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| dreama1:
Gaming in 20 years realistically. Where will we be at what will the prices be for retro higher or lower? What will be the mindset of the industry? |
| soera:
There wont be much gaming in 20 years. Its going to be all mobile crap apps. None of the kids now will give 2 fucks about retro cause even now a lot of stuff is digital. Almost everything will be download available or emulated to the point of consoles probably wont even be sold at that time. |
| maximo310:
--- Quote from: soera on July 04, 2014, 04:55:56 pm ---There wont be much gaming in 20 years. Its going to be all mobile crap apps. None of the kids now will give 2 fucks about retro cause even now a lot of stuff is digital. Almost everything will be download available or emulated to the point of consoles probably wont even be sold at that time. --- End quote --- I second that notion. It's no surprise how much a lot of tech companies are advocating a shift to digital releases, so physical copies of games are going to become more coveted by that point in time. |
| bikingjahuty:
In 20 years I believe most entertainment will be streamlined to single devices, mostly phones and TV. We are already seeing this trend grow, and I believe within 10-years it'll dominate. As a result, dedicated platforms like game consoles and MP3 players will be phased out. I don't think that this will be the last gen of game consoles, but would be surprised if there if there is more then two gens after this. Also physical media will become less and less common for new releases, and within 20-years I can see it being phased out. In terms retro gaming's future, I think new consoles will become popular to play and collect for as the generation that grew up with them gets older and settle into careers. We are seeing this now with NES, SNES, Genesis, and it's starting to transition to PS1 and N64 (Saturn has been expensive for years). So I think there will always be consoles that are popular to collect for because there will always be groups of people that like them. I can see many of these older games getting digital releases which will definitely decrease the demand for many games, but I don't think retro gaming will ever die or no one will do it anymore. |
| badATchaos:
Once broadband becomes more reliable/faster, streaming services akin to onLive will be the thing, at least for big budget games from major publishers. No need for DRM, sending out updates/patches, or upgrading hardware. At the same time I don't see App stores like Steam or iTunes going away. As far as retro gaming and collecting goes I don't see it going away either. There will always be a market for old or obsolete items no matter the time differential between the collector and the item in question. As long as there's a contemporary version there will always be someone who'll appreciate the history or origins of it, and what to collect for it. The same way people collect muscle cars, currency, vinyl records, and antique firearms. Take me for example, I'm 24. The NES came out five years before I was even born. I grew up playing N64 and GameCube games but that doesn't mean I don't care for their predecessors. I currently have more NES titles than any other platform (other than Steam that is :P). I really enjoy 8-16 bit stuff. As time goes on the market will shrink, but there'll always be people like me who'll invest in things before their time. As for "mindset" that's even hard to determine on a year to year basis sometimes. -Not sure how you can predict that far ahead. If there's another War World there might be no mindset at all. ;) If you know, tell me so we can all get rich. |
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