With the end of the decade coming very soon its time now to dwell into the future and see what is in store for us in the realm of video gaming. It could be said that currently we are living in a generation where there is no failing game console available in the market. Even though the Nintendo Wii is leading the pack in terms of overall sales worldwide the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 are far from giving up while both the Nintendo DS and PSP still sell a healthy number of consoles.
With the Nintendo Wii outselling its more powerful cousins it seems the world of video gaming has now changed with everyone gearing towards a more social gaming experience over a solitary one. You do not need to memorise complex button combinations anymore thanks to the use of motion sensors. So how can the next generation of consoles capitalize on the use of motion sensors and take them a step further?
You could say the use of controllers altogether will be gone by the next decade with games now requiring you to use your whole body as seen earlier with Sony’s Eyetoy. No longer will you have to push a joystick to move a character, gamers will now have to physically run on the spot like on a treadmill to get around. The use of actually ducking was implemented in an old Konami produced light gun game called Police 24/7. Why not bring that gimmick back so we can play Gears of War in that style? Sure, it will be tiring but in the long run it will make gamers all over more fit and healthy.
Arguably, the graphics seen in games like Gran Turismo and Final Fantasy XIII are so good you wonder how the next generation could look any better. At the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas there was talk of HD going 3D. Sony’s display of Gran Turismo 5, WipEout HD and Motorstorm Pacific Rift were running seamlessly in 3D with the aid of polarised glasses that is. Even though Sony denied any plans of going 3D in the future the prospect is still creating quite a buzz especially with the release of Dreamwork’s Monsters vs Aliens movie which was screened in 3D in select IMAX cinemas. Both critics and movie goers lauded the visuals of the movie so it’s only a matter of time hopefully if Sony wants to incorporate this technology for the eventual release of the Playstation 4.
One such trend that is currently in the business today is that consoles today are more than just a piece of technology to play electronic games, no, they are multimedia entertainment machines. The Playstation 3 leads in the way of technology by offering gamers a built in Blu Ray drive so they can watch all their favourite movies all in glorious High Definition. But both the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 gives gamers the opportunity to do lots more things such as browse the internet, download TV shows and music videos and allows you to store all your favourite pictures and photos on their hard drives.
If the next generation of consoles wants to go one better than that then they should replace PC’s altogether by offering their own versions of Word and Excel. It may seem a bit far-fetched now but with computers easily being susceptible to many viruses it may not be a bad idea. So far consoles do have their fair share of problems as does every piece of technology but so far they have been immune to any viruses. Since Microsoft is the pioneer in computing they can be the first to implement this on the successor to the Xbox 360.
The future of gaming draws near and whether these prospects come true they will truly change the face of gaming consoles forever. For now, we should all enjoy the present and see what new innovations are still yet to be seen in this generation of gaming.
Damian Seeto
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