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Gaming without the internet, is that the future?


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How gaming without the internet may not be a bad thing. Alright guys, so we're going to talk about whether it's good to have an internet connection or not good to have internet connection. If we go back to the days like Sega Genesis in 64, there was no such thing as Internet in games. And it really closed off your system, but it also gave you the privacy that you need. Are you okay? Today, having companies knowing exactly what your hours are, that you're playing a game and what you're doing in those games at that very moment, there's something to be said, for not having an internet connection, I do think there is a market for that, and being able to just play a game without any connection. And we had it were a few days ago, where the, one of the Microsoft CEOs or executives said, oh, we're gonna have to require an internet connection. And someone mentioned, well, what if you're on a submarine. So I think this internet battle has been going on for a while, but I kind of remember those days where he didn't have internet connection. And it was just you in the game. And there's something freeing about not having connection. So I think the future of gaming will be a mix here, even though that we are pushing towards going to streaming services for games. And I don't know if that really take off because people really like that feeling of having a system at their home and being able to fired up and not necessarily have internet connection. So but what today, it seems like games are so big, and they have to be updated so much that it can hurt you by not having internet connection. So maybe just if there was a way to push updates, without actually maybe you alert the user that there is updates needed, and not connecting to the internet at all times. Giving a user this power is something that would be really nice for gaming systems that they would allow people to choose when those internet connections were used. And it would just be more of a privacy thing, I'm sure most people would be okay with having connection most of the time, it's just nice to have that option when it comes to internet. And being able to not necessarily be tied down to that. Next Gen gaming, I would predict is going to be even more connected. That's the thing. So I could eventually see just find like a set old Sega Genesis or a system that isn't connected to the internet, just to not be connected to the internet, just to have that privacy. It's just where there's where it's just you, and your old Gameboy Color game. And that's all it is. And that's just a lot of fun. when you really think about it. In the future, we're going to have more connectivity, it's going to keep going and going. But I do think there is, from a society perspective going to be a backlash in the future of gaming in regard to these internet connections. So you'll see some games advertised, no connection required for a particular game. And I think that's the route it will go I don't know how much that's going to really take off from perspective because people like to be connected. I mean, people are paying for online services right now monthly to game online, especially on the systems now on PC gaming, that is not the case that no one's required that you pay monthly. And I'm pretty sure PC gamers would completely lose it, if you did that to them, because they're very all about options, and having the ability to have free internet. And they don't really fall for that stuff. But PlayStation tries to deliver a service Xbox tries to deliver a service outside of their gaming to justify that cost. It's questionable whether or not it's justified, but maybe it does allow them to be more motivated to keep the service at a high quality up and running. Because you have to give them like $5 a month, or sometimes $10 a month. And that makes the service have to perform. versus when it's free, it doesn't always have to perform, potentially even though steam performs an origin performs. And in fact, they're..
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