How much better can gaming get? Should we be happy? Or scared?

I remember when the ps2 came out, i was like so amazed with what it could do lol Same with the xbox. Now i look at them and get grossed out. I wonder if i will do that to the xbox360 in the future? Anyways, thinking about what gaming might be like in the future, kinda scares me. Price on games are gunna upp like crazy. They are gunna be crazy expensive to make. And if the economy stays the same... Nevermind. But do you see where i am going? Somtimes i think they should just stay with the xbox360 and nowaday consoles. They are fine, and already are expensive and complicated. I know technology gets better every year, how some game companies are already finding sweet ways to enhance things. Yeah It would be sweet to have an amazing game. But would it be smart to do? Remember and still happening, Tons of ps2 games. Like a huge variety. Now with the consoles so enhanced, im seeing alot fewer games. Soon you will need to be rich to own a gaming console. Already things can be impossible to afford. So im wondering if gaming can even get any better? Or if it could, would it be a good idea? What do you think? Also, please dont be rude. This is just a thought that i have thought about.

Games use to be better in the old days...use to to last longer as well...and be cheaper...so all I can say is games can get a lot better then they are now...all thats impressive about 70% of the games today is the graphics and the physics...not much more...the other 30% are brilliant, but eventually most of them have to end. MGS4 for example.stike22

I remember when the ps2 came out, i was like so amazed with what it could do lol Same with the xbox. Now i look at them and get grossed out. I wonder if i will do that to the xbox360 in the future? Anyways, thinking about what gaming might be like in the future, kinda scares me. Price on games are gunna upp like crazy. They are gunna be crazy expensive to make. And if the economy stays the same... Nevermind. But do you see where i am going? Somtimes i think they should just stay with the xbox360 and nowaday consoles. They are fine, and already are expensive and complicated. I know technology gets better every year, how some game companies are already finding sweet ways to enhance things. Yeah It would be sweet to have an amazing game. But would it be smart to do? Remember and still happening, Tons of ps2 games. Like a huge variety. Now with the consoles so enhanced, im seeing alot fewer games. Soon you will need to be rich to own a gaming console. Already things can be impossible to afford. So im wondering if gaming can even get any better? Or if it could, would it be a good idea? What do you think? Also, please dont be rude. This is just a thought that i have thought about.

imetamonster

Gaming isnt really getting anymore expensive, back in the day when the consoles were released it cost just as much to buy games as it does now (atleast after we hit 3D games). and there are always things that can be improved with the systems. Personally i think this gen really lacks RAM and it annoys me because i would like to see some really massive amazing worlds with tons of stuff going on but with the RAM with these current consoles the kind of games i'd really like to see wont be able to run with the hardware out at this point which is a real shame.

The notion that gaming is more expensive compared to the past is utterly ridiculous. Atari 2600's used to sell for 200 to 400 dollars. Games used to be as much as 99.99. Even when the NES came out is was the equivalent of paying over 400 dollars today and that was if you got the cheap setup. I like that consoles and controllers keep advancing. I buy all the consoles in each generation and by the second year of each generation, I'm jaded and want better graphics, better control and new gaming experiences. Gaming can still get phenomenally better. There are so many areas that gaming technology could explore:

3-D Viewing

Motion Control/Detection

Virtual Reality

Brain Control

Face/Voice Recognition

etcetera etcetera!

All these things could lead to more satisfying new game experiences or even improve upon things we already like. Of course, there's always the bread and butter to improve on such as, graphics, physics and sound.

I would like to see a virtual reality console.DecadesOfGaming

Gaming is no more expensive than it used to be, on average games take the same amount of time to get through that they used to, and we should definitely be excited about the future. If anything, the technological steps taken by the current crop of consoles as compared to last gen have been smaller than what I was accustomed to after the previous two generations.

The PS1, Saturn, and N64 pioneered 3D gaming. I was like a wide-eyed kid the first time I played Mario 64 (actually I kinda was a wide-eyed little kid but whatever) and it all seemed so surreal and captivating. Then the Dreamcast came along and proved that 3D gaming could be taken to another level. I was floored when I saw Sonic Adventure and Soul Calibur for the first time. Then came Halo. Those textures...I remember the first time I walked up to a tree. I can't think of any other time in my life, past or future, where I have ever or will ever be more mesmerized by tree bark. It was just that mind-blowing.

And the sad thing is, I have yet to see anything quite that exciting come from the current gen. But who knows, maybe I'm just jaded. Anyone else feel like I do?

[QUOTE="stike22"]Games use to be better in the old days...use to to last longer as well...and be cheaper...so all I can say is games can get a lot better then they are now...all thats impressive about 70% of the games today is the graphics and the physics...not much more...the other 30% are brilliant, but eventually most of them have to end. MGS4 for example.SpaceMoose

Seriously the games were just better thats all...Mario 64 is better then Mario galaxy (No...) ...Ocarina of Time is better then Twilight Princess (No...)... Crash bandicoot, spyro the dragon are both dead now. but the old games were brilliant. Sonic has lost it and the games now are easier and boring. FF got boring after FF10. The first Halo still felt the best in its time. Metal Gear solid on PS1 was the best one (No...). GTA san Andreas is much, much better then GTA4 (No...). I could keep going on but I will leave it there. And those games weren't hard thats the standard difficulty of what games should be. They are just to easy and too short now days, I don't buy games to look at them, I buy them for a challenge and for fun. There are very few great games out there now, and almost all of them still fell the are lacking something.stike22

Gaming is no more expensive than it used to be, on average games take the same amount of time to get through that they used to, and we should definitely be excited about the future. If anything, the technological steps taken by the current crop of consoles as compared to last gen have been smaller than what I was accustomed to after the previous two generations.

The PS1, Saturn, and N64 pioneered 3D gaming. I was like a wide-eyed kid the first time I played Mario 64 (actually I kinda was a wide-eyed little kid but whatever) and it all seemed so surreal and captivating. Then the Dreamcast came along and proved that 3D gaming could be taken to another level. I was floored when I saw Sonic Adventure and Soul Calibur for the first time. Then came Halo. Those textures...I remember the first time I walked up to a tree. I can't think of any other time in my life, past or future, where I have ever or will ever be more mesmerized by tree bark. It was just that mind-blowing.

And the sad thing is, I have yet to see anything quite that exciting come from the current gen. But who knows, maybe I'm just jaded. Anyone else feel like I do?

Assassin_87

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id Software with their PC game Quake I had more impact on the gaming industry (and not just with regards to 3D) then all the PS1/Saturn/N64 games combined.

Preprocessing optimization (tricks) used to this day by every 3D game out there, internet multiplayer system besides LAN, QuakeC Mods (user created content).

And those Halo textures combined the console low resolution simply paled compared to the contemporary RTCW, Max Payne and Serious Sam: SE available on the PC.

this is why pc gaming will be much suitable in the future.everyone will be downloading games instead of paying 100 euros for each game.

It is hard to tell on how to answer those questions. As long as creative minds continue to enter the gaming industry, games will continue to get better. Not everyone in the industry will be a helpful addition in turning out great games, obviously. It's like sports, in that regard. Not everyone makes it to the hall of fame, right? Well, not everyone in the industry is not going to reach that equivalent. There will always be crappy games coming out, but there will also be great games that will come out too.

As for the poster saying the older generation of consoles pioneered 3D gaming, I had to laugh at that claim. The consoles did not revolutionize 3D gaming. It was the games themselves (or more notably, their developers), and noticeably the earlier PC games of the time, like DOOM.