Gaming Companies Are Skeered of iPhones
Firstly, the article on Appmodo: http://appmodo.com/18071/crysis-ceo-says-the-iphone-is-a-disservice-to-gaming/
Seriously? Really? You know what you sound like, dude? You sound like the same scared-of-new-tech idiots in charge of the RIAA and MPAA, all completely at a loss for how to integrate their industry into the newest technological trends in order to maintain a foot-hold in the business that they believe they have some God-given right to make a fortune monopolizing for the rest of eternity. They, and you, are dead wrong.
You do not have the right to wish away a new product just to make your fortune off the exact same sales pitch every single year. You do not have the right to simply kick back and let the bucks roll in while simply checking off a list of things you don’t want to see hit the market. Your career is not secure in blatant stagnation.
You want to remain on top of the gaming industry? Port your games to handhelds and release them for five bucks a pop, then start making new games based off that engine with one team while designing the next handheld engine with another team. And don’t go whining that you don’t have the resources to match the cost. Your team made Crysis for fuck’s sake, and you’ll match revenue to resource with ZERO packaging costs and easily three to five times the effective sales via downloads that you can split into chapters and make a gorram KILLING on.
So stop whining and adapt your business, prick, or go join the RIAA. You’re wasting your time complaining to gamers that we’re not forking over enough money for your old and decrepit console game.
More later.
