How Gaming industry has evolved over time
The gaming industry has come a long way in the past decade with the gaming consoles and the games becoming highly sophisticated.Modern games are among the most demanding of applications on PC resources. Over the last 10 years it has grown leaps and bounds and has become a industry whose size is estimated to be around $65 Billion. With constant innovations such as graduating from single player gaming to massive multi-player gaming, to moving to graphically superior games to adding motion gaming the industry has indeed come a long way. The gaming consoles have slowly becoming a part of every household as a complete entertainment package which in some cases are also doubling up as CD player as well. To a entire generation which was used to gaming consoles like Nintendo, Samurai etc the current gaming consoles are light years ahead. The gaming consoles which we are talking about are Microsoft Xbox, Sony Playstation.
Gaming industry in 2020
I would like to think that it will be in a healthy and diverse place. It is currently a very hard industry to be in. Fewer companies are managing to stay afloat. A flop game can completely break a company or a huge hit can make a company succesful.This in my opinion, is in part to the way publishers are playing relatively safe bets. This sometimes means fewer chances for the innovative games to get released.
In 2020, we will have virtual identities and all of our content will be associated to those identities through digital credentials.There'll still be single player games, but there'll be a lot more connectivness in games than we have now. Sony and Microsoft will both still be very relevant in the game business and, in fact, the relationship between them will be less competitive and more collaborative. I believe Sony will leverage its strengths in consumer electronics and being a media/content company and Microsoft will leverage its strengths as a software company.Nintendo will still be in the toy business and will continue to be very successful.We might even see companies like apple coming out with there own console.In a nutshell, your console will be everything you need
A big change that I expect to see is the disappearance of a clear distinction between home consoles and handheld consoles. Also, we're going to see some fundamental changes to both the input and the output of games devices. Gestural interfaces are already happening, of course, and the screen as we know it might be a thing of the past too. I'm not sure if there will be a complete virtualization by 2020, but I like the idea of a wearable device - one that we control and interact with through natural hand gestures, and that we use to augment our physical world.Motion controls will play a part but have matured into being used where it really enhances the experience.
In terms of worldwide respect, video games will be side by side with Hollywood - it may possibly even overtake it at points, but I think both can co-exist quite happily as both are different in the way the someone interacts with them
[READ:How Games Are Made]
I think digital distribution will be huge.Digital distribution may be the only way to access your entertainment, be it games, TV or films. It changed the way music is sold and I think it will have a huge impact on games as well. In 2000 we were just being introduced to 300kbps DSL. In 2010 10mbps is normal in a lot of places. Where will it be in 2020?
The average age of a gamer is slowly rising. People who grew up with video games generally don't tend to leave. So each year we have a new demographic to cater for. Old age gamers are going to be more and more commonplace. Don't be surprised to see games made specifically for them.
In particular, I'm expecting games companies to continue the trend of delivering their games on multiple systems that all connect together. Away from home? You can continue playing on a portable device. At work? There's always the web version etc.They'll be easy to access from anywhere and inherently social. Games will integrate our technology, our social networks and our lifestyle. It will extend our offline activities with our online interactions and seamlessly provide entertainment when and where we want it.
For the hardcore, I see exceptional graphics, improved storylines and choice. By "choice" I mean your actions will define the way the game unfolds. Yes we have this in some games already, but we're just starting to scratch the surface. I think advancements in AI will allow developers to really push games and allow the user to really make their own choices.
The future of gaming industry surely looks bright and healthy,leave your comments below :)
The gaming industry has come a long way in the past decade with the gaming consoles and the games becoming highly sophisticated.Modern games are among the most demanding of applications on PC resources. Over the last 10 years it has grown leaps and bounds and has become a industry whose size is estimated to be around $65 Billion. With constant innovations such as graduating from single player gaming to massive multi-player gaming, to moving to graphically superior games to adding motion gaming the industry has indeed come a long way. The gaming consoles have slowly becoming a part of every household as a complete entertainment package which in some cases are also doubling up as CD player as well. To a entire generation which was used to gaming consoles like Nintendo, Samurai etc the current gaming consoles are light years ahead. The gaming consoles which we are talking about are Microsoft Xbox, Sony Playstation.
Gaming industry in 2020
I would like to think that it will be in a healthy and diverse place. It is currently a very hard industry to be in. Fewer companies are managing to stay afloat. A flop game can completely break a company or a huge hit can make a company succesful.This in my opinion, is in part to the way publishers are playing relatively safe bets. This sometimes means fewer chances for the innovative games to get released.
In 2020, we will have virtual identities and all of our content will be associated to those identities through digital credentials.There'll still be single player games, but there'll be a lot more connectivness in games than we have now. Sony and Microsoft will both still be very relevant in the game business and, in fact, the relationship between them will be less competitive and more collaborative. I believe Sony will leverage its strengths in consumer electronics and being a media/content company and Microsoft will leverage its strengths as a software company.Nintendo will still be in the toy business and will continue to be very successful.We might even see companies like apple coming out with there own console.In a nutshell, your console will be everything you need
A big change that I expect to see is the disappearance of a clear distinction between home consoles and handheld consoles. Also, we're going to see some fundamental changes to both the input and the output of games devices. Gestural interfaces are already happening, of course, and the screen as we know it might be a thing of the past too. I'm not sure if there will be a complete virtualization by 2020, but I like the idea of a wearable device - one that we control and interact with through natural hand gestures, and that we use to augment our physical world.Motion controls will play a part but have matured into being used where it really enhances the experience.
In terms of worldwide respect, video games will be side by side with Hollywood - it may possibly even overtake it at points, but I think both can co-exist quite happily as both are different in the way the someone interacts with them
[READ:How Games Are Made]
I think digital distribution will be huge.Digital distribution may be the only way to access your entertainment, be it games, TV or films. It changed the way music is sold and I think it will have a huge impact on games as well. In 2000 we were just being introduced to 300kbps DSL. In 2010 10mbps is normal in a lot of places. Where will it be in 2020?
The average age of a gamer is slowly rising. People who grew up with video games generally don't tend to leave. So each year we have a new demographic to cater for. Old age gamers are going to be more and more commonplace. Don't be surprised to see games made specifically for them.
In particular, I'm expecting games companies to continue the trend of delivering their games on multiple systems that all connect together. Away from home? You can continue playing on a portable device. At work? There's always the web version etc.They'll be easy to access from anywhere and inherently social. Games will integrate our technology, our social networks and our lifestyle. It will extend our offline activities with our online interactions and seamlessly provide entertainment when and where we want it.
For the hardcore, I see exceptional graphics, improved storylines and choice. By "choice" I mean your actions will define the way the game unfolds. Yes we have this in some games already, but we're just starting to scratch the surface. I think advancements in AI will allow developers to really push games and allow the user to really make their own choices.
The future of gaming industry surely looks bright and healthy,leave your comments below :)
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