Tuesday, March 30, 2010

The Future of Gaming is Free

The video game environment is constantly changing. With the development of pirating and other things of that character, video games will evolve, and have already seen the results of these strong changes. Because of this, free entertainment is become more and more popular, but not in the sweetest form. The following changes will go down and continue to go down in the video game environment:

Advertising will become more often occurring. As games continue to become more straining to make money off of, conglomerates will have to turn to ingame spots. This will make games more spammy and annoying, and video game companies have yet to fully harness this in a way their players feel is acceptable and not too invasive. Companies are also struggling with ways to track and guarantee that their efforts have a direct ROI.

Quality may decrease. As it is with the music industry, profit margins may inevitably drop in the industry due to piracy. While gaming will never disappear, it is possible that gaming companies will not have the resources to invest in a superhigh quality game when they will not see results from their gaming sales.

Freemium will increase. There will be more growth of paid addons, which is already revealing its grill in the paid planet. You will be able to get more things like additional characters, maps, cheat codes and etc, to up minor revenue inflow after the products have been bought. Products like MMORPGs may become hugely popular as companies see the ability to monetize a monthly subscription service more frequently.

Numbers may increase. As these things happen, more large volume, low quality games may appear. Onsite games such as these will offer quick return, onsite branding and advertising knowledge, and also a low cost. Investing in extremely expensive games may seem like a poor option for gaming companies, and as such they may rededicate to microgames such as kids dress up games, cooking games or online pool and Pong.



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