When the next great jump in capability hits, what could games do they can't now?

[nitromullet]

I think its the developers that are getting dumber.

Kids that were raised on super nintendo side scrollers are now grown and getting jobs in game development. The problem is, most gamers today do not want side scrollers. Its as if the developers have lost their imagination.

Look at what id software did with doom. And now look at brink, homefront and duke nukem forever. Its as if developers can not come up with an original idea in the past 10 years.

Take 2 groups of developers:

Group A was raised watching sci-fi movies from the 1960s and 1970s.

Group B was raised on console side stroller games.

Which group do you think will be able to come up with the better idea for games?

I think people in their 30s and 40s will have better ideas then some 20 year old right out of college.

So why aren't they? It's not like all the 30-40 somethings aren't around anymore.

 

[rasczak]

Make me a sammich