The Day the Gaming Industry Died: Impressions from E3 2010 :(
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I feel like your being a bit paranoid, I see this as a begining for gaming, not an end, we are climbing up the latter of inovation and taken our first babay steps into the new motion sensor world. The Wii was our very first step and project nathal will be our next step into this brand new world. Even if this sounds corny just listen, we are just now trying this motion sensor thing, the wii wasnt very impressive and it took nintendo about 3 and half years to get it to work right. At least it was a valliant first try, look around now the first games are goin to be released in a few monthes that do not require any type of controller what so ever, I couldnt be more excited. Well heres the deal; you can ignore this big innovation and treat it as a fad or you can embrace it and enjoy the future, who knows I bet it wont be long before sony brings out there motion sensor something and we can have our very first motion sensor trio and argue which one is better.
slowpoke999 said:http://www.cracked.com/article_18608_the-day-gaming-industry-died-impressions-from-e3-2010.html
Dear God I read the article and I'm like, I hope the author aint a psychic because everything else he has said apart from the predictions is completely true. All 3 of the big name consoles have their gimmicky motion sensing NO CONTROLLER NEEDED FOR GAMING devices, all the E3 presentations focused more on kitten petting simulators and Cirque du Soleil then the f'ing games, with all the shitty fps sequals hogging the spotlight(Ok first off may as well call them XPS seeing as there are a steady increase of third person shooters aswell, and the word F/TPS and shitty are not synonymous I just don't think games like Halo should be compared to games like Portal)
With the way things are going their are only three possible places gaming can go:
1.The whole new generations of consoles are complete failures and PC technology advances so well that it is dirt cheap and effective so PC reigns supreme.
2.The video game market crashes because as all gimmicks go, they get mass exposure at first then die down, ofcourse the sudden explosion of popularity the new gen consoles get means all development is focused on motion sensoring and in 2 years when people become bored out their fucking mind playing "Movero Masturbater" the gaming market collapses and like how the 1984 crash warned people not to pump out shitty Shovelware faster then people will eat it up, Motion Control is deemed a failure and won't be attempted until the technology is 100% capable, and games get treated as art instead of kids toys
3.Sadly equally as likely as the above, either video gaming will flat out die or motion censoring becomes the fucking norm and in the future all games will be MMO's in cyberspace because we all know the future can't get any less shitty until we have to siphon our food out of other peoples anuses(unless you like that sort of thing)
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All I can think to say is that this is a bit premature and overblown isn't it? So Microsoft's Conference was the most boring hour and a half of bad motion games it could've possibly been, but that still leaves Sony and Nintendo to deliver something decent and all the 3rd parties. Maybe Sony's major games will be sequels and Move titles, but those sequels are still proper games and they're also funding thatgamecompany's third game, Heavy Rain last year and The Last Guardian. It's surely not that bad? Just skip a few shovelware shelves in your game shops from now on and watch out for the pointy Xbox redesign on the way out.
I read this article today as well, and while you cant normally take cracked with a grain of salt (it being a humour site and all) what he says is quite true, and it makes me happy that I am a PC gamer and we avoid all these pointless gimmicks.
Well we actually get them first, but they are normally only trail runs to prove that the concept fails.
And seriously? Kinectpets? Its basically the petting creature from Black and White made into an entire game.
Well we actually get them first, but they are normally only trail runs to prove that the concept fails.
And seriously? Kinectpets? Its basically the petting creature from Black and White made into an entire game.
Personally I think we'll be okay. Shit-loads of shovelware aside, most core games studios are pretty much self-sustaining, recent lay-offs aside. So while shovelware may take up more and more space on shelves the simple fact is that X-box and PS cannot become dependent on it because they'll never hit the sheer numbers that Nintendo has achieved.
Also both Microsoft and Sony have too big a consumer base to start ignoring the cores who haven't bought motion tech. There's 70+ million HD consoles out there with no motion control, that's too big a market to ignore.
Also both Microsoft and Sony have too big a consumer base to start ignoring the cores who haven't bought motion tech. There's 70+ million HD consoles out there with no motion control, that's too big a market to ignore.
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/97343-CES-Valve-and-Razer-Demo-Motion-Control-Left-4-Dead-2-on-PCMostlyHarmless said:
Guess again
LOl motion controls have been avaliable on the PC for years now.
Just we don't have any big central marking push, so they are mostly ignored.
Lol at anybody who thinks MS or Sony will force primary motion controls on any AAA 3rd party title. They'll push for motion control schemes to be included, but reall the next COD banned from either for not doing it yeh right. Same goes for hardcore 1st party titles and exsclusives.
Just we don't have any big central marking push, so they are mostly ignored.
Lol at anybody who thinks MS or Sony will force primary motion controls on any AAA 3rd party title. They'll push for motion control schemes to be included, but reall the next COD banned from either for not doing it yeh right. Same goes for hardcore 1st party titles and exsclusives.
Any new tech or new wave will produce shovelware. Just look at the ps2 during its peak. Shelf after shelf after shelf of "lolwtf is this?"
My roomate got a Wii and we played around with it. Playing anything other than the wii sports/party/resort/mokenyhouse on it kind of an exercise in patience and frustration. Seriously. Resident evil 4 on the wii. Not too bad but still kind of "Wtf. NO DONT DO THAT ARGH!" since the controls are on the nunchak and you have to MOVE the nunchuk as well as press buttons on it. (Some might not find that too hard. Just saying it was a bit hard for me. heh... hard...)
COD3 on the Wii. Oh god why?! I know the game originally wasnt the greatest but wtf happened? the port was horrible. Controls are fucked adn the auido requires you to turn 90 to the character talking to actually fucking hear them. Its like your character's ears have a small angle of hearing instead of you know 360 like real fucking human beings.
Still though I dont expect this motion sensing thing to go on for very long. Yes its very nice and sometimes its nice to actually mime the movement adn have it show up. BUt in the end it doesnt really jive you know with the gamer crowd.
Then again more "casual" gamers entering the crowd might change that.
My roomate got a Wii and we played around with it. Playing anything other than the wii sports/party/resort/mokenyhouse on it kind of an exercise in patience and frustration. Seriously. Resident evil 4 on the wii. Not too bad but still kind of "Wtf. NO DONT DO THAT ARGH!" since the controls are on the nunchak and you have to MOVE the nunchuk as well as press buttons on it. (Some might not find that too hard. Just saying it was a bit hard for me. heh... hard...)
COD3 on the Wii. Oh god why?! I know the game originally wasnt the greatest but wtf happened? the port was horrible. Controls are fucked adn the auido requires you to turn 90 to the character talking to actually fucking hear them. Its like your character's ears have a small angle of hearing instead of you know 360 like real fucking human beings.
Still though I dont expect this motion sensing thing to go on for very long. Yes its very nice and sometimes its nice to actually mime the movement adn have it show up. BUt in the end it doesnt really jive you know with the gamer crowd.
Then again more "casual" gamers entering the crowd might change that.
Uh huh.
No.
Here's my prediction for the future of gaming:
All three consoles will have motion sensor thingies. They will prove not too popular with the core gaming demographic, and so controllers will stay, and motion sensors will draw in casual gamers (or they would, if they were a reasonable price). Gaming will remain as it has done for the last decade and this will develop at a steady rate.
Even if I'm wrong, this will not be the "END OF GAMING!!!", now go away and get a sandwich board like all the other doomsaying nutjobs.
No.
Here's my prediction for the future of gaming:
All three consoles will have motion sensor thingies. They will prove not too popular with the core gaming demographic, and so controllers will stay, and motion sensors will draw in casual gamers (or they would, if they were a reasonable price). Gaming will remain as it has done for the last decade and this will develop at a steady rate.
Even if I'm wrong, this will not be the "END OF GAMING!!!", now go away and get a sandwich board like all the other doomsaying nutjobs.
I already own a Wii, and basically only play it when I have friends over...and we've been drinking...and want to play some silly games....
The whole motion-controller-free-thing will blow over when Kentic and Move or whatever Sony's thing is called have crappy sales.
edit: 3-D gaming will take up the gimmick mantle in the next few years.
The whole motion-controller-free-thing will blow over when Kentic and Move or whatever Sony's thing is called have crappy sales.
edit: 3-D gaming will take up the gimmick mantle in the next few years.