Inviusx
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At the end of Gen 6 we had games that (for the most) were high performing, respected the user experience, were content complete at launch and were advanced enough graphically to not look like polygon soup (Gen 5, PS1, N64).
We also didn't have game companies that were corrupted by the pursuit of money over everything (brought about by the rise of internet connected consoles and the explosion of mobile gaming).
While Gen 7 and 8 brought about brand new experiences through online gaming, new lasting franchises with rich worlds to explore the rise of indies and the ability to recieve post launch improvements to enhance our existing experiences. It cannot be denied that we also lost a lot of what made the previous generations so memorable.
We lost games that performed well, we lost experience's that respected our time, we lost (for the most part) couch coop and split screen gaming. We lost our confidence in studios to deliver a complete experience to us. We had to survive a period were our experience was dictated by loot boxes and shady gambling practices that were always sold to us as "optional". We saw the rise of pay to win, subscriptions on top of subscriptions, always online being forced upon us.
While our games looked "better", it came at the cost of low frame rates, long load times and high input latency.
As we move into the next generation, we unfortunately have to drag some of these negatives with us however in my humble opinion we are starting to regain aspects of gaming that we praised Gen 6 for. Games will run better, our experiences will be snappy, fast. Our time will be respected by consoles that seek to elevate high speed over everything else. Were steering away from loot boxes and pay to win, we are starting to turn the magnifying glass back onto studios and publishers that don't respect their player base.
On the dawn of this new generation I invite you to think about the last 15 years of gaming and wonder if we actually lost more than we gained? Will the gamers of the far flung future look back at this period as a dark age?
If so well, congrats. You survived!
We also didn't have game companies that were corrupted by the pursuit of money over everything (brought about by the rise of internet connected consoles and the explosion of mobile gaming).
While Gen 7 and 8 brought about brand new experiences through online gaming, new lasting franchises with rich worlds to explore the rise of indies and the ability to recieve post launch improvements to enhance our existing experiences. It cannot be denied that we also lost a lot of what made the previous generations so memorable.
We lost games that performed well, we lost experience's that respected our time, we lost (for the most part) couch coop and split screen gaming. We lost our confidence in studios to deliver a complete experience to us. We had to survive a period were our experience was dictated by loot boxes and shady gambling practices that were always sold to us as "optional". We saw the rise of pay to win, subscriptions on top of subscriptions, always online being forced upon us.
While our games looked "better", it came at the cost of low frame rates, long load times and high input latency.
As we move into the next generation, we unfortunately have to drag some of these negatives with us however in my humble opinion we are starting to regain aspects of gaming that we praised Gen 6 for. Games will run better, our experiences will be snappy, fast. Our time will be respected by consoles that seek to elevate high speed over everything else. Were steering away from loot boxes and pay to win, we are starting to turn the magnifying glass back onto studios and publishers that don't respect their player base.
On the dawn of this new generation I invite you to think about the last 15 years of gaming and wonder if we actually lost more than we gained? Will the gamers of the far flung future look back at this period as a dark age?
If so well, congrats. You survived!
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