Where should we draw the line in evolving gaming technology?

[similar.squirrel]

Maybe we'll start treating games like a proper artform after the technology peaks.
Which probably won't happen for decades.
Can't imagine anything beyond full VR.

People will then go back to the magical days of 8-bit graphics, to recreate nostalgia in their games. Then, everyone will follow the bandwagon, restarting the entire process. Although, I might be saying that because I'm tired.

This also sounds highly likely.

What's even more likely is that we'll have killed ourselves by then, by means of nukes or some kind of bio-weapon.

 

[shwnbob]

When the Xbox 360 can morph into a transformer like robot.

 

[cobra_ky]

Eventually we will reach a pinnacle of both graphical quality and physics engines. When all games have perfect graphics, what will be left to distinguish Final Fantasy XI from Final Fantasy XII? Gameplay? Story?

i see no reason to presume such a point exists. Moore's Law has been going strong for almost 40 years.

but of course gameplay and story will distinguish games. it's how we distinguish games using the same technology NOW. the biggest difference between FFXI and XII is one's an MMO and the other isn't.

Anyone think the movie Gamer will be any good?

no. no one thinks this.

 

[dochmbi]

Photorealistic graphics and wave traced sound.

 

[Dr Ampersand]

Well when we hit the VR times people might want to go into a "reality" that isn't possible e.g a cell shaded cartoon universe.

 

[kaziard]

after we reach the pinnacle, we will start to move away from games and recreate the bloodsports of ye olde times, any one up for a li'l battle royale?

 

[BolognaBaloney]

That is why we should worry about gameplay and story more over graphics. Eventually you won't be able to get any better and then you'll have to rely on those alone.

I eagerly await the day that developers abandon the graphics race and focus solely on gameplay and story.

 

[BolognaBaloney]

I don't want anything organic integrated with technology.

So no electric pineapples?

 

[RetiarySword]

We should stop evolving when we learn all of our attacks, or reach lvl 100.

 

[teisjm]

The line should be drawn, and we should collectively say STOP when nintendo launches it's new virtual reallity goggles for the wii with an included wii-fleshlight

Or when Guitar hero, starts putting plastic groupies in the game boxes for a fore realistic rockstar experience

 

[Fraught]

The won't reach a pinnacle. Things can always get better. If we truly cannot improve the graphics, then size and depth will become the leading aspect of the market. Oblivion would be considered tiny at that point.

And until we get games where we can interact with absolutely everything, like you can kick down every door if you're strong enough, if you get a plane, you can fly all around the world, and there is a whole huge world, you can fly until you don't have enough oxygen, you can pick up every piece of dirt, you can talk with everyone, and they all say different things, you have set times for public transport, you can eat everything and do whatever with the food that you want etc, then games can and will improve.

Also, when graphics are at such a high resolution that the pixels are too tiny for the human eye to see, and when graphics look better than Blu-Ray movies right now. When they achieve the graphics that a human eye has seeing the real world, only then will graphics be maxed out, and I think that is going to take a loong, loong time.

 

[BolognaBaloney]

I don't want anything organic integrated with technology.

So no electric pineapples?

What you do in the privacy of your own home is up to you.

I'm trying to bring mankind the next moon landing here, and I'm getting no support. It's very disheartening.

 

[Evil the White]

Never. One day games will be better than real life and when that happens, we will mod it to Hell

Either you can see the future, or you've been reading the Red Dwarf books.

 

[BolognaBaloney]

I don't want anything organic integrated with technology.

So no electric pineapples?

What you do in the privacy of your own home is up to you.

I'm trying to bring mankind the next moon landing here, and I'm getting no support. It's very disheartening.

Maybe you should give up and move onto something a little easier, explosive cranberries?

I hadn't tried the berries much, but I will say that for a while I was reaching a breakthrough with my hairless peaches...except that I was forced to put the hair onto other fruits...those poor grapes.