What does the future of gaming hold? There are a lot of things happening and even more yet to happen; from Playstation 3's Move and Xbox360's Natal (Kinect), to the next-generation consoles (Xbox720 and Playstation 4); from Nintendo's 3DS and Playstation's PSP2 handheld consoles to the rumors and talk of SEGA's return to the console market for the next generation (SEGA Ringedge).It certainly is an exciting time to be a gamer, but also a rather expensive one; along with the new hardware, comes new games and new equipment - it all adds up. What will determine the success of all the new releases of hardware will be the range of game; not just the range, but the quality as well. Whichever company can release the biggest variety - in genre and titles - will secure their future. As a gamer myself, and I'm sure other gamers will agree, is that all this activity is certainly going to give us a lot of choice. Not only that, but some headaches as well - whether or not to get the new consoles right away. Many choose to do so, but just as many will wait until a decent range of quality games are released.
Now all this new technology is all very exciting, with many gamers chomping at the bit to get their hands on it, but it is not the only thing on their minds. In Australia there is a ban on R-rated games (boo!) - any coming into the country are either sent back to be edited (more like butchered) or simply banned from sale here. A decision of allowing R-rated games in Australia is currently before government, and should their decision be a favourable one, it will not only be a big deal for gamers, but for developers as well. But unfortunately it does not appear to be something that will happen anytime soon, as those responsible for making the final decision appear lacking the ability to do so.
At any rate, for all those gamers out there - the next 5 years are going to be very exciting! Especially is the talk of 3D HD games comes to fruition.
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