Post by *NormalGamer* on Apr 29, 2005 16:31:35 GMT -5
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"End Of The Game Industry?
Friday, 29 April 2005
Pretty gloomy title. John C. Dvorak, a high profile tech writer, thinks that the gaming industry has run out of fresh ideas and is recycling itself. In this editorial I argue that the opposite is actually true -- we're starting a new era of video gaming.
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Pretty gloomy title. John C. Dvorak, a high profile tech writer, thinks that the gaming industry has run out of fresh ideas and is recycling itself. He notes that the upcoming DS title Nintendogs is just a new spin on those old Tamagotchi toys.
Dvorak goes onto say that:
"The other idea that Iwata presented is music-making software that creates tunes on the DS. This sort of thing appeared on the Macintosh years ago—and even resulted in a weird toy guitar called the Jaminator—so this is nothing new, either. The game scene is resorting to faddish ideas from years ago to try to appear original. I'm surprised they haven't come out with Pet Rock software yet."
He does have a point in the fact that the entire gaming industry tends to reuse old ideas in new games. Super Mario 64 DS was simply a jazzed up version of Super Mario 64 for the N64. Nintendogs is a handheld video game version of those annoying Tamagotchi key chains every kid seemed to have.
But I question whether this is at all a bad thing. Eventhough I completed Super Mario 64 on the N64 several times, I still found a great deal of gaming joy from the DS version. Maybe that's because the innovation comes in the form of new systems and new ways to look at the same ol' thing.
The DS is just a gameboy with bells and whistles. But those bells and whistles is why I like it. In the future I'll be able to run movies off my handheld, blast some tunes, connect to other players worldwide for a quick game, and maybe even use the DS as a PDA to jot down notes and memos.
It comes down to delivery. The games are delivered in new and exciting ways. The systems are evolving to allow a greater scope of interaction. I really don't see this as the end of the gaming industry, but as some sort of beginning to a new era of gaming."
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Here's the link to the article:
www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1784989,00.asp
NG: I hope that Nintendo will change this when they univeil their plans at E3. That guy who wrote this pcmag.com article has good points but he's still way off on his comments on Nintendogs and Electroplankton.
"End Of The Game Industry?
Friday, 29 April 2005
Pretty gloomy title. John C. Dvorak, a high profile tech writer, thinks that the gaming industry has run out of fresh ideas and is recycling itself. In this editorial I argue that the opposite is actually true -- we're starting a new era of video gaming.
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Pretty gloomy title. John C. Dvorak, a high profile tech writer, thinks that the gaming industry has run out of fresh ideas and is recycling itself. He notes that the upcoming DS title Nintendogs is just a new spin on those old Tamagotchi toys.
Dvorak goes onto say that:
"The other idea that Iwata presented is music-making software that creates tunes on the DS. This sort of thing appeared on the Macintosh years ago—and even resulted in a weird toy guitar called the Jaminator—so this is nothing new, either. The game scene is resorting to faddish ideas from years ago to try to appear original. I'm surprised they haven't come out with Pet Rock software yet."
He does have a point in the fact that the entire gaming industry tends to reuse old ideas in new games. Super Mario 64 DS was simply a jazzed up version of Super Mario 64 for the N64. Nintendogs is a handheld video game version of those annoying Tamagotchi key chains every kid seemed to have.
But I question whether this is at all a bad thing. Eventhough I completed Super Mario 64 on the N64 several times, I still found a great deal of gaming joy from the DS version. Maybe that's because the innovation comes in the form of new systems and new ways to look at the same ol' thing.
The DS is just a gameboy with bells and whistles. But those bells and whistles is why I like it. In the future I'll be able to run movies off my handheld, blast some tunes, connect to other players worldwide for a quick game, and maybe even use the DS as a PDA to jot down notes and memos.
It comes down to delivery. The games are delivered in new and exciting ways. The systems are evolving to allow a greater scope of interaction. I really don't see this as the end of the gaming industry, but as some sort of beginning to a new era of gaming."
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Here's the link to the article:
www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1784989,00.asp
NG: I hope that Nintendo will change this when they univeil their plans at E3. That guy who wrote this pcmag.com article has good points but he's still way off on his comments on Nintendogs and Electroplankton.
