If gaming were to....

Let me ask you guys this question. If all gaming were to go to a iPad-esque touch pad/virtual sick/buttons would you continue to play or would you quit and find a new hobby. Keep in mind, Im not talking about certain genres. Im talking about everything from Mario to Madden to CoD and Metal Gear to RPG's and MMO's!! Im also not talking about just playing games on a iPad, im talking about a control scheme while allowing you to still play on your HDTV/computer monitor.ShoTTyMcNaDeS

[QUOTE="ShoTTyMcNaDeS"]Let me ask you guys this question. If all gaming were to go to a iPad-esque touch pad/virtual sick/buttons would you continue to play or would you quit and find a new hobby. Keep in mind, Im not talking about certain genres. Im talking about everything from Mario to Madden to CoD and Metal Gear to RPG's and MMO's!! Im also not talking about just playing games on a iPad, im talking about a control scheme while allowing you to still play on your HDTV/computer monitor.musicalmac

Oh I think that this type of gaming is the way of the future. It is only an issue of devices like the iPad having in a bit more beefy hardware. I play a game on my iPad called Modern Combat 3 and I can say to all of the doubters out there, playing this game is proof that a game like CoD or BF will work just fine with virtual controls. ShoTTyMcNaDeS

Damn it, musicalmac is already in here spreading propaganda. lol :PStevo_the_gamer

Smart phone gaming is the future, console and PC gaming will die in next few years

You don't want to end up like your pathetic lazy loser father/grampa who didn't learn how to use computer and is still living in the past watching VHS tapes, you shouln't do what you enjoy just go along with masses

Yeah, I would quit.

you shouln't do what you enjoy just go along with massesZurrur

I would probably get into whatever new touch-based/motion-based tech takes over and completely dominates how games are played in the future.

But, I'm still definitely holding onto to all my old stuff, that I play with regular control pads. That stuff will always have a place in my heart and hands, as far as just having fun playing games the "old fashioned" way. That can never be replaced for me.

I already spend a lot of time gaming on my iPad so no I wouldn't look for another hobby. But I don't want that scenario to happen and it wont anyway.tomarlyn

[QUOTE="tomarlyn"]I already spend a lot of time gaming on my iPad so no I wouldn't look for another hobby. But I don't want that scenario to happen and it wont anyway.ShoTTyMcNaDeS

[QUOTE="tomarlyn"]I already spend a lot of time gaming on my iPad so no I wouldn't look for another hobby. But I don't want that scenario to happen and it wont anyway.ShoTTyMcNaDeS

I would definitely consider stopping or at least I would cut back a LOT on my gaming if that were to happen. I prefer when I can sit in the dark at night and just immerse myself in a game.

won't happen so I dont need to waste time thinking about what I'd do if it did.

won't happen so I dont need to waste time thinking about what I'd do if it did.

moistsandwich

[QUOTE="Stevo_the_gamer"]Damn it, musicalmac is already in here spreading propaganda. lol :Pmusicalmac

I wouldn't quit, I would just continue to use my old stuff. Touch based gaming is too imprecise for my tastes. Plus there will always be PC gaming.As long as there are PCs out there somebody will be making games for them. That's where I'll be.

I love my Iphone, but I haven't played a game on it yet that has made me think that it isn't anything more than a shallow diversion compared to my PC games.For that matter it doesn't even hold up to any of my favorite console experiences.

Depends on how well it works. If the controls are comfortable and the games are still great, then I'll keep buying new games. If not, I'll resort to modding old ones to keep the hobby going.

I could see andriod devices being a means for gaming in the future that replaces my PC. But, apple products will never be capable without being a glorified shell with microsoft nougat filling.

Nope. If that is the future of games then I will just play proper games from previous years until I lose interest in gaming altogether. Majority of iOS games have about as much depth as a slot machine.

Eh, Call me when tablets can output good enough picture, and complex games without melting down due to heat, or go black due to thier battery getting sapped.

Ive seen too many technical "marvels" herald to change gaming, or the way people do different things, so many times now that Ive found that ONLY the cheapest and most reliable tend to be the norm, as of now? Tablets are neither.

If the scenario were to happen tho? Well, I would wait and see how much of a hit the gameplay takes in that transision, if nothing at all, then I would be fine with it, if the hit is noticible, then Id lay the hobby to rest. (Or rather, play my halfinsane backlog on the consoles and PC I own). I care too much for gaming to be content with it taking steps backwards, instead of moving farwards.

I'd pirate the most games i could and keep this comp and play them over and over again :o

I'd probably just replay old games and drink more beer while complaining about how the good old days of gaming are gone.

I could see andriod devices being a means for gaming in the future that replaces my PC. But, apple products will never be capable without being a glorified shell with microsoft nougat filling.

slimjimbadboy

I would buy every game I could this gen and any used games I could get my hands on and when I finished those I would quit.

All games having forced touch controls? So long gaming, good riddance.

[QUOTE="moistsandwich"]

won't happen so I dont need to waste time thinking about what I'd do if it did.

musicalmac

[QUOTE="slimjimbadboy"]

I could see andriod devices being a means for gaming in the future that replaces my PC. But, apple products will never be capable without being a glorified shell with microsoft nougat filling.

Codepix

A large, powerful and responsive touch screne I can hold in my lap to play RTSs on? Yes please.

Yeah, I would quit.

parkurtommo

I would play older games on my PC. And complain about the casualisation and bastardisation of my hobby.

Assuming its forced Touchscreen only controls and I'm stuck playing games designed for a gamepad with them and gimped tablet games yes I probably quit at that point. If they had gamepad support then its just like playing on a console once you hook it up to an hdtv and there's not way there not going to include that i mean they already have the support and 3rd party accessories that do that. What worries me is they probably won't have m/kb support so assuming this scenario of only one form of gaming happens I'd rather cloud services like onlive take over with that you can play on all your devices and with gamepad and mouse/keyboard.

I would.

Let me ask you guys this question. If all gaming were to go to a iPad-esque touch pad/virtual sick/buttons would you continue to play or would you quit and find a new hobby. Keep in mind, Im not talking about certain genres. Im talking about everything from Mario to Madden to CoD and Metal Gear to RPG's and MMO's!! Im also not talking about just playing games on a iPad, im talking about a control scheme while allowing you to still play on your HDTV/computer monitor.ShoTTyMcNaDeS

For sure, if it slides well and immerses the player more into the action, yeah. Evolution, it's time to learn a new set of skills, caveman tap on buttons is what they will say twenty years from now. The less newton force you exert to command the flashing photons the more your brain will eat it up. My two cents..

Eh you seriously believe you'll be forced to control all games by an iPad like device in the future? Your apple sounds cozy!Sushiglutton

I wouldn't quit, but I would go 100% retro. We haven't even reached this point yet and I'm already 95% retro. Sadly, I predict that this is the last gen I'll be supporting/buying new video games, I just don't like the direction gaming is going in.

I'd be done with gaming if that ever happened.

I wouldn't quit gaming all together, I'd just boycott the new games and play my old games.