Prediction in Trends: Social Survival

Over the life span of video games been part of the home, something has happened every so often to shatter the way the think when it comes to video games. Most of them are just trends which make developers push out one particular genre like there’s no tomorrow. While others are logical, in-depth and enhancing to already developed ideas.

We also the leap to a rhythm trend at the start of this generation. One which has since dispersed for the most part- becoming old and stagnant. As the last few games developed with the mindset get released, a new trend will emerge. For now its unknown what exactly this trend is- if its for the better or for the worse. But if you believe what I think is going to happen- then it will be as big as Sandbox gaming.

Previously we saw the birth of a video game called Minecraft. Minecraft at its core is primal survival instinct wrapped up into a mining game. This barbaric feeling of raw survival is the future of gaming I believe- just like open world sandbox gaming- I believe that survival instincts will ravage games more and more, making them feel like another world. A new extra depth of emotion and feeling into the video game.

The intoxicating ideals of jumping around- the raw human survival instinct is what would add a brand new layer to video games- make them feel more real. A new level which slowly gives gamers more and more senses while within the game- face it- in the future games will just be in a memory machine with desires and ideas projected into a world for the gamer to live in.