Do you see another Video Game Crash?
 

Despite how great video games are, do u believe a 2nd video game crash could happen in the future?
I know this is a weird topic to write but I just don't think our golden age will last.:-?

I think games will only get better, at least in terms of interacting with the games. There is an anime series out there called .hack//, which is a perfect example for what the world of video games can hold for us in the future. They just have to put on a head set and then the characters will be thrust into a virtual reality in which everything seems so real. What evidence is there saying that we can not do the same thing later on? Gameplay, however, I'm not so sure about. The worst that can happen is that it will stay the same. The best that can happen is that whatever we think will happen (You want your character to move left, you just have to think about it).

In terms of our "golden age" of video games, keep in mind that the video gaming industry is still young, although most of us on here have grown up with them. Technology keeps on improving, so we can't say "the golden age will not last". Ten years into the future, you can say that we are living in the silver age or the bronze age compaired to the technology in the future. You can never be certain in this day and age...

well ya I was just thinking so somwetimes I make these topics to keep everyone here interested and Peanut, this is something we can talk about..

let's be friends:D

Dude, your buddy here is givin' me a rash.

A videogame crash is possible. This is the general idea of it:

Preceeding the videogame crash of the '80s, the Atari was the main contender, and the videogame market was comparable to a gold-rush, think, the dot-com rush, but maybe not as extreme. There was a flood of games coming out, many were copies of copies, and many were very uninspired. The huge availability paired with the piss-poor quality lead to one thing: The demand sank like a lead anchor.

Just when gaming was at it's all-time low, new contenders appeared on the scene, effectively saving consoles from utter extinction. The arcades however, didn't really start to recover until very recently. The new consoles on the scene were the Nintendo and the Sega Master System. These games boasted an amazing 8-bits which allowed for much more detailed sprites and anvironments. Because this actually saved gaming as we know it, as an effort to keep games from becomming stale, Nintendo and SErvice GAmes released games which doubled their capabilities, each with 16 bit graphics. And so it goes, every 5 years, a new console is released, greatly improving upon graphics, but...

We're reaching the end of the line. Graphics are getting closer and closer to the invisible wall of realism. The question is not any more "How much more realistic will we get" the question is becomming, "How much more realistic can we get?" The jumps have become increasingly less dramatic, from platform to platform, meaning that, if graphics are the novelty that keeps gamers interested, it's about to get a lot less interesting.

But this theory only really applies to those who play games because of the good graphcis. We all know one or two, but it's not the majority of hardcore gamers, so there's no impending doom. However, the down side is that we all know one or two, and that means that that the audience loss will be noticeable. Likely, however, games will only get even better, as they will likely rely on innovation, and may eventually expand the market by appealing to different people's interests, and expanding the ways that games can be played.

This is what Nintendo is doing with the Wii. They see that graphics will only take a system so far, it's games that will ultimately draw gamers. So far, they are getting very positive feedback. Other examples of this kind of innovation include Dance-Dance revolution, and Guitar Hero.

Personally, I'm still waiting on a high-def 2-D game. I don't worry though, we'll get there.

You and your quasi-intellectual hobnobbery! You know what makes me sick? That you get away with it! But listen....he loves dudes. I so BUSTED him cutting pictures of a Jeep out of a magazine. Then yesterday, he drew my bath water, and he gave me that look like "hey....I wear running shorts!" The Drizzle works alone! He doesn't share the credit with ignoramuses. He's a renegade! YOU GOT MENTAL PROBLEMS!

you know that I want to make friends here and I don't want to offend nobody.

Well anyways, video games have come a very long way. I know the wii isn't trying to have the best graphics. I love graphics as much as gameplay but sometimes graphics are awesome to look at.

right now I am trying to decided weither I should go for the 360 or the playstation 3 for the graphic house.

both are getting ut 3 so I dunno what to get.