I heard about one very active online game in which two avatars [highly customizable drawings or photos of people, animals, cartoon characters, or inanimate objects that online users employ as identification in communicating with their peers] got married in the game. Later, I found out that the two people behind the avatars really did get married. And have children! |
I heard about one very active online game in which two avatars [highly customizable drawings or photos of people, animals, cartoon characters, or inanimate objects that online users employ as identification in communicating with their peers] got married in the game. Later, I found out that the two people behind the avatars really did get married. And have children! |
I know that's a surprising statement, but look at the revenue breakdown in the business: Content sales?meaning games, music, video, etc.?brings in less than 1 percent of all wireless IT revenue. Voice is a $98 billion dollar market, and data is at $4 billion. But content is only a small slice of the $4 billion data figure. |
I shouldn't speculate a lot about what their plans are because every company feels differently about when to announce what they're doing with 3DO. |
I think what's really happening in games right now is that there's something for everybody. The hardware is cheap. The systems are easy to use. |
I'm not saying that more performance wouldn't be better - all these technologies are going to get better - that's the difference between first generation and second generation. |
If you always wanted to wait for something better, you'd never buy anything, right? |
It is very unfortunate that it is now very hard to innovate because of the cost-structure. |
it isn't all about content. Not now, it isn't, anyway. |
Look at all the most successful online services we have now, |
None of our competitors have ever made two systems that run the same software. |
None of the microprocessors Sony and Sega are using in their systems were available at the time we designed ours. |
Online console gaming will continue to grow at a healthy pace. |
Polygons are fashionable at the moment - particularly in the arcades. |
SEGA and SONY are anxious, and they're just trying to mess up our plans as best they can by promising the world everything. |