With the information on Virtual Reality starting to surface, the recent rise in Android microconsoles (NVIDIA Shield, Apple TV) and cloud gaming (PS Now, NVIDIA Shield), and what feels like 95% of the threads on VGChartz being NX rumors/ speculation, I've beginning to wonder. What will gaming look like in, say, 15 years? Will Virtual Reality be the main way to experience games? Will cloud gaming take over using hardware to run games? Will mobile games take swallow the industry whole and turn everyone into dumb casuals like the demon spawn they are? (sarcasm)

What do you people think gaming will be like in 20 years? Feel free to let me know. ;)

(If anyone made a similar thread recently, let me know.)

Question...

Are you really a purple walrus?

Nah, he's clearly a ghost named Napstablook,

OT: There will be a day where we wear VR heaadsets 24/7 and it will be creepy.

Who said I can't be both?

Welp, looks like this thread fell flat on its face.

Impossible!

Really, 15 years ago, we had the PS2, GC, and XB. Technology is moving pretty quickly these days too. I'm not too sure if dedicated consoles will be around or if we will have smaller hubs or services. I'm assuming we will have the option of physical, digital, and streaming but it's not guaranteed.

Im personally hoping for new ideas for the future. I don't want VR & better graphics to be the future.

VR should be widespread but it would better if we had tech that's in SAO. MMO's might actually be fun for me then.

We're going to have graphics so unbelievable, it will feel like you're in reality.

Yes, crystal-clear, and stunning visuals as you play the game of your choice. Everything looks perfect- the background, the world, the physics, you can't find a flaw.

However, developers will still not be able to solve a complex issue. They've made hyper realistic games, yet they will still struggle to give us 60 FRAMES PER SECOND!

"Video games will stay the way it is now".

That's all I came to say. Bye/

at some point in the future, nintendo is going to be the only console manufacturer left. xbox has the potential to be a huge liability to microsoft and not be worth dealing with, and sony, well.. we will see what happens with them.

i do think that nintendo will continue producing consoles, and will lead the way in the industry and show us how to do VR right with Super Mario VR or something to that effect. once the technology is actually there to do it, nintendo will pioneer us into that era just like they did with the 3D era and just like they did with gaming in general, honestly.