This is a basic slide exploring the potential future development of video game genres and hardware evolution. What might happen when we consider the different ways these genres and interfaces might evolve?

1. Interfaces don't
change
Interfaces change
New genres emerge
New genres don't
emerge
Don't Fix What Ain't Broken
THAT'S a Game?
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Significant retro trend – simpler games
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Experimental games usually in margins
– they don't escape
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Cost of high-end games going up
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Business interests against novelty
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Consumers like familiarity
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Games vs non-games
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Virtual Boy
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New experiences likely won't register as
“games”
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Oculus Rift, Google Glass, Kinect
recontextualizing space
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FPS only current genre that works well
w/ eyewear
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More resources for
inspiration/imagination
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Platform divisions are interface-based
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Quantic Dream (Indigo Prophecy, Heavy
Rain, Beyond: Two Souls)
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Average hardware is more powerful –
enables new possibilities
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Current control schema is dynamic,
abstract
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Games strongly associated with certain
inputs (why use a dial?)
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Internet enables viral promotion of new
ideas
A Steady Evolution
Novelty++
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New hardware is flashy, cool,
affordable
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Many uses both in and out of gaming
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Player capabilities fairly similar
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Hardware frequently compared to
previous control schema
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Genre-specific hardware (light gun,
dance pad)