Future of Gaming Tech: 20 Ways Computer Games Industry WILL Change
Do you think you could guess the future of Gaming Technology? Think again! Here are 20 upcoming trends in the computer game tech industry, most of which you may not have anticipated.
#1. Digital gaming will start moving away from publishers more, and developers self-publishing games on their own will increase.
#2. There will be fewer Single-player games in the future.
#3. The trend of micro-payments is expected to continue, but whether the profits made by this model will continue or go down is yet to be seen.
#4. Diskless gaming consoles will be more prominent in the future which might reduce the opportunities for brick-and-mortar game stores even more.
#5. Visually stunning, hyper-realistic graphics will be more popular.
#6. Games will be released when their first few levels are ready. Based on the success, developers may decide whether to finish the development or not.
#7. Although Virtual Reality (VR) is older and bigger today, Augmented Reality (AR) tech will mostly surpass it and will find better acceptance not just in gaming, but in many other visualization applications.
#8. Better wireless and faster bandwidth connectivity will enable faster VR/AR game adoption.
#9. Games in the future will offer much more than entertainment. With the help of technologies like VR and AR, one could be a part of a virtual meeting with 3d avatars representing others, and move around, communicate with anyone there. Games will find applications in virtual meetings, education, medicine, etc.
#10. Gaming would find applications in the medical field, especially for kids and youngsters who find it difficult. For example, a game could be installed inside a scanning machine to keep kids inside willingly for longer periods.
#11. Gaming would find applications in education where complex concepts would be converted into interactive puzzle games which would help in better understanding and problem-solving.
#12. Common tastes in gaming might lead to new friendships, and in the future, long-term relationships like marriages.
#13. With more powerful mobile phones being launched rapidly, they might become the preferred gaming device over gaming consoles and computers. Or at the least, other hardware and platforms will find ways to integrate with smartphones.
#14. There will be movies, books, & web series, in addition to the merchandise, social media, and youtube channels exclusively for fans of popular games.
#15. With advances in the IoT, Sensor, and 5G industries, immersive games will engage smell, touch, and taste senses in addition to visual and auditory.
#16. Gaming consoles will look to become modular to enable users to swap graphic cards, memory, etc.
#17. The viewership and market for E-Sports (Live-streamed Competitive online gaming tournaments on a massive scale) will surpass regular sports.
#18. E-Sports will become more participative, than being viewership-based alone.
#19. Crowd-suggested, Crowd-funded, and Crowd-developed games will become more common in the future.
#20. Retro-style single-player games that were popular a few decades ago will make a comeback and will appeal more to adults who used to play them when they were younger.
Talking about Retro Games, here are five games that I liked much on Plays.org, a website that hosts more than a hundred such games. You can play these for free on your computer browser now. Have a look at the below short video and see if you recognize any of these good old games.
Reference: The Future of Gaming: Insights on How Entertainment’s Largest Industry Will Change by Caio Sampaio (Kindle eBook)
PS: Do you agree with the future of gaming tech, in this article? If not, comment away your predictions!