When will gaming die?

Simple question: when will gaming die? A grim question indeed, but aquestion non the less.

Answer wisely, for your answer may be true one day (Sinister Laughter). :twisted:

I think it will be on a Tuesday HarlockJC

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Try asking literature. You know, that old geezer who many people assume is dead in the eyes of the youth, yet is still alive and kicking.

Never

If development costs keep escalating the way they are it could very well happen in about 2 or 3 gens.

Never if Movies, Books, and Music are still around gaming will be around. It might not be video games but it will still be around. Gaming was around long before tv, PCs, and Consoles it was stuff like Board games or other types of games.

I dont know but itswould be theday i die as well.

[QUOTE="shadow_hosi"]when shiggy dies who will be left to come up with ideas for everyone?Mckenna1845

I think his son wants to be a pro surfer. I also think he has a daughter, but that she doesn't have any interest in gaming either.

[QUOTE="Mckenna1845"][QUOTE="shadow_hosi"]when shiggy dies who will be left to come up with ideas for everyone?shadow_hosi

Also Miyamoto's children don't make games but he is training his successors.

I went with option 3, but since we have all played fallout 3 we should know how to survive the nuclear fallout.Dr_Snood

when Nintendo, Sony and MS build systems to attract non-gamers, well nintendo has done their part of killing the gaming, now its up to sony and MS and they are focusing a lot on things that attract non-gamers...meaning it wont be long till gaming dies

When next gen starts. Every system will have motion controls and will ultimately be dead to me.

when Nintendo, Sony and MS build systems to attract non-gamers, well nintendo has done their part of killing the gaming, now its up to sony and MS and they are focusing a lot on things that attract non-gamers...meaning it wont be long till gaming dies

sikanderahmed

So gaming has been dead on the PC for a long time now, eh?

what kind of question is this... never? unless the world ends and we all perish but then again, i'm sure there's some playstations in heaven..hell gets the xboxes MUHAHAHA

Maybe when you die.lol Seriously I dont think gaming will ever die. Consoles may not exist anymore but I think some form of gaming will continue.

Never.

Maybe when you die.lol Seriously I dont think gaming will ever die. Consoles may not exist anymore but I think some form of gaming will continue.

coltsfan4ever

It'll probarbly be like in the cartoons and sci fi movies, were we enter cyberspace and we ourselves, are the main character.

Tomorrow. :twisted:

December 22, 2012....... the day after doomsday, December 21, 2012......LOL

I learned about that date on the history channel. A lot of people predicted it, Mayans, Chinese, even Nostradamus.

It still scares the crap out of me.:cry:

When humans lose interest in entertainment

i should like..report you for this question,lol

how dare you! XD

well i think either modern warfare.....i mean nuclear war,would end gaming

or development costs being equivalent to that of oprah winfrey

lol

When Sony says so.

Click if you dare...

[spoiler] Monday 13th, September 2037, at exactly 14:35 GMT [/spoiler]

December 22, 2012....... the day after doomsday, December 21, 2012......LOL

I learned about that date on the history channel. A lot of people predicted it, Mayans, Chinese, even Nostradamus.

It still scares the crap out of me.:cry:

-Pidokenny-

That date is also mentioned in Assassins Creed, I recall.

LOL, is it because of the success of the Wii that some elitists gamers in this forum think that gaming is dying? Gaming is dying ever since the elitist gamers took over video gaming and blown the video game economy out of proportion due to the high production cost of creating a HD game and the time it takes to finish developing a game compare than before. Ironically, as much as some elitist gamer blamed the Wii for the video game market condition nowadays, it was actually the elitist gamers themselves have caused the video game market in a downward spiral due to their unreasonable demand for graphics and physics which caused 3rd party developers to go under. Another irony is that 3rd party developers themselves have that elitist attitude on gaming too. As a result, 3rd party developers have isolated the casual or practical, even some hardcore gamers into their kind of gaming.Zaistev_basic

I consider myself as an elitist gamer, yet i don't think gaming is dying. I just thought it would be interesting to hear folksanswer to this question.

Besides, the elitist gamers are perphaps the most important part of this industry. They are the ones that know what is a good game and a bad game. They know what there is to know about gameplay, graphics, sound etc. and their constant demandings for more quality titles is what make the developers pull themselves together. I view gaming as an artform, and if there is no onethere to appreciate the art, then there is no reason to makeart. If gaming only included casuals, there would be no need for a complexstory, no need for deep, immersive worlds, no need for innovative gameplay, and no need for beautiful graphics, music and sound. The gaming industry would just be stuck at where it started.

Besides, there is plenty of games for the casuals at the moment.

when a game as terrible as halo 3 comes out

[QUOTE="Zaistev_basic"]LOL, is it because of the success of the Wii that some elitists gamers in this forum think that gaming is dying? Gaming is dying ever since the elitist gamers took over video gaming and blown the video game economy out of proportion due to the high production cost of creating a HD game and the time it takes to finish developing a game compare than before. Ironically, as much as some elitist gamer blamed the Wii for the video game market condition nowadays, it was actually the elitist gamers themselves have caused the video game market in a downward spiral due to their unreasonable demand for graphics and physics which caused 3rd party developers to go under. Another irony is that 3rd party developers themselves have that elitist attitude on gaming too. As a result, 3rd party developers have isolated the casual or practical, even some hardcore gamers into their kind of gaming.mand_450

I consider myself as an elitist gamer, yet i don't think gaming is dying. I just thought it would be interesting to hear folksanswer to this question.

Besides, the elitist gamers are perphaps the most important part of this industry. They are the ones that know what is a good game and a bad game. They know what there is to know about gameplay, graphics, sound etc. and their constant demandings for more quality titles is what make the developers pull themselves together. I view gaming as an artform, and if there is no onethere to appreciate the art, then there is no reason to makeart. If gaming only included casuals, there would be no need for a complexstory, no need for deep, immersive worlds, no need for innovative gameplay, and no need for beautiful graphics, music and sound. The gaming industry would just be stuck at where it started.

Besides, there is plenty of games for the casuals at the moment.

ART can be gameplay, fun factor, and creativity. ART in this video game gen nowadays, as 3rd party developers and elitist gamers such as yourself put it, is about graphics and physics. Graphics and physics can help improve tha gameplay, but it DOES NOT MAKE Gameplay. Fun factor is always the most important part of gameplay. Is the game fun, or just eye candy?

If you have both, then it's better. However, the balance between gameplay and graphics is dilluted due to high demand of graphics and physics by elitist gamers such as yourself without realizing that the economies of scale of that graphics emphasis in video game is unsustainable as proven by many 3rd party losing money, or worst are bankrupted.

I am a hardcore gamer (not elitist), and I embrace whatever gaming there is regardless of graphics, like Wii, and PC. We as gamers should not isolate other kinds of gamers like casuals or practical gamers. Even a lot of hardcore gamers are isolated as more generic FPS were produced than good RPGs and other grenre produced this gen. You and I have to understand that we hardcore and elitist gamers are not even the largest consumers, combined of the video game target demographics.

Lastly, by admitting that you are an elitist gamer, it basically means that you believe that your kind of gaming belief is superior that others. Thus, that's why I called it elitists. And NO, elitists gamers DO NOT know what is good for gaming and what is a bad game. As proven by Wii, DS, PS2, and PC, quality of games is very subjective.

You nor I have no credibility to say which game is better and which is not. Our opinion of games is just an opinion and so as 3rd party developers who failed to understand the video game market. What we can't argue is that 3rd party developers and the video game industry in general are having a hard time due mismanagement, wrong strategy, and the high development cost that does not match economic and market trend nowadays.

gaming will never die

it will become so awsome and perfected that every game will be epic

[QUOTE="mand_450"]

[QUOTE="Zaistev_basic"]LOL, is it because of the success of the Wii that some elitists gamers in this forum think that gaming is dying? Gaming is dying ever since the elitist gamers took over video gaming and blown the video game economy out of proportion due to the high production cost of creating a HD game and the time it takes to finish developing a game compare than before. Ironically, as much as some elitist gamer blamed the Wii for the video game market condition nowadays, it was actually the elitist gamers themselves have caused the video game market in a downward spiral due to their unreasonable demand for graphics and physics which caused 3rd party developers to go under. Another irony is that 3rd party developers themselves have that elitist attitude on gaming too. As a result, 3rd party developers have isolated the casual or practical, even some hardcore gamers into their kind of gaming.Zaistev_basic

I consider myself as an elitist gamer, yet i don't think gaming is dying. I just thought it would be interesting to hear folksanswer to this question.

Besides, the elitist gamers are perphaps the most important part of this industry. They are the ones that know what is a good game and a bad game. They know what there is to know about gameplay, graphics, sound etc. and their constant demandings for more quality titles is what make the developers pull themselves together. I view gaming as an artform, and if there is no onethere to appreciate the art, then there is no reason to makeart. If gaming only included casuals, there would be no need for a complexstory, no need for deep, immersive worlds, no need for innovative gameplay, and no need for beautiful graphics, music and sound. The gaming industry would just be stuck at where it started.

Besides, there is plenty of games for the casuals at the moment.

ART can be gameplay, fun factor, and creativity. ART in this video game gen nowadays, as 3rd party developers and elitist gamers such as yourself put it, is about graphics and physics. Graphics and physics can help improve tha gameplay, but it DOES NOT MAKE Gameplay. Fun factor is always the most important part of gameplay. Is the game fun, or just eye candy?

If you have both, then it's better. However, the balance between gameplay and graphics is dilluted due to high demand of graphics and physics by elitist gamers such as yourself without realizing that the economies of scale of that graphics emphasis in video game is unsustainable as proven by many 3rd party losing money, or worst are bankrupted.

I am a hardcore gamer (not elitist), and I embrace whatever gaming there is regardless of graphics, like Wii, and PC. We as gamers should not isolate other kinds of gamers like casuals or practical gamers. Even a lot of hardcore gamers are isolated as more generic FPS were produced than good RPGs and other grenre produced this gen. You and I have to understand that we hardcore and elitist gamers are not even the largest consumers, combined of the video game target demographics.

Lastly, by admitting that you are an elitist gamer, it basically means that you believe that your kind of gaming belief is superior that others. Thus, that's why I called it elitists. And NO, elitists gamers DO NOT know what is good for gaming and what is a bad game. As proven by Wii, DS, PS2, and PC, quality of games is very subjective.

You nor I have no credibility to say which game is better and which is not. Our opinion of games is just an opinion and so as 3rd party developers who failed to understand the video game market. What we can't argue is that 3rd party developers and the video game industry in general are having a hard time due mismanagement, wrong strategy, and the high development cost that does not match economic and market trend nowadays.

I actually consider elitist gamerand hardcore gamer to be the same thing. And believe me, i'm not a guy who thinks "Graphix beatz evrything!" In fact,i can still play an old game and have fun with it, even if the graphics are poor compared to todays standards. Hell, at the moments, i play Spelunky, a new freewaregame with graphics resembling those from the good old days. Download it if you want to, its freeware and its addicting.

Also, i never said which types of games are better than another. However, some games helps pushing the mediums of the industry and improving it. I don't think that old games likePac Man, Super Mario, Sonic etc. has to be pushed aside for this to happen. That is what is so great about this generation, there is now something for everyone, hell even old people are starting to join in and share the fun. I'm just a guy who would like to see this still quite young industry evolve even further.

Tomorrow.

[QUOTE="Zaistev_basic"]

[QUOTE="mand_450"]

I consider myself as an elitist gamer, yet i don't think gaming is dying. I just thought it would be interesting to hear folksanswer to this question.

Besides, the elitist gamers are perphaps the most important part of this industry. They are the ones that know what is a good game and a bad game. They know what there is to know about gameplay, graphics, sound etc. and their constant demandings for more quality titles is what make the developers pull themselves together. I view gaming as an artform, and if there is no onethere to appreciate the art, then there is no reason to makeart. If gaming only included casuals, there would be no need for a complexstory, no need for deep, immersive worlds, no need for innovative gameplay, and no need for beautiful graphics, music and sound. The gaming industry would just be stuck at where it started.

Besides, there is plenty of games for the casuals at the moment.

ART can be gameplay, fun factor, and creativity. ART in this video game gen nowadays, as 3rd party developers and elitist gamers such as yourself put it, is about graphics and physics. Graphics and physics can help improve tha gameplay, but it DOES NOT MAKE Gameplay. Fun factor is always the most important part of gameplay. Is the game fun, or just eye candy?

If you have both, then it's better. However, the balance between gameplay and graphics is dilluted due to high demand of graphics and physics by elitist gamers such as yourself without realizing that the economies of scale of that graphics emphasis in video game is unsustainable as proven by many 3rd party losing money, or worst are bankrupted.

I am a hardcore gamer (not elitist), and I embrace whatever gaming there is regardless of graphics, like Wii, and PC. We as gamers should not isolate other kinds of gamers like casuals or practical gamers. Even a lot of hardcore gamers are isolated as more generic FPS were produced than good RPGs and other grenre produced this gen. You and I have to understand that we hardcore and elitist gamers are not even the largest consumers, combined of the video game target demographics.

Lastly, by admitting that you are an elitist gamer, it basically means that you believe that your kind of gaming belief is superior that others. Thus, that's why I called it elitists. And NO, elitists gamers DO NOT know what is good for gaming and what is a bad game. As proven by Wii, DS, PS2, and PC, quality of games is very subjective.

You nor I have no credibility to say which game is better and which is not. Our opinion of games is just an opinion and so as 3rd party developers who failed to understand the video game market. What we can't argue is that 3rd party developers and the video game industry in general are having a hard time due mismanagement, wrong strategy, and the high development cost that does not match economic and market trend nowadays.

I actually consider elitist gamerand hardcore gamer to be the same thing. And believe me, i'm not a guy who thinks "Graphix beatz evrything!" In fact,i can still play an old game and have fun with it, even if the graphics are poor compared to todays standards. Hell, at the moments, i play Spelunky, a new freewaregame with graphics resembling those from the good old days. Download it if you want to, its freeware and its addicting.

Also, i never said which types of games are better than another. However, some games helps pushing the mediums of the industry and improving it. I don't think that old games likePac Man, Super Mario, Sonic etc. has to be pushed aside for this to happen. That is what is so great about this generation, there is now something for everyone, hell even old people are starting to join in and share the fun. I'm just a guy who would like to see this still quite young industry evolve even further.