How will this time in gaming be remembered in 20 years?

[Toast On Cheese]

How do you think we will look back on contemporary gaming in 20 years, will we think of now as good or bad?

[ṼṏẌṏḭḊ]

"It was alright".

[ʟǟֆȶʟɨʋɨռɢքօɛȶ]

This period will be known as The Great Transition

The moment where gamers got up and started walking towards the glory of VR, BCI, and BEYOND

[Netaris]

Escrito originalmente por ʟǟֆȶʟɨʋɨռɢքօɛȶ:

This period will be known as The Great Transition

The moment where gamers got up and started walking towards the glory of VR, BCI, and BEYOND

The great transition to NFTs and VR tech most peoples aren't interrested in. If only studios could be focused on making good games instead.

[Thermal Lance]

Heh, mostly fine but it's kind of a divisive era. I mean... 2002 - 2006 (my memory is a bit wonky but iirc its around that time.) was pretty much a constant gamer boner non-stop. is probably the era ill remember the most in "modern" gaming. Otherwise, I like my boomer shooter and stupidly complex RPGs for no other reasons than why not.

[Thermal Lance]

Escrito originalmente por ʟǟֆȶʟɨʋɨռɢքօɛȶ:

This period will be known as The Great Transition

The moment where gamers got up and started walking towards the glory of VR, BCI, and BEYOND

Don't go too far with that VR headset. Might be a shame to fall down a staircase.

[Vendicator Senpai]

it will probably be remembered for having some neat games like Elden Ring but won't be remembered for any big leaps like the previous generations

[Abaddon the Despoiler]

We are all plugged into the matrix far in the future, playing the ultimate simulation of 2022.

I can't wait till 2023 comes out, the graphics are going to be so realistic.

[Q-T_3.14.exe]

I'd remember it as so-so. Some games good and some not so much.

Escrito originalmente por Chaos:

We are all plugged into the matrix far in the future, playing the ultimate simulation of 2022.

I can't wait till 2023 comes out, the graphics are going to be so realistic.

I already pre-purchased it.

[MistyMountainHop]

Probably not very memorable, because there doesn't seem to be any notable gaming trend to go along with it, as there were with trends like the platformers of the 8-bit days or the horror games of the Ps2 era.

[ʟǟֆȶʟɨʋɨռɢքօɛȶ]

Escrito originalmente por Vendicator Senpai:

it will probably be remembered for having some neat games like Elden Ring but won't be remembered for any big leaps like the previous generations

Elden What?

[ʙᴜɴ.ᴇ]

it will be seen as the birth of when things started going wrong with gaming.

introduction of loot boxes and pay2win, always online to play games, DRM and bad anti cheat software clogging and slowing down the games, copy and paste games thrown out every year with slight changes priced at AAA prices (looking at you FIFA), list goes on.

This era is not good for gaming and won't be looked back on with any positivity.

[Shiro♌]

This time will definitely be seen as the negative one, because the current market is infested with developers with no passion or wasted passion, looking for money rather than creating a masterpiece like back in the day.
It's not just a coincidence that games like GTA: SA, Quake III Arena, and other ones alike are praised so much.

One might argue that they were still trying out new stuff and got lucky, but if that's the case, then why're the developers nowadays so fixated on the pay to win lootboxes, tons of microtransactions in-game? There's literally no reason to have them in videogames, besides greed, is there?
Well, a valid point would be that people don't have time to play videogames, so they pay with their money to get the progress they'd have otherwise gotten playing the game, if they were to have the necessary time to play them; But in such cases, why'd you go outta your way and pay for the game or the game's license to play it, if you don't have the time to play it in the first place?
Sounds like a huge contradictory move without considering the consequences of your actions.

Either way, the current videogames are usually overpriced, poorly optimized, and too focused on microtransactions. That's what needs to go; If that doesn't happen, then people won't wanna think about those times with a positive attitude.

So, my answer would be, that this era will be seen as the era when games took a sudden J-turn into worse..
At the end of the day, people may not even wanna remember those times in the first place, if they're so full of negatives in comparison to their previous precedents.


I will definitely see those times as the times of CS title's reborn, due to Valorant getting into the highlights.
I guess, I'm still waiting for Modern Warfare 2's remaster.. Which is, without a doubt, unfortunately, gonna be overpriced, but clearly worth the money unless they announce and implement a major balancement adjustments.
If that doesn't happen, I'll happily pay over ~100€ just for the sake of playing the same game once again.. But this time, with the necessary knowledges to dominate most matches.

~ Previously, up to 2016; GTA: SA, Minecraft, Modern Warfare 2, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Quake III Arena;
~ From Counter-Strike: Global Offensive to Valorant, to visual novels;
~ And, then from Valorant and visual novels to Modern Warfare 2 remaster (if I will still be gaming to that day).

[Basarab Laiota]

Escrito originalmente por 💕 𝓑𝓾𝓷 💕:

introduction of loot boxes and pay2win

Loot Boxes and Pay2Win mechanics have been a thing for almost 2 decades now, smart one.

[Goldias]

Might be "Dawn of gamepass"
First Xbox, then Playstation. In a few years we might have a lot more game subscription service.

[primeinsurrection]

The same way we look at games from the 90s now, collectibles.

Theres a new level of games being made but most of the best games are not public because of price and specs. But the technology in PCs is rapidly increasing along with SSDs being more utilized. I think soon enough we will have massive games running on 1T RAM and programmed without any client side data to make cheats a thing of history.

I see people owning just a few massive games over experimenting with alot of indie games or having to see which games actually work. I see less family friendly safe games where you can not die. I see more open PvP and permadeath which will likely cause people to be alot more polite. Basically I see an evolution of companies that are more focused on what makes a game good rather than having such a commerce geared mentalilty.

I think we are still babies in the gaming universe and about to realize we havnt even started gaming yet. And that golden age is soon.