In only a few decades, video games went from being a weird sideshow of bleeps and bloops to a billion dollar industry and pastime for millions, complete with its own competitive leagues. Anyone who grew up through this time has witnessed the growth of beautiful artform only to have its wings clipped by constant microtransactions and identical sequels.
Those 12-year-olds who were beating us at Halo and describing exactly what they did to our moms last night are now 26 year olds, still beating us at Halo and still describing what they're doing to our moms. Joke's on them though, cause unlike those guys, at least we don't live with ours anymore.
Seeing graphics go from angular smudges to "so hot it's become a problem for some of you people" has been a wild ride, and there's no guessing where the industry will go. Our money is on a big Pong Resurgence. That or VR games where we finally get to own a house. But why even bother with that when the Sims has existed for decades. If it ain't broke don't fix it. Just make an HD remake and resell it back to the people who are still playing the original.
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