EA’s One-Platform Vision
Date: Saturday, October 20 @ 09:07:57 UTC
Topic: Off Topic
A senior exec at Electronic Arts envisions a time where there is a single all-encompassing gaming platform that one analyst predicts will be “basically a boiled-down PC.”
It would be a publisher’s dream to only have to create games for only one system, while still reaching the entire gaming audience, saving countless hours and dollars.
"We want an open, standard platform which is much easier than having five which are not compatible,” said Gerhard Florin, EA executive VP and general manager of international publishing.
"We're platform agnostic and we definitely don't want to have one platform which is a walled garden," he told the BBC.
But EA’s dream is a ways off, with Florin estimating that it’ll be another 15 years before the industry moves beyond the dedicated console model.
Florin thinks that the one-platform model would involve server-based software that’s streamed to PCs or set-top boxes.
Analyst Nick Parker brought up the point that even though creating games for multiple platforms isn’t exactly efficient compared to a one-platform model, it’s today’s competition between console makers that drives technology forward.
He elaborated on his expectations of a one-platform future. “There could be a Nintendo channel, a PlayStation channel and an Xbox channel on your set-top box.
"...Gaming will just require potentially a £49.99 box from Tesco made in China with a hard drive, a wi-fi connection and a games engine inside.
"It's basically a boiled-down PC."
News-Source: next-gen
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