Game industry foresight by E. Adams

Some interesting quotes from Ernest Adam’s foresight about the future of gaming:

“Games that depend on that depend on location or travel? Useful in theme parks, Laser Tag, etc. Not ever going to be a major segment. Compare # of video gamers to # of paintball players.Compare # of video gamers to # of paintball players.
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In the long run…… Mobile phones will not drive out other devices. Other devices will absorb mobile phone capability. Just as everything now contains a digital clock, someday everything will contain a mobile phone.
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In 30 years, In 30 years, how how we play has not changed
- Handheld/mobile on the bus to school
- Console in the living room
- PC in the home office or kid ’s bedrooms bedroom

Convergence will be partial, not total.
- A computer monitor is better than a TV.
- Handhelds cannot cannot contain the best hardware.
- A PC is a poor machine for group play.
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The all-over VR body suit: Only as a very high–end option for fanatics“

Why do I blog this? some interesting thoughts here, need to use that material later on, quite like the very pragmatic approach.

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One Response to “Game industry foresight by E. Adams”

  1. Paul Coulton Says:
    July 9th, 2007 at 2:05 pm

    Nicolas

    Thanks for posting this hadn’t spotted it. Whilst there are parts I can agree with much seems to be written from a traditional console gamers perspective I don’t find much in the mobile games section that I would agree with. For example, He says women wont play theses games. All the reports I have seen thus far indicate women are playing in equal numbers only they don’t want the traditional console genres. Further, not sure I would agree mobile phones will be absorbed by other things the tendency seems to be the reverse at the moment. Once again nice post always good to be provoked from an academic stupor ;)

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