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Gaming history and view
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25-04-2001 10:02am#1
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Before i start these are just my opinions and dont represent those of any larger group
1. I think you'd be better off looking for the history of the consoles themselves. The history of a console relies on it's games, the better the games, the more famous the console, the more historic it will be. Usually major fan sites are your best source, try a search in google.com.
2. I think that the European market is farsical in a number of aspects.
-Games tend to be released here last, and there usually is a long delay between the US market and ours. Notable exceptions that i can think of are MSR on DC which was released here first and the GBA, which SHOULD be released here only 11 days after the american release.
-A lot of our games are just re-hashes of older versions (e.g. the FIFA series). There doesn't seem to be as much innovation over here than in the japanese market. Publishers seem scared to release innovative new games due to the risk of failure. Developers and publishers (EA) take the safe route. This can be partly attributed to the fact that we have grown up playing games that all seem the same which has brought us into a routine which doesnt really allow for originality. That being said, there are those of us that scream for more original games.
-The community, gamer to gamer, is seemingly one of the most diverse communities in the world. This is due to the increasingly large number of people that are becoming able to go on-line. Developers and publishers have noticed this. The success of on-line games such as quake 3, unreal tournament and tribes 1 and 2 are dependant on their community. A strong community doesnt necessarily mean a large community however. Duke Nukem still has an incredibly strong following, despite the fact that there hasn't been a PC release of a duke nukem game in years. Compare the size of this community to the size of the Half-life community for instance. Just because the HL community is bigger doesnt mean that they are more devoted, it's just that there are more people involved in it.
-Communities are made up of people with a common interest. For instance we have an irish gaming community. This can be divided into sub-groups like the quake following of the HL following etc. The boards here is a focus point for all these, with different boards devoted for different parts of the community.
3. I think there has. More and more games are being developed to have on-line aspects to them, most notably PC games. This is changing tho, and consoles are now realising the potential of the internet. PSO on the DC for example.
4. Personnally i love games. There's something about sitting back in your chair as you watch the final credits of a game that took you donkeys years to complete. I also play games as a means of escapism, same as i go to the cinema or go to the pub. I'd imagine this is what a lot of people play games for.
5. PC games tend to be more complex. This is due to the bigger playground developers have to work with. Consoles are made from set specifications that go out of date within a year. therefore what a developer can do with a console is limited to what the console itself can do. This difference reflects in the games. Compare games on PC to games on the PS at it's time of release and then compare them today and the difference is obvious.
Console communities are different from internet communities in that you have communities dedicated to consoles, or communities devoted to games, or usually a mixture of the two.
6. Gameplay and price. Price of both the games and consoles. They have to be affordable. £380 for a console just isn't on in my opinion.
7. No, dont see the point really.
8. We are our own community but a line has to be drawn between real-life and escapism. that's something everquest and ultima players dont seem to understand
9. Any of the major online gaming site e.g. barrysworld usually have references to international tournaments.
10. I answered it in Q. 4.
All usual disclaimers apply
<edit> Bah fe<kin ubb code </edit>
It's a 106 miles to Chicago. We've got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark and we're wearing sunglasses.
HIT IT!
[This message has been edited by Q_Ball (edited 25-04-2001).]0 -
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