Bonus Round 26: The Future of Gaming
My opinion:
broader audiences – yes
need for content – yes
longer lifecycles – yes
"no new consoles" – no!
I totally agree that there’s a crysis of content, but i do believe there’s also a need for more powerful hardware. Nothing in the near future (except for Nintendo *maybe*), but in 5 years i think we will see machines with 4x the computing power, power which will be used for better lighting in games. The content problem will be somewhat solved by a shift of the industry to better tools for artists and a growth of the industry to draw in more artists.