Women, games.
I (fondly) think Ernest is wrong that MMOs will make the difference - comparitively speaking, MMOs have a tinsy audience still, and they're PC based. Consoles kick PC's arse. The mainstream aren't playing MMOs.
He's right that ladies lurve the night-elf though.
Phwoarr.
Anyway!
There will be a reversal of history, and it will happen really, really fast. They get it out there now. There will be a slew of good, different titles out that break the mould of shoot/fight/drive - on consoles, handhelds and mobiles - and it will take a mere 3 years.
The generation of kids now are 50/50 split, so la la la. What we need is marketeers with a vision and for those console developers to finish their current round of Big Bikes Small Helmets 12 and Championship Ball Manager 6 and get on with something new.*
Meanwhile..
Who's the chick on the right?
She looks familiar. Step forward, chick on the right, and tell me where you got that teeshirt ... :)
*I guarantee you it will involve customisation, personalisation, socialising, reality-tv, and even more puppies. If they're really, really clever it will also include lots of frights and creeping horror. w00t!
Haha. Yes, seeing that article shocked me a little. The t-shirt's from a little "alternative" clothing shop on Broadway in Seattle, and was paid for with cold hard Microsoft cash. Oh, the irony.
Posted by: Jez | July 01, 2005 at 10:32
It's the skirt that gets you, isn't it?
Posted by: Andy | July 01, 2005 at 11:28
I thought it was you Jez!
Aleks
Posted by: Aleks | July 01, 2005 at 11:51
Andy > I love making my male priest run around in a dress; h4wt!
Aleks > Tee hee. Fame at last!
Posted by: Jez | July 01, 2005 at 11:54
Consoles kick PC's ass...not so much. If you are talking about ppl playing the consoles-prehaps in America, but in Europe and Asia its all about the PC. Consoles failed miserably in Europe (altho PS2 did pretty well...but not well enough, and Asia does have the ps2, but what do u think all the rest of the asians play? Why starcraft, WoW, and warcraft of course!) And, please dont forget the shooters, rpgs, the couple of million ppl playing WoW and Everquest, and AO, and CS, anndd, the true owner of the PC, RTS'. Now that is like, oh jee i dont know, I think doing more better than the consoles? Also think about all the flagship titles on the consoles. I mean the big ones. Halo, check, MGS, check. (GTA started out on the PC, and was famous from it, so dont start saying GTA III!!!!, GTA IIII!)What else? Mario? Oh fine, put mario on there. What about Quake, Doom, Half Life, Fear, Age of Empires? Civilization for christ' sake? All of em are PC titles. As of now PC is ruling the market everywhere but america, truly enough said. And, theres always the issue of graphics-well lets put it that way, i played the xbox 360, and the graphics-too grainy for my shirt. The textures were nice tho. But if they want an audience they better put a better res than that. My pc can easily outdo that lil white turd on any ground any day. And PS3 might prove a worthy competitor but nothing more. For all who disagree, find a friend who owns a hightech rig and ask him to run F.E.A.R. opening scene in high res, thatll shut u up.
Posted by: | December 19, 2005 at 03:35
P.S. World of Warcraft MADE MMORPG's mainstream. Look in a video games mag not only about ur console once in a while.
Posted by: | December 19, 2005 at 03:36