Gaming: Why Do You Hurt Me

After reading the article that was assigned I feel that I can only agree to a certain point. Yes the baby-boomers will leave in huge numbers and they'll be taking their knowledge with them. But I agree with Andrew in that taking advice from someone that is a few generations past me doesn't seem like the best idea. If I talk to a baby-boomer about the video game market they'll laugh at you or still feel like it's the early Atari or ColecoVision days. They don't understand how it's developed and gamers have to constantly be up to date. This is also the case with any recent electronic device where this generation needs to multi-task while using these devices. Gamers are people that know how to adapt and can change depending on certain situations.

Companies should try and keep some old dogs to help the new ones but they also have to make sure they evolve with the times. These companies have to hire early gamers to make sure there company can constantly be up to date because that's what gamers enjoy. The gaming generation find it better if they can always be on top and always have something to look at it. They are able to fluctuate with every situation in the gaming world. Apply this to the real world and maybe there won't be too much trouble.

Moving on to the other topic that's been brought up, where is gaming going? I'm a big gamer and I understand the ideas behind both the Wii and Project Natal. There is a need to push the evenelope and let people experience gaming in a different way. The companies want to be able to push new hardware but also allow people to actually "feel" the world they created. But I have always felt that the Wii was a step backwards. Nintendo has made their money by letting both younger and older crowds into gaming. But they've also let a huge fluctuation of little kids games and party games into the market. This has always made me believe that gaming has lost it's niche and now everyone can join in. I guess my rant is just trying to say that the club has let too many people in and soon the big 3 (Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo) will try to make the bucks from "non-gamers" and let the old gamers hold on to the precious past.