Is gaming tech on the brink of a new golden age?

About this episode

The episode discusses the evolution of gaming technology and the challenges it faces as development costs rise and hardware limitations are reached.

The pace of gaming innovation between the years 1990 and 2010 saw a drastic shift from 2d sprites moving linearly across flat landscapes to fully-realised 3D worlds presenting an almost limitless array of gameplay options. But as development costs skyrocket and physical hardware reaches its limits, the question becomes: where does gaming go from here? Have we now entered an era of diminishing returns where AAA games cost more than your average Hollywood film only to deliver a set of exp...

Topics covered

• gaming technology
• innovation
• 3D worlds
• development costs
• AAA games
• future of gaming

Keywords

• gaming
• technology
• innovation
• 3D gaming
• development costs
• AAA games
• future of gaming

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