Their predictions (you should read the article though instead of reading my tl;dr list):
- The End of Disc Media
- Streaming Content
- Stereoscopic 3D Graphics
- Panoramic Widescreen
- GPU/CPU Fusion
- Cross Platform Connectivity
- Social Network Gaming
- Touchscreen Gaming
- Motion Sensing Control
- Gaming Notebooks
- The Living Room PC
- Mind Control
Remember always: When talking about the future, NEVER SAY NEVER.
In 2000, a mere 10 years ago, I would never predict that the majority of hardcore PC gamers in 2010 would buy their games from digital distribution services such as Steam. If someone suggested the idea of such a service I would respond that "there is not enough bandwidth for the servers", or "I do not have broadband and I don't see this changing anytime soon where I live" or "why the hell would I want to have a "digital" copy of my game instead of a hard copy in a box?", or "I don't want to pay online for my games", or "I need an Internet Connection? This sounds so terrible nobody will ever buy anything from them", etc.
Now discuss
TWIN PEAKS is "something of a miracle."
"...like nothing else on television."
"a phenomenon."
"A tangled tale of sex, violence, power, junk food..."
"Like Nothing On Earth"
- Streaming Content
- Cross Platform Connectivity
- Social Network Gaming
- Touchscreen Gaming
- Motion Sensing Control
- Gaming Notebooks
- The Living Room PC
- Mind Control
A lot of this like 3D (VR sort-of) have been attempted before but seems to be taking off again now due to updated technology and both ATI and NVIDIA (And developers and such.) improving hardware support.
Attempts at controlling applications with the mind as well but very basic stuff as far as I'm aware (Neural something control.) though it might also get attempted again with better results, PhysX started of rather low-profile but is now one of the major PhysX API's with optional hardware acceleration even and put on a number of devices from mobiles to consoles.
Some other attempts have been that fan-thing controlling after wind and such in games but I don't think it'll ever get somewhere more than a gimmick.
Development does continue over a number of aspects and some are apparently getting pretty advanced, blue-ray shows that disc might be getting a bit impractical due to costs of both media and hardware even if the file size advantage is nice and streaming of data or direct download will likely improve even further in the following years seeing how Microsoft has been pushing it heavily along with distribution platforms and online purchase alternatives.
It'll be interesting to see how some of these technologies turn out, I suppose some of it is already available though like proper angled widescreen monitors but they're not very common and costs as usual is at a premium initially.
I played Doom with a VR helmet years ago and had a great time, my friend got motion sickness
It's always been a surprise to me that it hasn't made some form of return, in a successful way
3D will be nice when they get it working properly but I want to see holographic projection tvs much more than anything on the above list
- Streaming Content
- Cross Platform Connectivity
- Social Network Gaming
- Touchscreen Gaming
- Motion Sensing Control
- Gaming Notebooks
- The Living Room PC
- Mind Control
The moment this becomes the only option to play any given game is the moment that I'll give up on gaming.
Fuck off, industry.
I don't think you have to worry about that in the next 10 years.
On the other hand, I expect Ubisoft's DRM to be the most commonly used DRM model for new PC and maybe even console games.
Casual gaming on the PC (think of facebook games etc) is HUGE right now and nobody feels annoyed that you have to be connected on the internet to play these games.
If today's soccer mom doesn't have a problem about her facebook games, I don't think that tomorrow's gamer will even think about it.
But that's me and for the record I hope I am wrong!
TWIN PEAKS is "something of a miracle."
"...like nothing else on television."
"a phenomenon."
"A tangled tale of sex, violence, power, junk food..."
"Like Nothing On Earth"
- Streaming Content
- Cross Platform Connectivity
- Social Network Gaming
- Touchscreen Gaming
- Motion Sensing Control
- Gaming Notebooks
- The Living Room PC
- Mind Control
- The End of Disc Media - I haven't used a disc for media in years I think its been dead welcome to 2010.
- Streaming Content - Nope.
- Stereoscopic 3D Graphics - Enjoy your gay glasses and eye strain after 30 minutes of playing.
- Panoramic Widescreen - If everyone becomes a millionaire in the next 10 years than sure
- GPU/CPU Fusion - And it will be more expensive so is this really a plus?
- Cross Platform Connectivity - Maybe consoles but not PC's, there is no way a Console player could keep up with a PC player, they have tried and 99% of the time the pc players won and completely dominated console players even great console players would be wiped by noob pc players.
- Social Network Gaming - It is called WOW and its gay nothing to look forward to.
- Touchscreen Gaming - Great now my games can go back to being slow and simple like in 1995. Durp
- Motion Sensing Control - Now introducing games that play them selves while you think you are controlling it.
- Gaming Notebooks - Have existed for along time and anyone who games on a laptop (unless they are always traveling) is a douchebag
- The Living Room PC - Not sure what this means
- Mind Control - It has been around for along time you obviously are under the control that you believe any of these things will be cool or awesome or even will last the next 10 years without fading away like many other dumb fads.
Is this really all we have to look forward to in the next 10 years? What about CGI like graphics in our games, more freedom in games to do whatever you want and more realistic sounds and physics, shit that alone sounds better than your list altogether.
Btw you forgot Mac users will be able to play games from the past 10 years.
it is not the future of pc no fucking way and living room pc is the thing you have your movie database on not your fucking games pc connected to a TV for gaming is not a fucking improvement you stupid console fucking derp
Touchscreen feature: do not play hentai games, your screen could have orgasms.
3D screen: why no one could make porn movies in 3D ? huh ?
Motion sensing control: ha f*ck, you just been caught cuming in front of your screen and now all the Internet knows it, that's bad.
@ JBeckman: no, it's not due to hardware support coming around, it's due to hardware actually becoming somewhat affordable. It won't be until the end of the coming decade until we'll see a 3D implementation that's worth it however. Currently it still gives a lot of people motion sickness, it's too much of a strain on the eye and you have to wear the crappy glasses. Worst part is that in most cases, execution is terrible, making it incredibly subjective as to what people think is good or what isn't.
There are slowly technologies popping up that are moving towards the hologram idea, but they're all at least 5 years off mass-production
The one thing we'll see booming like crazy is automation and integration. It's funny to see how far some devices already integrate with each other, and that's only going to get bigger. My PC acts as my phone's music stream server, and vice versa, I can control what is playing on my PC through my phone. Google's "to-phone" functionality is another good example.
Yes okay, but as long as digital copies cost more than regular retail ones it won't take over completely.
- Streaming Content
Not 100% streaming but i can see a version/hybrid of it working
- Stereoscopic 3D Graphics
I already have 3d glasses for my pc, never used them though and don't ever plan to. But hey whatever floats your boat.
- Panoramic Widescreen
Naw, don't see it becoming mainstream.
- GPU/CPU Fusion
In laptops and so on sure, even normal cpus will have some gpu stuff in it but i'm not sure that it will replace a dedicated gpu-card for people who want a more powerful experience.
- Cross Platform Connectivity
Couldn't care less about this one.
- Social Network Gaming
see above.
- Touchscreen Gaming
Not on normal PC's or laptops. On Ipad-like devices sure but not on your stationary PC i don't think.
- Motion Sensing Control
It's probably inevitable that some device will show up on PC as a reply to the Wii/Kinekt/Move (or whatever the ps3 one is called) devices. Don't think it will catch on though.
- Gaming Notebooks
Already exists, but are too bulky today. I'm sure they will become slimmer and so on as the development of hardware continues. Price vs Performance will determine how successful it will be (among non hardcore ppl who doesn't fiddle around with their hardware).
More like an HTPC, which I've had sitting under the TV for like 5 years now. That stuff will be integrated (here I am with my integration again) into the TV soon enough, Google's already working on it
It's probably inevitable that some device will show up on PC as a reply to the Wii/Kinekt/Move (or whatever the ps3 one is called) devices. Don't think it will catch on though.
There is this one: and Valve are partners with them. On a press release Gabe was quoted that their future games will be designed to utilize as best they can that device.
TWIN PEAKS is "something of a miracle."
"...like nothing else on television."
"a phenomenon."
"A tangled tale of sex, violence, power, junk food..."
"Like Nothing On Earth"
- The End of Disc Media
- Streaming Content
- Stereoscopic 3D Graphics
- Panoramic Widescreen
- GPU/CPU Fusion
- Cross Platform Connectivity
- Social Network Gaming
- Touchscreen Gaming
- Motion Sensing Control
- Gaming Notebooks
- The Living Room PC
- Mind Control
So in 2020 somebody expects me to play on my drive-less gaming notebook with its unified processor and 3D glasses a Facebook game with a pal who is sitting in front of his Xbox 1080 system; I will be playing with a plugged in iPhone, all in my living room, and my pal thinks he is playing over Kinect 3.0 but secretly I am controlling him with my mind.
More like an HTPC, which I've had sitting under the TV for like 5 years now. That stuff will be integrated (here I am with my integration again) into the TV soon enough, Google's already working on it
Well shit, if stupid consoles keep going for two three years more, a simple HTPC would be enough to pull infinitely better performance at higher resolutions than the puny Derpbox 3.
- GPU/CPU Fusion - And it will be more expensive so is this really a plus?
Ehmm yea? You save some on the addition to buy either a CPU or a VGA card plus it will be alot easier to upgrade your components and ofc, dont have to worry about any bottlenecking at least from the CPU and GPU.
And yet nothing about the games themselves... All just peripheral hype bullshit.
Sad really how games have actually devolved from complex to simplistic. IMO there's a market for games with complex, challenging systems, as well as games that deal with really mature content; not titties and splatter, but intricate, thought-provoking adult themes instead of the juvenile crap that caters to the ADHD crowd.
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, failing internet will be something that happens even in the future, with steam I can atleast fuck around in offline mode.
