So I was reading a chapter about multiculturalism in my marketing text book and the advantages of diversity since i find this topic really interesting especially if your living in a country like Canada which is one of the most diverse countries in the world. The idea of diversity struck my mind when it came to how it's implemented into Video games.
'Do video games promote diversity and multiculturalism to some extent?
Well in all honesty i don't think so, I believe that the gaming industry lacks diversity especially compared to the music and the film industry. Why don't we see games that show us true pictures of different cultures and different people from different parts of the world. I can understand the developers may want to stick with the true tried and tested traditions but i believe that gaming now has become a global phenomenon and i have seen it grow into a billion dollar industry yet it still lacks diversity.
Japan is the only region which promotes alot of its culture through video games and i wouldn't be surprised if gamers here in the west know only about Japan through video games. Some might even think that all Japanese people know martial arts when we know thats just stereotype. Japanese games become very successful here in the West because they represent a different lifestyle more colorful and vibrant, more lively and more family oriented (Final Fantasy, Eternal Sonata, Dragon Quest, Mario).
Prince of Persia was another game that was different when it came out since it portrayed the Middle Eastern culture but of course it was far from perfect. Sands of time was a great game and showed some middle eastern architecture and dressing styles but like i said it was far from the actual middle eastern traditions. Now i don't really want things to be accurate but they should at least to some extent show different cultures and traditions. I hope Ubisoft does that well with Assassin's Creed but somehow i highly doubt it.
Sony online Entertainment is working on a big project by creating an MMO based on Indian scriptures or the Sanskrit epic called Ramayana. This is something i am really looking forward to, to immerse yourself in a totally different lifestyle, culture, religion, background. India is a very culturally rich country that holds its traditions and values very dearly and to see something new i personally think it might turn out to be a commercial success since i am tired of the same military shooters, cookie cutter mmo's and bad EA sports games. I think its time for people to accept something new and different. Something they don't often get to see and i believe that thing is called Diversity and to see traditional values from other countries and regions.
There is tremendous potential in this market since the world is becoming smaller everyday and i believe people need to look beyond the Military Shooters and the Alien Bashing and experience something new and different.I want to see an RPG game based on the Egyptian and Greek Mythology or a GTA type of game based in the Ottoman empire time frame. I loved Age of Empires and Age of Mythology and especially Civilization IV which is still one of the best games ever created and i salute Sid Meier's for that but from looking at the games that are coming nowadays the games simply lacks Diversity.
Its not like we don't have the technology or the lack of creativity since i believe that the gaming industry has some of the most creative people in this word its just that people are sticking to traditional ways of making games and not thinking out of the box. I think Bioshock was great even though it wasn't promoting any type of diversity in the game still took an entirely different approach to story telling and created an environment that felt so real. So in the end i would just like to add that i believe that there should be some form of Diversity and multiculturalism in Video games since we live in a world that is so rich, so diverse in nature, so colorful and vibrant yet we only see the same things again and again.
Shaz from Pixel Swish: "The ROG Xbox Ally is another step towards Team Xbox’s 'Play Anywhere' strategy, and perfectly embodies the company’s future and how we’re all going to be playing an 'Xbox' in the future."
The funny thing about Xbox going more PC-like is that I’ve been saying this for over a decade and finally seeing it come to fruition. People use to hate the idea, but now are embracing it, and all I want is to be put on the payroll lol.
On a serious note, I think this is the best route going forward for MS. They don’t have to get out of the hardware game altogether. They can make their home console $300 entry & $600 premium home consoles and from there partner with other hardware makers for anything beyond that. Focus on being a publisher and creating a strong OS / Cloud option for other devices like desktop, handheld PCs, streaming devices, etc…
I honestly think they should also look into NVIDIA as well, with NVIDIA starting to make their own CPUs. Their CPU is already on par with AMDs best laptop CPUs of the previous/current generation which is more than enough, and a RTX 5000 / 6000 laptop GPU hybrid (DLSS 4 / DLSS5) could do wonders for them, and bring some much needed diversity back to console hardware.
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I saw this years ago. I don't see how it took this long for people actually close to the industry.
"First-person roguelikes like Gunfire Reborn and Roboquest can be quite fun when done well. Another such game is MythForce, which comes from Beamdog, the developer that brought Baldur's Gate 1 and 2 to modern platforms (while mostly ditching the co-op). MythForce features cartoon-like visuals and a fantasy theme, making it quite different from most of its peers. It will soon reach its "final form" via the upcoming Version 1.2 update," says Co-Optimus.
Today, SCS Software officially announced Project Coaches, the next evolution for Euro Truck Simulator 2, adding buses to the game.
I hadn't seen your post here until now, with all the duplicate news posts here it's easy to miss the gems. And I agree, seeing different cultures in games is definitely something we should be seeing more of. The most amount of foreign culture that we see these days is of the WWII Nazi's.