Any way you look at it, 2020 was going to be a big year for gaming. The release of a new generation of consoles always heralds major transitions for the industry, and the upcoming launches of the Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 look like they’ll follow that pattern.
What would have been harder to predict, though, is how many other ways 2020 is poised to change gaming. So many institutional shifts are taking place that the next console generation may even start to look insignificant in comparison, and that’s before you consider the effects the COVID-19 pandemic will have for years to come.
There’s no telling whether any of 2020’s biggest developments will play out the way experts expect, but you don’t need a crystal ball to see some of the ways that the events of this year could alter gaming forever.
Source: N4G PC 2020 is changing gaming and no one noticed