Epic’s Tim Sweeney sees games hitting fewer platforms over time
“There is too many platforms,” Sweeney bluntly states at his DICE Summit talk in Las Vegas, NV. So many, in fact, that he sees the number shrinking.
“Over time these platforms will be whittled down to a competing set of platforms to maybe three winners worldwide across everything – computers, game platforms, smartphones… We should expect a lot of consolidation here and winners and losers according to who picks the right directions and executes successfully.”
To put it another way, some will be Blu-ray or VHS, and some will be Betamax or HD-DVD. But also like video formats and pretty much all technologies everywhere, Sweeney is quick to point out that there’s still plenty more to come from this relatively young industry, confident that its developers will take advantage of new technology as it comes. “Some of it will be consoles, some of it PC and some of it tablets. The form factor we can’t predict, but the opportunity is there. Our industry’s brightest days are yet to come.”
Coming from a man who designed Unreal Engine 3, which powers a whole ton of modern games, and has something that looks incredible right around the corner, that’s a nice-sounding nod to what’s in store for us down the road. A little less decision-making stress on how that gets in our hands sure sounds nice too.
Check out Sweeney’s whole presentation here.
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Source: http://www.thatvideogameblog.com/2012/02/13/epics-tim-sweeney-sees-games-hitting-fewer-platforms-over-time
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MPAAPosted:
XeX_XENONZMPAA I hope smartphones never become the other option, not only do they suck for playing anything serious on, but if a game dev has to choose 2 devices, then I hope they are Xbox 360/PS3 and PC
Three Devices. Thank you :trollin:
You didn't see the backslash which this *** / *** happens to be? wow
XeX_XENONZPosted:
MPAA I hope smartphones never become the other option, not only do they suck for playing anything serious on, but if a game dev has to choose 2 devices, then I hope they are Xbox 360/PS3 and PC
Three Devices. Thank you :trollin:
MPAAPosted:
Anyone remember there was a time when devs also considered an arcade version, look at what happened to the Mortal Kombat series for example.
MuzzzyPosted:
Well if they're debating to bring out another awesome game like Gears Of War, then they better thad bring it out on Xbox 360.
MPAAPosted:
I hope smartphones never become the other option, not only do they suck for playing anything serious on, but if a game dev has to choose 2 devices, then I hope they are Xbox 360/PS3 and PC
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