My big worry about the future of motion gaming

[jneul]

RolStoppable said:

jneul said:

I have a new worry for us all, with every company (sony, ms and ninty on the motion bandwagon), do you think thee is a chance for the shovelware problem to get so big that it send's us backward to the atari days??

The crash didn't happen because there were a lot of bad games, but rather because many games didn't work properly. They randomly froze up, were full of bugs and glitches or didn't work at all (imagine wasting $50 on something you never get to play). It certainly didn't help that Atari themselves released E.T. during that time period, a game that is so lousy that it is sometimes blamed to be a main cause for the crash. There was no reason for consumers to trust any maker of video games anymore.

But something like that isn't going to happen again for several reasons:

1) There are plenty of companies that aren't just seeking to make a quick buck, so there will be enough quality games.
2) Minimum quality standards have to be met nowadays, otherwise games are not allowed to be released by the console manufacturers.
3) Information regarding video games is much more widespread nowadays especially due to the internet, helping people to make the right purchases.
4) Consumers themselves are more knowledgeable than in the past, because today there are many people who grew up with video games and played them for decades. Something that obviously wasn't the case in the early '80s, because video games were a relatively new medium at the time.

Thanks you covered all bases with your explanation, your right, I was worrying too much and not using my brains loool