What will happen when video game graphics get to the point where they can't get any better?

[SoslanVanWieren]

Well when games look so much like real life and can't get any better we will be able to use the same hardware forever with out upgrading and gaming will get much cheaper. since the hardware will no longer need to be upgraded it will get cheaper and cheaper hence making gaming cheaper since theres no need for better hardware since the graphics cannot look any better.

 

[KingVamp]

Games aren't just graphics.

 

[SoslanVanWieren]

Games aren't just graphics.

Yes i guess but theres going to be a point where the graphics cannot look any better so no new hardware will ever be needed again.

 

[Nisem0n0]

More focus on perfecting VR?

 

[Reploid]

I'll start to wait while gameplay gonna become just as good; it'll keep my busy.

 

[KingVamp]

Yes i guess but theres going to be a point where the graphics cannot look any better so no new hardware will ever be needed again.

People and devs may want bigger worlds and more things on the screen at once, that older hardware can't handle.

 

[SoslanVanWieren]

More focus on perfecting VR?

It is going to be a problem since how are company's going to want to sell phones and pcs if the specs have no need to get better since they are already can produce graphics and speed that cannot get any better.

 

[PabloMK7]

Yes i guess but theres going to be a point where the graphics cannot look any better so no new hardware will ever be needed again.

What about virtual reality? Once the human brain is known how it really works then would it be possible to be immersed into the game? I don't think a GTX 1080 will be able to do that, so new more powerful hardware will still be coming out for a long time.

 

[SoslanVanWieren]

People and devs may want bigger worlds and more things on the screen at once, that older hardware can't handle.

The worlds can only be so big with out the game taking a very long time to make.

 

[Hanafuda]

I don't know. If that ever happens, I'll still be playing RC Pro Am 2, so I won't notice.

 

[SoslanVanWieren]

What about virtual reality? Once the human brain is known how it really works then would it be possible to be immersed into the game? I don't think a GTX 1080 will be able to do that, so new more powerful hardware will still be coming out for a long time.

Not every thing is possible just because things are going to get better doesn't mean all scfi stuff is going to come true.

 

[Issac]

Graphics is only one part of it all. Then there is physics, particle systems (smoke)... there will always be stuff to improve. They'll want to render volumetric physically correct clouds that blocks the sunlight just like real life, and make shadows look life like...
sure that's part of graphics, but there can always be more precise.

 

[The Catboy]

Maybe they will start focusing on making complete games instead of barely finished crap that's only there to push micro-transactions.

 

[SoslanVanWieren]

also it can't get better then 8k

 

[JiveTheTurkey]

Then the next step is to hook our brains up into the game.

 

[SoslanVanWieren]

Then the next step is to hook our brains up into the game.

That would be unsafe so i don't think that would happen.

 

[KingVamp]

It is going to be a problem since how are company's going to want to sell phones and pcs if the specs have no need to get better since they are already can produce graphics and speed that cannot get any better.

If hardware were to become perfect, they would have to eventually focus on selling software and cosmetic stuff.

The worlds can only be so big with out the game taking a very long time to make.

Do have a point, but they will push it as far as they can. Using software tricks on top of their skills if they have to. Such as using and approving procedural generation.

 

[PabloMK7]

Not every thing is possible just because things are going to get better doesn't mean all scfi stuff is going to come true.

What I said was an example. What I mean is things may happen in the future and we can't know until that happens. Nobody knows if more things are possible in the future and if that would need new and more powerful hardware.

 

[SoslanVanWieren]

If hardware were to become perfect, they would have to eventually focus on selling software and cosmetic stuff.


Do have a point, but they will push it as far as they can. Using software tricks on top of their skills if they have to. Such as using and approving procedural generation.

What I said was an example. What I mean is things may happen in the future and we can't know until that happens. Nobody knows if more things are possible in the future and if that would need new and more powerful hardware.

science already proves some things just aren't possible.

 

[Veho]

Yes i guess but theres going to be a point where the graphics cannot look any better so no new hardware will ever be needed again.

Hardware handles more than just graphics.