As years pass, new games and consoles are released to meet the expectations of a newer gamers. Because of this each generation of gamers can participate in a unique experience. The gaming industry mainly on pleasing the next generation of gamers. This can be bad. In an overview of what games have evolved from, many people can argue we live in an era of great releases. However others would argue innovation and improvements within both the games and the industry are to lacklustre.
This can be seen in two main problems. The first being the failure to expand gaming ideas and ideals, to produce new games unseen before. We may live in a era where gaming experience may have advanced but the games being played have not completely changed. Why? Because games aren't as new and revolutionary as they used to be. This is in the sense that many of the best selling games are not new or innovative but rather repeat over and over with little to no improvements. A few games may pop up into mind; Fifa, Call of Duty, Assassins Creed, Battlefield, the list continues. Rehashes,sequels, and reboots. A majority of games are following one if not more of these motives in an attempt to brainwash audiences into thinking a newer version is better, when in actuality nothing is different. It becomes so very disappointing. And its not that developers of the games make it under the radar or display anything new. Many such as EA and Actavision, constantly release a yearly game, the same as the last but with the impressive addiction of a new number or title. Because of this, the current generation of gamers are feed sub par gaming compared to the new innovative titles of the past. It can be that ideas are running out and that newer unknown games take too many risks. But I personally do not agree with that. Ideas are endless. Risks need to be made. Constant crap is not acceptable.
The next issue that gamers face, is the divide between gaming platforms. The newer generation face the problem that many previous generations face. Which console to get? The Xbox One or the PlayStation 4. The answer is neither because the PC is the true step into the future. You may wonder why. It is actually really clear. Both the Xbox and the PlayStation, have the exclusive games and a good experience with new entertainment feature such as Netflix and Foxtel, but it lacks the power and precision the PC gives. This is because the consoles, in a simple term weaker than PCs. To minimise costs and still give a suitable result both consoles have opted for hardware that falls behind most if not all custom PC's. This is an issue as games release on all platforms then suffer a quality divide. Quality divide is where a game is not released at its full potential and is held back due to other factors. Games such as Watch Dogs and the recent Witcher 3 game, have been limited due to the developers being paid to reduce the quality of their games so that the console versions can have a chance to gain more market. For this generation it means that evolving into the future of gaming may have to come to a halt if limitations are put onto games due to this quality divide.
-Alex
This can be seen in two main problems. The first being the failure to expand gaming ideas and ideals, to produce new games unseen before. We may live in a era where gaming experience may have advanced but the games being played have not completely changed. Why? Because games aren't as new and revolutionary as they used to be. This is in the sense that many of the best selling games are not new or innovative but rather repeat over and over with little to no improvements. A few games may pop up into mind; Fifa, Call of Duty, Assassins Creed, Battlefield, the list continues. Rehashes,sequels, and reboots. A majority of games are following one if not more of these motives in an attempt to brainwash audiences into thinking a newer version is better, when in actuality nothing is different. It becomes so very disappointing. And its not that developers of the games make it under the radar or display anything new. Many such as EA and Actavision, constantly release a yearly game, the same as the last but with the impressive addiction of a new number or title. Because of this, the current generation of gamers are feed sub par gaming compared to the new innovative titles of the past. It can be that ideas are running out and that newer unknown games take too many risks. But I personally do not agree with that. Ideas are endless. Risks need to be made. Constant crap is not acceptable.The next issue that gamers face, is the divide between gaming platforms. The newer generation face the problem that many previous generations face. Which console to get? The Xbox One or the PlayStation 4. The answer is neither because the PC is the true step into the future. You may wonder why. It is actually really clear. Both the Xbox and the PlayStation, have the exclusive games and a good experience with new entertainment feature such as Netflix and Foxtel, but it lacks the power and precision the PC gives. This is because the consoles, in a simple term weaker than PCs. To minimise costs and still give a suitable result both consoles have opted for hardware that falls behind most if not all custom PC's. This is an issue as games release on all platforms then suffer a quality divide. Quality divide is where a game is not released at its full potential and is held back due to other factors. Games such as Watch Dogs and the recent Witcher 3 game, have been limited due to the developers being paid to reduce the quality of their games so that the console versions can have a chance to gain more market. For this generation it means that evolving into the future of gaming may have to come to a halt if limitations are put onto games due to this quality divide.
-Alex
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