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I have a few insights and gripes about the supposed "future of gaming." For the first part, my friends have all heard me say such before, but there is no need... zero... none... for the next gen systems. I've heard people saying "well look at the cool things in Metal Gear Solid 4." You can blend in with anyplace on screen, PS2 couldn't do that. WRONG!!! There was a little known game that no one played called Spy Fiction, which is in itself an MGS clone. And y'know what, you had adaptive camo on it. In fact if you press against a surface after a second it goes into effect and you can sit there and let the enemies walk right by then come out and kill them. It was great and it was done on the PS2, very well indeed. Another gripe is the PlayStation 2 and Xbox couldn't do HD. Who needs HDTVs? I do just fine with my standard definition; HD gives me a headache. As someone with a severe visual problem I'll just say I'm not alone in that one. Many people with visual disabilities find HD a problem, so really I don't see a need. "But look how pretty the games are." Ok, I will. *looks at eternal sonata* Hmm... yes, quite pretty and I thought it was pretty when I saw just about the same graphics in Dawn of Mana. Sure it has a higher level of shading, but really take that away and guess what? It's on the same level as Dawn of Mana.
I would rather keep the last-gen systems alive with new content that had good storylines instead of a lot of learning curve problems like they always have with new technology. I'm telling you the stuff that came out in the last year for PS2 and Xbox (editor's note: nothing has come out for the Xbox in the past year) was just awesome, just when the programmers had figured out how to really make the systems shine YOINK!! Come see this new stuff. We'll force you to make last-gen quality games for new-gen systems for the next five years. When you get good at it then guess what? NEW SYSTEMS AGAIN!! And every time they're more expensive, how about this, make your next gen systems, sit on them for years until the technology it took to create them becomes cheaper. Instead of forcing high prices and shortages you could have been making them for years and have a stockpile. Everyone could both afford and obtain one and everyone would be happy.
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