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The Games Industry's 2007 Resolutions

Posted by Zonk on from the thou-shalt-not-release-crappy-sequels dept.

Gamasutra has a piece up from earlier this week, with some late New Year's resolutions for the games industry. Their frequently-done 'Question of the Week' series pulled in comments from game developers and designers working right now, with their hopes for the best in 2007. From the article: "Now that 2006 is over can we finally stop worrying about who's going to win the console war and start focusing on the games? Arguing about which next-gen system is the best is as silly as arguing about which five-star restaurant has the finest china and silverware. It's the food on the plate that matters to the customers after all. With any luck we'll see delicious games with plenty of innovation on all of the platforms this year! - Patrick Curry, Midway Games"

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  1. Re:the annoyance .... the problems by Rayonic · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    SNES released, Nintendo touts its graphical superiority
    Nintendo 64 released, Nintendo touts its graphical superiority
    Gamecube released, Nintendo touts its graphical superiority
    Wii released, graphics don't matter anymore!

    Nintendo will always promote its strong points, like any sane company would.
    And there will always be fans out there parroting their talking points.

    I don't think Nintendo is going in a bad direction with the Wii. But graphics have mattered in the past and can still matter today. Depends on the game.

    Oh, and that's beside all the non-graphical improvements that next-gen hardware can bring. Like advanced physics, better AI, bigger and more complex game environments, and procedural content generation.

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  2. Re:Wii is great, but don't forget about adults! by captaincucumber · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I'm 30 too, and I think that way. I only really want to play games with nudity/violence/adult language/people smoking cigarettes.

    I think it was Super Mario Sunshine that was the tipping point for me on this. All that fucking happiness and jumping around. I grew up on this sort of thing, but give me a break, I'm not 8 anymore (I think that's how old I was when the first Mario came out). After playing it for about 3 hours I realized I never again wanted to play another kid game. So now I only play stuff like God of War, Gears of War, Grand Theft Auto, etc. And I would definitely like to see a lot more games like these.

    I want to play games where the hero fucks the princess after he rescues her. And I think I'm not alone here.