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Games Industry Things We Should Leave Behind in '07

Posted by Zonk on from the so-many-things-to-keep-back-there dept.

MTV's Multiplayer blog has a list of nine videogame concepts we should be 'leaving behind', left to rot in the now-passed year of 2007. From the countdown clocks to Halo 3, their snarky list leaves no stone unturned: "The Phrase 'Next-Gen' - Ladies and gentlemen, 'next-gen' is now. Everyone from PR firms to development studios are still using this phrase. Please, I beg of you, stop using "next-gen" until the PS4, Xbox 4000, and the Nintendo Super Wii are slated for release. Those consoles will officially be 'next-gen.' The PS3, Wii, and 360 are the current generation of games. Now is the time to accept it."

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  1. Misogyny by crosson · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I think one of the major barriers to the video-game industries quest for mass media acceptance is the stuck-in-the-1980s tendency to portray women as sexual objects with boys-club-only lack of shame.

  2. Things I would love to see gone... by Hamster+Lover · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Recent game developments I would love to see dismissed forever:

    • Non-interactive, long, drawn out, cinematic cut scenes. Just let me play the fucking game.
    • Downloadable content that isn't downloaded but only unlocked on the game disc.
    • Unrealistic release schedules.
    • Timed exclusives.
    • Rabid fanboi 360 versus PS3 frame by frame game comparisons. I love great games on any system.
    • Shitty, utterly tacked-on Wii games.
    • The yearly $60 sports games that feature incremental improvements and roster changes. We should be able to download roster changes by now; keep major changes to the game engine to a release every couple of years.