It has been noted recently that the single-player only game experience will not exist by the end of 2014.
The prediction came from video game consultant Mark Cerny, he has worked for Sony on many single player only games like Crash Bandicoot, Spyro and Ratchet & Clank.
His belief is that the single player experience will be gone within 3 years and feels that the developers have already taken steps to this end game.
Mark explained that, "right now you sit in your living room and you're playing a game by yourself – we call it the sp mission or the single-player campaign. In a world with Facebook I just don't think that's going to last."
He mentioned the 2009 action RPG Demon’s Souls as an example of what we could expect in the future as that game in particular took the usual single player concept in a different direction. The single player element gave you many options to communicate with other players from around the world who were also playing the campaign; there was even a boss fight in it that is controlled by another player entirely.
He then went on to explain that he thinks it will be in full force in the next 5 to 10 years but that developers will be criticised for lack of innovation even sooner if this sort of thing isn’t included in the final product.
This does make a lot of sense as more and more hardware is becoming connected together to improve on gamers experiences.
Imagine playing the next Elder Scrolls (following Skyrim of course) and have random contact with other players or even the vast universe of Halo with many controlled Spartans helping you along the way. The scope for these elements in gaming could go in any direction.
I love the purely single player games so I personally hope they don’t completely die off. How do you feel this could impact the future of gaming? Are you more of a multiplayer fan anyway or is the single player your core experience?
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