thirty years there wont be a gaming industry, or at least of the kind that we have today?
But let us not dwell on doom-and-gloom, because this is simply one possible future (and personally I believe the gaming industry will thrive for many years to come). I am certain, though, that we will continue to be amazed at the progress of technology and the quality and depth of the games of tomorrow.
Comparing the consoles of today with the gaming platforms of tomorrow is pointless. The advancement in technology has proved to increase at an exponential rate, and any predication of the level of technology in twenty or even thirty years time is a futile exercise.
Twenty years ago, computer scientists thought that 128bit computing was impossible and that the 1GHZ processor speed "barrier" could never we reached, let alone broken. Today we have the Dreamcast and the home PC market is growing rapidly with processor speeds well above the 1GHZ "barrier".
Thirty years ago, there were no home game consoles (or none that I have heard about), and the computer games industry was non-existent. Who's to say that in another thirty years there wont be a gaming industry, or at least of the kind that we have today?
But let us not dwell on doom-and-gloom, because this is simply one possible future (and personally I believe the gaming industry will thrive for many years to come). I am certain, though, that we will continue to be amazed at the progress of technology and the quality and depth of the games of tomorrow.
I have only got two ears I'm finding it quite hard to imagine what some one with 15 times as many would thing about the future of gaming.
In about 30 thirty ears can you imagine the power of som consoles,they will be absolutly stunning,the Mastersystem only came out in 89 6 yeras later 3d technology was released in the form of the Playstation,that was a huge leap in gaming as it is harder to develop 3d games over 2d,which is pretty obvious.The potential every games machine will have is immense ,developers can exploit their thoughts and produce games which will not only challenge the brain but also stimulate.This all takes time but with the rapid develpoment in technology it will be in our lifetime.Games like Shenmue and Metal Gear Solid 2 will bring new levels of detail never seen before on a console.Consoles these days are all pretty much the same tecnology wise.Soon we will get to a point where you can not omprove on the specifications of a console but only make them more emotional ,very much like real life.Virtual Reality is not very popular but if you develope vaster areas of play with better surrounding graphics it will be very popular.THe graphics will no longer improve but only loook like what we see today(like Shenmue)and look like,wouldn't be great if we could step in James Bond shoes and act him out,to feel his pain and fear,that will be the new wave of games maybe even a new genre which will bw emotional development ,the prospects of games like this may seem distant but look how far we have come in our lifetime just think what our children will experience.