Thread:Deathstalker666/@comment-1915529-20150523192506/@comment-1915529-20150628123254

Mods are the life blood of any community. The likes of Jedi Outcast and Quake III Arena would probably not be as lively now had it not been for mods. Same with Skyrim surely.

I've just thought about how the future of gaming will be. As we get greater and greater technology and get games in 10 years time that will make today's best looking games look like dog turds, the more we will fine tune the up-to-date tech.

What I mean by this, is, taking the PS2 as an example. The first PS2 games were pretty basic looking compared to what the system was capable of (see the games released towards the end of its lifespan). But as we get better at fine tuning the tech and how we use it, there will be a push to release games pushing the limits of the tech straight away. So whilst it took like 6 years for games to push the limits of the PS2, the future will want games that push the limits of the tech within months.

As these new games get refined with the latest tech, we will come to a point where a universal computer or console can no longer optimize the experience of multiple games. This means of course that instead of games on discs/downloads that are processed on a PS7 or Xbox8k (or whatever they call it), games will be released imbedded into their very own, unique console that has been built with the exact video cards/sound cards that the game needs to be played at its best.

It will sort of be like buying a Gameboy that has the cartridge glued into it. If you want to put down Tetris and get Pokemon, you have to buy a whole new Gameboy with Pokemon glued into it.

Of course the benefits of this will be that every game released will be played on the latest’s and greatest tech, refined to be at the absolute best it can be with today’s technology. There will never again be a game released on a 5-year-old console because that game will be released on its own hardware that will be up to date and perfect.

Sounds great until you get to the issue with price. To buy a top of a range gaming computer/laptop today with the latest and greatest tech, can cost you $1,500 to $3,000. Since these future games will come pre-installed in their very own top of the range computer, each game will cost $1,500 to $3,000. Of course since the game in question will have everything you could need from a game to last you years, it might not be too bad. Imagine it, a Skyrim or GTA where you can explore an entire planet and do everything you could ever think of from playing sports to getting food shopping. Or a FPS that takes you through like 10-years worth of missions that make up an entire war.

However the fact is though that every time you wanted a new game, you’d have to pay another 1500 bucks. Also it does not seem good that you’re paying for a top of the range computer that can only do one thing.

But that is the future of gaming.