IYO, what is the worst thing that can happen to gaming?

There is only one rule: We all know the worst thing that can happen is that games could be outlawed out something altogether. I'm asking what major change would ruin gaming personally for YOU?

Mobile gaming killing off consoles.

Other: Cinematics taking precedence over gameplay and user interaction.

inb4 Kinect

To answer TC, Probably the takeover of mobile gaming.

For me personally Online, Motion controls, and mobile app games.

EDIT: Scratch that, how about the gaming industry crashing and games becoming a thing of the past?

Justin Bieber Sing It!:| *Shudders*

$70 games.

$70 games.

-The-G-Man-

[QUOTE="-The-G-Man-"]

$70 games.

dotWithShoes

I remember if we saw a $70 game, that was considered cheap. :(

Motion Controls. Everything else is fine, just that they are abused by developers. Motion Controls just suck. Although you can get great lulz out of them.

EDIT: Scratch that, how about the gaming industry crashing and games becoming a thing of the past?

Morrdecai

DLC is the worst thing to happen to gaming

these pointless System Wars threads and the fanboys born from them...

On Topic:

Nintendo Dying.

DRM and consolization.

Oh wait, that already happened.

Microsoft dominating the industry and starting a trend to charge for peer to peer networking.

Oh wait, that happened too.

Apple suckering people into gaming on their gimmicky overpriced hardware.

Oh wai...

PSN getting hacked and being down for weeks? My identity stolen?

I'll just give up and let yall continue.

I think it's already happening.

Content being stripped from games o be sold later on. And yes, it is happening. All this DLC isn't just stuff thedevlopers wanted to add later on (though some of it is.) Most of it is something that would have been included in the game for free had DLC not existed.

Phone gaming taking over. I don't mind it being an option for those who like it. But when it stops being an option and starts being the only choice, I'll just stick to old games.

gaming was already killed by consoles, which brought motion controls and more casuals.

"subscription" based gaming. Say I buy X FPS for $9.99, I beat 2 levels, and then have to shell out another $5 for the next level. That. Don't worry, MS will get us there.

On Rails or Motion Controls.

If violence and sex are banned in videogames, then there would basically be no RPGs, action, adventure, and many other genres. Even if mobile gaming kills console and PC gaming (which would never happen), you would be able to hook your phone up to the TV and use a controller, so I don't see the problem.

Other : micro-transactions and dlc. You should have included that option.

The worst thing? Game design is influenced by whiny fanboys......

Oh wait. :cry:

[QUOTE="-The-G-Man-"]

$70 games.

dotWithShoes

Other : micro-transactions and dlc. You should have included that option.

nurnberg

You think micro-transactions and DLC, the ability to expand on the in-game content and offer great small portions for a low price are bad? Worse than violence and sex being banned? Worse than console and PC gaming dying completely? Worse than motion controls becoming the new standard?

DLC is good, if it's used correctly, the Fallout 3, New Vegas, Oblivion, GTA4, ACB, etc. DLC are all done well. If you don't want it, don't buy it... that simple....

Other: Cinematics taking precedence over gameplay and user interaction.

KC_Hokie

A triple-Yes to this post

Seriously...

On Rails or Motion Controls.

TrapJak

For me it would be scraping the SP entirely to focus on the MP.:? I loves my stories and don't care about online!:cry:

Definetely phones killing consoles. Motion controls are good when used right, kind of like DLC.

gaming was already killed by consoles, which brought motion controls and more casuals.

M4Ntan

grapchis becoming more and more important while stories and gameplay get last on the list, developers with no imagination making clones of succesful games and not even trying to make new games and greedy corporations releasing half games so they can squeeze more money for the full game from consumers, auction houses that sell ig items for real life money, etc. that would be terrible, oh wait it already happenning

Games becoming throwaway commodity items rather than something to be enjoyed for many generations, such as games that focus only on online gameplay (and when the community or online dies, the game dies). Also, requiring internet connection to play single player games (or even local multiplayer). That reeks of inconvenience and anti-consumerism.

such as games that focus only on online gameplay (and when the community or online dies, the game dies).LovePotionNo9

Exact description of CoD.

$70 games.

-The-G-Man-

Try being an Aussie, where $80 is considered a good price. We get ripped off so badly that it's not even funny. :cry:

The worst thing that could happen: Gaming being banned.

But I doubt that will happen so I will go with, gaming becoming too cinematic.

If violence and sex are banned in videogames, then there would basically be no RPGs, action, adventure, and many other genres. Even if mobile gaming kills console and PC gaming (which would never happen), you would be able to hook your phone up to the TV and use a controller, so I don't see the problem.

StealthMonkey4

Wait what?

A lot of adventure games I have played have no violence or sex whatsoever. You are probably refering to action-adventure.

That's a good list TC

I don't think the possibility of the simplified motion taking over and/or phone gaming killing consoles is high.

Also, because of the openness of the internet, it'll be really hard to have all digital download services cease to exist in favor of a restrictive OnLive gaming model.

And as long as there is still business in it and money to be made, I'm sure some companies will cater to fans of the conventional style DD services were you have your copy downloaded locally to your gaming machine and available for offline play instead of just OnLive restrictive model.

Plus, the benefits of OnLive is it'll most probably be cheaper (similar to cable television model) and cheaters / hackers free

So by process of elimination, I would go with violence and sex being banned in games.

Pay to play.

I voted the second option but all of them sound terrible.

I can't choose one. If any of the 3 at the top happened it would be horrible.