Videogames industry 'is maturing'

[Forkboy]

Videogames industry 'is maturing'

Videogaming is maturing with more platforms than ever and the emergence of celebrity developers, said the head of the industry's key creative event.

Jamil Moledina, director of the Game Developers' Conference, said the walls between gaming areas were coming down.

"The dissolving of boundaries between silos is one of the key themes of this year," he said.

More than 12,000 developers and designers are expected at the event in San Francisco, in the US.

"Overall the game industry is growing and we are seeing that the previously discreet silos of mainstream games, indie, casual and mobile games are starting to dissolve.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6412929.stm

[Greyhound]

1. Feels more like it's being dominated more and more by a few corporations.

Almost all of the really innovative and creative companies are now owned by the Big Three.

[Bjorn Against]

3. Unfortunately it seems you are right...

The majority of really AAA titles tend to be exclusives for one system or another. It would be really nice to have a console that could play games from any developer, similar to how your DVD player can play any DVD. Maybe someday it will happen, but it is not something the big three will want so there will be a fight if it ever does.

[YOY]

4. Let's just hope it's never a monopoly

EA dominating the market sounds like a real nightmare.

[sam sarrha]

2. the new ones are on VISTA and way beyond the capabilities of my Computer and card