When it comes to diversity in games sometimes its better to look back then forward, don´t ask what diversity can get you in the future but what it has already gotten us.
I know they get dragged out a bit too often but games like metroid and tomb raider have pushed for female characters and were great games and have likely helped push concepts like choice of gender or more games with female protagonists.
Diversity in themes, games pushing for new ideas or even whole new game concepts. Take games like mirrors edge, that game was something new and diverse.
Or even just diversity in business model, without people considering new ideas on how to sell a game beside print cd, sell cd we wouldn´t have things like steam or gog.
Diversity is part of cultural evolution since it ensures a wider pool of ideas and points of view. Basically the gene pool of a culture.
What a lot of people don´t seem to see is not everything has to be good just because its different. Sometimes new ideas suck.
In evolution not every mutation turns out to be useful, some are evolutionary dead ends. But some work better then what was before or are able to do something that previously couldn´t be done.
Games as a medium evolve and diversity is necessary for us to be able to continuously enjoy them.
Without it you will be playing the same exact games with not a single new original thought 10 years from now.
I know they get dragged out a bit too often but games like metroid and tomb raider have pushed for female characters and were great games and have likely helped push concepts like choice of gender or more games with female protagonists.
Diversity in themes, games pushing for new ideas or even whole new game concepts. Take games like mirrors edge, that game was something new and diverse.
Or even just diversity in business model, without people considering new ideas on how to sell a game beside print cd, sell cd we wouldn´t have things like steam or gog.
Diversity is part of cultural evolution since it ensures a wider pool of ideas and points of view. Basically the gene pool of a culture.
What a lot of people don´t seem to see is not everything has to be good just because its different. Sometimes new ideas suck.
In evolution not every mutation turns out to be useful, some are evolutionary dead ends. But some work better then what was before or are able to do something that previously couldn´t be done.
Games as a medium evolve and diversity is necessary for us to be able to continuously enjoy them.
Without it you will be playing the same exact games with not a single new original thought 10 years from now.