I think that it would be a problem if AAA games did go away. A lot of the money and the influence of the games industry comes from companies that make AAA games. This has allowed games to become a protected art form and helped at a governmental level.
The AAA game has also become a cultural touch point that pulls in people to games that have no wish to play any of the smaller games. When you hear about friends and family members talking about how they play online over long distances they normally do so on AAA games.
I think that due to the large amounts of people that play these games and the fact that they are a talking point with so many people means that they can be used in effective ways for people with disabilities that are not able to deal with some of the psychological aspects of others treating them differently than everyone else. Not having to explain to others what is wrong with you and just play and converse with others is worth keeping AAA games around for.
I really wonder what this is going to be like. It will interesting to see what they have done in reaction the the 360 and the reaction that they have gotten from Dev's all over the place. I am sure that the event will be cool but who are they going to aim it at? Is this where we find out that they are not going to allow small dev teams to release games on the console but instead push them to develop for windows 8? Or will we find that they are only going to put out games that will fps's with maps, lots and lots of maps.
I don't know what ages you Duders are but I will be 30 soon and have a few friends that I have had from high school. Other friends I have are from university which I am going into second year. If you go out of your way to try and make friends with people you will not make any. Just go do the things that you like and you will meet others with similar interests.
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