Next Gen Is Here.....DEAL WITH IT
So many rumors and embellished
conjecture are the decorations for an otherwise fantastic event in
gaming history...the reveal of a new console. No matter how you want
to look at things there is an undeniable fact when it comes to
multimedia company's, they all want that magic box that can deliver
all types of entertainment medium to you instantly. It's much more
cost effective to them and you the consumer.
People will play on the misconstrued
fact by stating “we want a console to play games and only games”
in case people forget Nintendo actually applied this theory with a
little console called the Gamecube which simply played games and
nothing else. The console failed once people realized it would not
play their DVD's or CD's, no one wants several little boxes littering
your home that all deliver various types of media.
We have become a society of people that
wants..NO demands every form of entertainment medium instantly. When
I was a child and I was stuck on a particular game I would have to
talk to friends who had the game or wait until an edition of
Gamesmaster and hope they at least mentioned something of my plite.
Now however you can take out your phone and instantly discover how
you attack with 550 HP damage on that new sword you found.
Instant gratification is the order of
the day now, films, games, apps, even food can be delivered to your
starving senses within minutes. People may mock the new pizza
ordering app but to MS and it's customers it's an extremely cost
effective and smart business move. Times are changing and so is the
demographic, consumers want instant delights and instant thrills,
they care little for leveling up or difficult gameplay.
Hence this fact gaming has become
easier and completion times have decreased, it is simply companies
giving YOU want YOU demanded.
YOU demanded extra content now know as
dlc, and the companies were only too happy to feed your aching minds.
YOU demanded games to become easier by
using the internet to spoil boss battles, and checking youtube so you
can have the best time on Trials.
YOU demanded shorter games since as a
society we are more active and have less time to play games, when we
do play we want the quick thrill of feeling like a god after a 12
hour shift.
Stop living in the Neolithic age come
out of your cave and stop carving animals at Gobekli Tepe, realize
and understand that the future is here and if you don't like
it...well have fun with those stone age tools.
As for the rest of us we will enjoy a
new age of not just gaming but a new era in the consummation of this
new entertainment medium.
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