Francis Fukuyama once said that with the end of the Cold war came 'the end of history', meaning the end to countless fighting for different political ideology as liberal democracy had proven that it was the best form of governance. That sentence has only a slight relevance to what I am blogging about today, but I am knee deep in politics revision and it is difficult to switch off. What I am going to be addressing today are the differences between this generation of consoles and those that have come before it, concluding that there are some differences that make this generation more of a mainstay in the homes of the many (even exam speak is rubbing off on me).
This Generation - Same Process or Something Different?
Francis Fukuyama once said that with the end of the Cold war came 'the end of history', meaning the end to countless fighting for different political ideology as liberal democracy had proven that it was the best form of governance. That sentence has only a slight relevance to what I am blogging about today, but I am knee deep in politics revision and it is difficult to switch off. What I am going to be addressing today are the differences between this generation of consoles and those that have come before it, concluding that there are some differences that make this generation more of a mainstay in the homes of the many (even exam speak is rubbing off on me).
I'm almost worried about the fact that gaming has now hit a much wider market. I mean yes, it is good that the industry is growing and more people are playing etc - but with a boom of casual gamers, couldn't this also give rise to a boom in games which are shorter, less impressive in terms of graphics, and overall feel like they have less effort put into them, because the huge majority of new gamers may not know the difference - and those who don't play often won't neccessarily know what is possible anyways? Game companies could make easy profits selling cheaper games to larger audiences, rather than focusing on expensive well made titles that might only be truly appreciated and bought on-mass by "core fans".
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