whats the future hold for gaming?

[segadude31]

There have been rumors going around about the possible future of gaming. It is said that after the next generation of Xbox,PlayStation,and Nintendo that there will be no more home consoles to be made. No more Xbox or PlayStation or Nintendo, but why? For over 30 years we gamers have been wowed by arcade games, Atari, intellivision all the way to our current game consoles. It is also said that cloud gaming will be the future. One big server to host the new online games, does that sound like fun? Maybe or maybe not but I know one thing, I will always have my Retro consoles to rely on. What's your take on the future of gaming?

[R.O.T.S]

Some what doom and gloom but-

I foresee another video games crash very similar to the one in the early 80`s,i am glad i gave up with next gen in 2010 and are a pure retro gamer now.

I just do not think there is enough variety out there to sustain the industry and some game companies which have become mighty juggernauts are going to suffer big time,online play is obviously a big thing but i even got sick of that,it has made single play shallow and short lived on many games and at £50 a pop who is going to keep doing that?.I think Nintendo in particular are treading on thin ice as this year they forecast their first ever loss in their history due to poor sales in the 3DS and then release another piece of software WiiU,they should learn from the error that Sega made in the 90`s of supporting to much hardware.

On a side note creating games for phones and other devices may only help short term as you are only creating the same games as current consoles.

 

Regarding retro gaming, do you think that maybe not the next generation but the one after could see download games only?,so this would mean that software as we know and collect will cease to made in a solid format any more so later over time all existing software will become retro/collectible then either run dry,become faulty,be in collectors hands or for sale at super high prices.

enjoy and Merry Xmas

Edited December 24, 2012 by R.O.T.S

[IntellivisionDude]

First thing dude, i think you posted this in the wrong section, this is the section for programming Intellivision games. lol

 

There are a lot of different sections here on Atariage and the "Classic Gaming General" section is best for topics like this.

http://www.atariage....gaming-general/

 

But to answer your question, i pretty much lost interest in the future of gaming with the PS2/Gamecube generation. I could care less about newer systems. Except for my new Nintendo 3DS, but handhelds seems to be in a different class it seems.

 

I still find lost classics on older systems all the time. I keep finding great games that i never played before on all my older systems from the PS2 all the way back to the Atari 2600. With the amount of games made for all these great systems it could be 20 years down the road and i still could be finding new great games for them. Plus you have to add in all the homebrew games for these systems.

 

There could be a time i change my mind, but for now i pretty much say screw new games and i'm gonna live in the past.

Edited December 24, 2012 by IntellivisionDude

[+cmart604]

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[MagnaFarce]

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[OldSchoolRetroGamer]

Some what doom and gloom but-

I foresee another video games crash very similar to the one in the early 80`s

 

This paranoid idea has existed and been discussed since, well the 80's crash, the video game market it not in the state of those days and creates more revenue then several entertainment markets combined these days. It's not going anywhere.

[+Schmitzi]

Retro will ever exist

[First Spear]

I could see Nintendo possibly going the way of Sega, doing software and licensing their brands to Microsoft and Sony.

 

I see everything either going to a download only format or a cloud-based format. I also don't see how three major systems are going to maintain support for much longer. They all seem to be blending togethe[snip]

Edited July 14, 2016 by First Spear