I was just reading a blog on G4TV and I would like share it with you guys. This might just be where gaming is going now. The writer of the letter to Patrick Klepek does have a point.
“In the near future my sons are going to get tired of Mario and be ready for Call of Duty and SOCOM,” he said. “They are very smart and will know the difference between that little box with its poor graphics and the PS3/360. But they will have no idea how to play a video game sitting on the couch and mashing buttons. They are going to want a gun that recoils and moves with them. They are going to want to dodge and duck and strafe with their bodies, because that’s the way [they] are learning to play today.”
He could be on to something here.
While the vast majority of games are still built upon our classic conception of the game controller, the Wii introduced a new direction. Microsoft and Sony are following Nintendo’s lead, albeit in different ways. While it’s unlikely the idea of a physical controller will completely disappear, when you think about the rabid consumers who will be supporting the industry in 10 years, it’s these kids playing Wii.
“In ten years I’m going to be telling my kids about the old days when all video games were played by sitting on the couch and pressing buttons,” he joked. “They are going to make fun of me and call me an old man.”
You know what, though? That’s not a joke. That could very well happen. Does it scare you?
Source: G4TV
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