Speaking to Industrygamers, EA Playfish GM John Earner – the dude pushing EA’s social gaming activities – weighed in with his views on where he thinks the gaming industry is headed.
“I don’t think the [full-price] $60 game is going to go away,” said Earner.
Well that’s a good start.
He states that as long as developers make “great” first-person shooters and RPGs, there will be an audience of millions who will want to pay for it.
But Earner isn’t blind to the fact that platforms like iOS and Android are very popular – and that the industry has taken note of that – boosting the spread of social gaming on platforms like Facebook.
He has a view of the game market eventually converging, with all games sort of swimming in the same pool.
“In a few years time we won’t say social games anymore because all games will be social”
He pointed out that Battlefield 3 and Modern Warfare 3, being blockbuster titles in their own right, were also becoming more social – bringing a wider group of people in your circle of friends together.
I guess the man has a point – almost every title you play nowadays has some sort of link to social networks, or incorporates some form of multiplayer and networking.
But all gaming eventually running under the banner of social gaming?
I’m not quite so sure.
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