Are the number of golfers dropping due to comuter games?
Sporting games can appeal to anyone at all which is a huge problem for the real sports as they really only apply to the people who actually play the game itself. So how close are the games to the real thing? The question is, do you burn the same amount when you are playing the sports on a games console? The answer to this question is . . . perhaps. Obviously if you are buying say a golf game for the 360 or PS3 it is not going to do anything apart from save you money on one of those electric golf trolleys.
A big problem is that if you were to purchase a golf game on the wii the only part of the sport you are going to miss out on is the walking part. To be fair most of the pro. Game devlopers are always looking to improve the games they are making and this has become more of a competition than anything and the Wii is taking advantage of this by using its powerful motion sensing technlogy. When you are playing games on the Wii like golf and tennis it really does feel like you are playing the real thing at certain moments, the same is true for all sports in which you use your hands. With the new attachment for the Wii due out later this year motion sensing technology will advance further. This is a big problem for sport as the new technology is going to enable games to be made to be even more realistic than some of them are now. Is this really making any difference at all? Well it sure is for the people who can’t afford to go out and pay fees at their local golf course. You dont have to wear strict clothing for console golf, just switch it on and play in whatever you want.
I really do love games, but I personally think that they should stick to making the games that people that play them like and leave the sporting ones out of it. It would be horrible to see a decline in people playing the sports that a lot of people love to watch due to computer games getting in the way which means there should be a limit to how real a sporting game should get.
So next time your stuck between going out in the rain for a round of golf or plugging in the Wii for a bit of a game, stop and think, the real thing is always better so charge up those golf batteries and get playing!
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