What gaming "alternative timeline" would you like to see?

[Pinballbuzzbro]

The timeline where Reagan-era American executives won and Pikachu was turned into a Cat-lady with tits for the western release of the og Pòkemon

 

[Nebulon_Galaxy]

Sega sega sega, yap yap yap.

A timeline were we got games being made for fun instead of focusing on making "Hollywood big budget games with zero effort or life" something Yamauchi said back in 1999

 

[Frickinfrik]

The timeline where live service games didn’t plague the market.

 

[Stingy Perry Stingy Perry]

A time where SEGA whooped Nintendo’s butt so hard that it went under and their IPs are being split up by SEGA and Sony. Microsoft never entered the console wars and focused on making powerful and problem free PCs.

 

[Sir Auriel of Lionel]

The timeline where we get Scalebound or Unsung Story is actually completed to a faithful spiritual successor spawning more spiritual successor that deliver and didn't run off with your money. One where proper preservation laws are in place and for archiving that infringement can't be used as a challenge it's removal. And one where Otomate abandons the consoles for PC glory and gets wider exposure to the western audience spawning more fan translations that the VN genre gets a faster head start to the western market than a minor niche that never takes advantage of the desperate fanbase throwing money on gacha heavy mobile ones that tapped into the mine first.

 

[Stare best girl]

in a timeline where Saturn was a success outside of Japan and the devs started to understand better Saturn's complex architecture making games that look better on Saturn than PS1, PC and even N64

oh, and a timeline where Sega decided to not make Panzer Dragoon Orta, Crazy Taxi 3, GunValkyrie, Jet Set Radio Future and other games as OG Xbox exclusives instead, made Dreamcast, Gamecube and PC versions too

 

[pingugaming]

it would have been cool to live in a parallel universe where cpu and gpu manufacturers kept going past the 90s/early 2000s. imagine building a pc with a 8 core/16 threads cyrix cpu and combine it with a high range 3DFX Voodoo with like 20gb of gddr6 vram or somethin, with the latest and greatest implementation of the glide api, of course

 

[PlayerJuan]

I'm intrigued about a world where the PS1 fails and gaming possibly doesn't enter the mainstream and what the repercussions would be

 

[Stare best girl]

A time where SEGA whooped Nintendo’s butt so hard that it went under and their IPs are being split up by SEGA and Sony. Microsoft never entered the console wars and focused on making powerful and problem free PCs.

I have a better idea, a timeline where that shitty ass rivalry never happen like in Japan

 

[LillyGameFox]

while not strictly gaming but it is related~
I would like to see a timeline where Sonic SatAM did not get canceled and became the mainline Sonic media.

 

[PrismRed]

A time where 2011 Tohoku earthquake didn't happen so Steambot Chronicles 2 get made AND all the Sentai veteran actors still make an appearance at Gokaiger.

 

[Deleted member 660650]

For me personally, I would love to see the timeline where the Dreamcast didn't die and Sega kept making consoles after it. I know that's a bit cliche, but as a Sega fan its something I've thought about for years lol.

But what's an alternate timeline that you would want to see?

I don't care if any old failed Sega console was a "success", I would just want Sega keep releasing consoles and they release Genesis 2 that's even way better than PS2 as technically and game library-wise lol.

 

[RageBurner]

A timeline where the Saturn took the PS1's place as the lead 32-bit platform.

 

[sockesocke]

A timeline where mobile games and live service are a niche and single player games are popular. As a bonus i'd like more musou and hack n slash games.

 

[Vardalis]

If we're talking industry scale I guess one where the Sega Dreamcast wasn't a failure like others have said. Maybe the Saturn, 32X and Sega-CD disappear in that reality to help things along, who knows.

Smaller scale? I dunno. I guess Valve not stopping making games pretty much entirely and still making bangers every once in a while?

 

[nobitakun]

Squaresoft released Final Fantasy and didn't sell well, then they died.

Also, COVID took over population and killed all people that censored / tried to censor videogames in any way.

 

[Cardboardtubeknight Cardboardtubeknight]

A timeline where games still had passion

 

[Bonkers225]

Nintendo not backstabbing Sony and going with Panasonic.

 

[Kamako]

The timeline in which all in-game items can only be unlocked by skilled play and progression. No in-game purchases for anything besides 15+ hour story DLC's.

 

[Stare best girl]

If we're talking industry scale I guess one where the Sega Dreamcast wasn't a failure like others have said. Maybe the Saturn, 32X and Sega-CD disappear in that reality to help things along, who knows.

Smaller scale? I dunno. I guess Valve not stopping making games pretty much entirely and still making bangers every once in a while?

only 32X and maybe Sega CD would disappear, remember that Saturn was a success in Japan that even is the best-selling Sega console and outsold N64

 

[JoueurCitoyen]

For me personally, I would love to see the timeline where the Dreamcast didn't die and Sega kept making consoles after it. I know that's a bit cliche, but as a Sega fan its something I've thought about for years lol.

But what's an alternate timeline that you would want to see?

Litteraly my dreams every night since 2001

 

[Deleted member 660650]

Smaller scale? I dunno. I guess Valve not stopping making games pretty much entirely and still making bangers every once in a while?

Technically Valve only developed Half-Life games and the rest of the games are tweaked versions of Half-Life mods, they bought developers of some games that their sequels are developed by Valve and they used mod ideas from other games lol.

Valve using games as a tool to blow up an aspect of the industry like how they used VR technology and for new games they look for some new ways to use and sell hardwares and stuff. Until then their beloved Steam is enough but recently payment processors kicked the Valve in the balls by refusing to help them sell porn lol.

A week ago I talked with Gabby Oldell (Gabe Newell's nickname between buddies lol) while I was invited to his private ship and he said he wanna invent some payment processor system and its card called "Piston Card" using Web 3.0 technology to convert your real money to digital money, manage your money without a bank and pay whatever you want with absolute anonymity by just sending buy order -> get the item. He was so angry he will have to delay buying a new island just because he can't sell porn stuff now!!! Piston Card will solve your primitive needs!!! True story!!! lolol

 

[pier]

Nintendo not selling Rare.

 

[thanonyx thanonyx]

I'd like to see the timeline where DLC and microtransactions were never invented and where games are still not released until they are 100% finished.

 

[Doctor Squats]

I would have loved to see Sega port Daytona 2, Scud Race, Emergency Call Ambulance, and most of their other 2000s era arcade games to Dreamcast.