What direction would you like videogames to go?

I have been thinking about the direction in which videogames is heading and it really is critical. Personally I do and don\'t like what Sony has done to the idustry. The market is huge now thanks to sony and there are way more people playing games which is good but its the people that have been let in to the industry that disurbs me. I don\'t know if I am taking things way too seriously but I see more people buying a game because of how it looks and that is it. Sure I love a good looking game but it gotta have the gameplay  for me and in this market I\'m the minority so the minority won\'t get catered to as much as the other. This doesn\'t mean I want Sony to fail but I just want to see them put more emphasis on gameplay on their system. If Sony dominates I think games will be good but not as good as before as years pass. I would love the market to be split just good enough so that each company Sony Nintendo and Microsoft(dont know where they wanna take videogames) wont get too big headed and start doing stupid stuff. Too much power in anything is not good at all.

Well I just like what Nintendo is doing as far as games are involved. They don\'t think they can make good money without good games and that is what ther emphasis is on games. Sony\'s emphasis is on entertainment period(and they do that well). Like I said I think it is good and bad because there will be more people buying games but not always for the right reason which will result in a kind of saturation of games in the market. I just wish any company could find a way to do both. Sony\'s dedication to entertainment and Nintendos dedication too games. Maybe I\'m taking things too seroiusly but anyways what are you guys thought on the industry and where it is heading. The Gamemaster has spoken.

I\'d like to see less games being made. Maybe even cut the number of games being made now in half. That would mean that developers are taking more time with the games, and a particular developer is only putting out one or two games a year they will make damn sure it is good enough to sell well. I\'m tired of the pointless sequels, and the withholding of features in games, so that people will buy the next year\'s version. I don\'t like the current state of gaming one bit, the ****\'s gonna hit the fan with all these systems out, and good games are going to decide who wins.

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RPG\'s

Back in the old days (8-32bit) I would play RPG\'s and think, wouldn\'t it be cool to have more interactivity. For example, you could enter one of the houses in town and rummage through the furniture (all the furniture) or if you had a hammer in your inventory you could litteraly use it on the walls or ANYTHING. Get the picture? Total interactivity.

With the massive processing power we are aproaching I think this would be possible to some extent, but alas, graphics take priority and the interactive issue falls by the wayside (for the most part).


Same gameplay-better graphics....*sigh*

I want less games to be made, but I want creativity (do we need more wrestling games), originality, and fun-factor to go way up. The ratio of bad games to excellent/phenomenal is scary. On the PS it was something like 2 excellent for 13+ bad.

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Originally posted by Aaron
I\'d like to see less games being made. Maybe even cut the number of games being made now in half. That would mean that developers are taking more time with the games, and a particular developer is only putting out one or two games a year they will make damn sure it is good enough to sell well. I\'m tired of the pointless sequels, and the withholding of features in games, so that people will buy the next year\'s version. I don\'t like the current state of gaming one bit, the ****\'s gonna hit the fan with all these systems out, and good games are going to decide who wins.

Amen man. The market is becoming flooded. Like what is up with all those $10 dollar games? Are games that don\'t deserve sequels getting sequels? When the SNES/Genesis "war" was goin\' on it was about great games. Since the PSone, gaming has became more \'mainstream\' then ever. Which means, its flooded with crap titles to make a quick buck. The market can\'t support 3 consoles worth of crap titles. Developers need to really get their act together.

Oh yeah! Also!

I want someone to make my "Driving Rpg"

Cruise around the US (..or EU I supose:p) and look out for speed traps, hitchhikers, blow-outs, etc... All while trying to get to your destination to save your _____(fill in the blank.

Also....

Remember the movie: Cannonball Run  ????

What a game that would make.

You guys have some good responses but let me ask you this. I don\'t want to sound like I\'m dissing sony but why do you buy their videogame products if you know that is what they promote. I\'m not saying don\'t buy anything ( I have a PS1 but I didn\'t buy it and I did buy some games for it) but if you konow that is where sony  wants to take videogames and you don\'t like it why buy their games that are saturating the market. I don\'t know if I need to lighten up but I won\'t buy their system until I see them concentrate a little more on gaming period. They do have the power to do so. If you think I\'m going to miss out think again. I didn\'t have a genesis but I played all the great games and my cousin gave me his PS1 and I either borrowed or rented the great games so I will never miss out. The Gamemaster has spoken.

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Originally posted by TheGamemaster
You guys have some good responses but let me ask you this. I don\'t want to sound like I\'m dissing sony but why do you buy their videogame products if you know that is what they promote. I\'m not saying don\'t buy anything ( I have a PS1 but I didn\'t buy it and I did buy some games for it) but if you konow that is where sony  wants to take videogames and you don\'t like it why buy their games that are saturating the market. I don\'t know if I need to lighten up but I won\'t buy their system until I see them concentrate a little more on gaming period. They do have the power to do so. If you think I\'m going to miss out think again. I didn\'t have a genesis but I played all the great games and my cousin gave me his PS1 and I either borrowed or rented the great games so I will never miss out. The Gamemaster has spoken.

What choice do you have? Sony may promote the quanity over quality notion, but if you love some killer games, you don\'t have a chance. For example, if you wanted to play the true version of Resident Evil, then you would of had to have the Psone. Yes, the Saturn had a conversion of it, but it was nowhere near as good as the PSone. What about WarHawk? Twisted Metal 1 and 2? So on and so on. While, we may disagree with it. There isn\'t alot of choice. Sony knows this, that is why they don\'t care. As long as they keep securing developers, it assures themself a great market status, even if there is 20 crap titles for 1 great title.

i would like to see nintendo go in the "non suck" direction

Originally posted by Clyde
i would like to see nintendo go in the "non suck" direction

Ha Ha, that is sooo true, my primate brother. :P

While I can admit that Nintendo is an industry leader, I\'m really sick of their products.  *cough* Pokemon *cough*

3-D Platformers - Mario 64 was a crappy game and Nintendo really pisses me off by releasing Banjo and Conker and numerous others.

Mario Kart was fun but Diddy Kong sucked.

GoldenEye was fun for awhile but multiplayer got old. The main problem with all the FPS\'s was your opponent knew where you were during deathmatches.

I can\'t really name a single N64 game that was a must-have.

I\'d rather play the good ol\' NES, really, I would.

Originally posted by Ashford
While I can admit that Nintendo is an industry leader, I\'m really sick of their products.  *cough* Pokemon *cough*

3-D Platformers - Mario 64 was a crappy game and Nintendo really pisses me off by releasing Banjo and Conker and numerous others.

Mario Kart was fun but Diddy Kong sucked.

GoldenEye was fun for awhile but multiplayer got old. The main problem with all the FPS\'s was your opponent knew where you were during deathmatches.

I can\'t really name a single N64 game that was a must-have.

I\'d rather play the good ol\' NES, really, I would.

Oh boy....I would take Nintendo\'s games over Sony\'s any day.

I like most of the people here would like to see more quality over quantity. This is probably going to happen soon once the video game industry goes into a recession. A lot of people are going to stop buying games forcing companies to put out less games and hopefully better ones.

BTW, Are we allowed to call Clyde a troll? Just wondering.

I would like to see videogames simulate more outdoor enviorments rather than some building or corridor.  Anyone here ever play Ultima 9?? Excellent concept with the enviorment! It ran like **** but it looked good!

I will never miss out on any games on a system that I dont buy because I find a way to get one in my possesion(legally) and all the good games. Sooner or later I will have a PS2 and the good games it will have. The Gamemaster has spoken.

I have absolutly no problems with the direction of gaming

The PS2 is alot of fun games are getting better as developers get over the learning curve


I hate Nintendo franchises but for those that like them enjoy em

To me the only people *****ing about the direction of the game industry are diehard Sega and Nintendo nuts because they\'re game systems aren\'t top dog anymore. Since they\'re opinion of a great game differs from the alot of people they allow themselves to believe SOny or whoever is responsible for some misguiding of the videogame industry


Irronically I support Sony 1st because of there forsight and continuos investment into the industry

Sony is the great for the industry and is pushing everyone.

Originally posted by ddaryl
Sony is the great for the industry and is pushing everyone.

Pushing them where? All Sony does is make hardware.