Console games are dying?

[SmootsDaddy89]

Turok, but I don't see how you could put more than 10 hours into that game unless you were retarded.

[Panthers128]

[mmmbeans]

sure but if you don't like the way the FF games are structured and you are still buying them well.... I don't know what to tell you.

[Porn Shop Clerk]

Gaming is just in the shitter right now, period, on pc and console. Not much to look forward to but a bunch of retread "sequels" that are little more than expansions or episodic content.

I am interested in Rage though.

[SmootsDaddy89]

Rage is going to be sweet.

And The Witcher 2.

[mmmbeans]

Gaming is just in the pooter right now, period, on pc and console. Not much to look forward to but a bunch of retread "sequels" that are little more than expansions or episodic content.

I am interested in Rage though.

that's why i'm still playing demon's souls and replaying HL2.

[stankowalski]

Sorry. In over 20 years of waiting, I'm convinced there will never be a boxing game that can hold Mike Tyson's Punch-Out's jock.

Modern consoles are more like PCs than you think. The advantage for consoles is that the hardware and software is the same. When you're playing a game online, you know your opponents have the same hardware. Faster reflexes, not faster hardware, determines the outcome.

You're insane. Fight Night Champion blows that old poo out of the water.

[mmmbeans]

You're insane. Fight Night Champion blows that old poo out of the water.

better boxing simulator but not nearly as fun imo.

[Chimera]

You're insane. Fight Night Champion blows that old poo out of the water.

Maybe. I'll give it a try soon.

But will people still be playing it in 20 years?

[Porn Shop Clerk]

that's why i'm still playing demon's souls and replaying HL2.

I'm almost thru with hl2 for the 2nd time. I got to the part where you lead the squad through City 17 and got bored and quit. :|

I have that issue with games, getting bored with them and quitting them right before they're finished.

[mmmbeans]

I'm almost thru with hl2 for the 2nd time. I got to the part where you lead the squad through City 17 and got bored and quit. :|

I have that issue with games, getting bored with them and quitting them right before they're finished.

yea, i do that too. it's usually because the conclusions arent laid out well and are subpar compared to the rest of the game.

playing Dragon Age's last battle i turned the difficulty all the way down simply because i got bored fighting a f*cking dragon for 30 minutes and then getting spammed by the game.

*wow that was incoherent*

[Porn Shop Clerk]

2 l4ds and another portal game, a fugton of updates to tf2, and no ep3 in site :(

[Lumps]

Consoles don't die, rather their generation dies instead. So they create a new console, a new generation. It may not be for a couple years but a new console will come out. I think consoles are becoming more and more like computers. I don't however think that one will replace the other. There are simply application that cater to both. Would you want to type something on a TV? Hell no. DO you want to memory capacity and system capabilities of a PC on a big screen without hooking up a third foreign source. Hell yes.

Personally, to answer the question honestly I personally believe it is not dying it is becoming a fad. But it is dying in other ways. Because of becoming so popular, there is not a lot of time or revolutionary thought put into 95% of the games released. People are rarely experimenting, pushing the limits and taking time to create something truly special and in this perspective games are very surely dying. Now people are just making games to sell them and make some sort of profit. Mainstream wants graphics at expensive of anything else like value, they want customization instead of system performance, they want a cookie cutter story so it doesn't 'waste time' (ironic how anyone could possibly want this in a.... video game) let alone actual brain power to comprehend and play for that matter.

I am on the verge of 10 page essay here so I'll just stop there. So yes and no.

[Starscream]

There is an event called the "Video Game Crash of 1983". A major component to that failure was oversaturation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_video_game_crash_of_1983

And the industry is doing it again. Perfect example:

Guitar Hero I-III (maybe IV) were cool. But all the back to back sequels and spin offs has killed the title.

The video game industry is focusing on quantity, not quality. There is NO reason why the next gen of games hasn't emerged. Except, the video game companies simply want the most money for least R&D time.

Want to see an example of next-gen video games?

http://www.infinity-universe.com/Infinity/index.php

Procedural programming is used to create a small galaxy sized environment. It's potential is complete immersion. I can't imagine what the guy could do with a production company's budget.

If another crash happens, something else will come along like Nintendo did to bring back interest.

Sorry. In over 20 years of waiting, I'm convinced there will never be a boxing game that can hold Mike Tyson's Punch-Out's jock.

Damn straight!

Gaming is just in the pooter right now, period, on pc and console. Not much to look forward to but a bunch of retread "sequels" that are little more than expansions or episodic content.

I agree. You realize that if we, the consumer, got wise to this and quit buying this type of poo, then game designers might start getting a bit more creative and innovative. We might start getting games that are truly original more often. Right now, designers and publishers are scared to take risks. The same old same old is gauranteed to make money. People need to quit buying Madden EACH and EVERY YEAR. Madden '08 is fine (I don't need '9/'10/and '11), just download an updated roster each year. We need to start supporting and buying games that are different and new. It's not gonna change until the consumer wises up.