 | Churchill Club pressFebruary 10th, 2006 |
There are a few articles out there today regarding the CHurchill Club panel I was on yesterday. Excerpts:
GameSpot has an article:
“In the long run that is actually the unique selling proposition of a connected platform: that it is bidirectional, that it is persistent,” Koster said. “That’s really long-term what we’re selling. We’re not selling the bits. We’re selling those other intangibles, the opportunity to feel special, to show off your achievements, the opportunity to upload something.”
As Koster had noted earlier in the evening, “Using the word ‘connection’ even feels small. It’s a place. And all of this industry is moving toward realizing this, and all of this is going to be a place that serves a medium like entertainment in a lot of ways beyond shooting games.”
…and so does Gamesindustry.biz, which looks like it’s mostly echoing the Gamespot article. However, it leads with Lars Buttler’s comment that online games are like sex, and single-player games are like masturbation. He concludes this means that single-player games are never going to go away. 
I believe that Gamespot actually filmed the whole thing, so that should be available at some point. Also, I believe that the Churchill Club releases their panels and talks as podcasts, so I will keep an eye out for a direct link once they post it.
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multiplayer gaming and the online social interaction embodied in these games can provide the emotional content that Jaffe finds so lacking. [Via Raph's Weblog ] [Update: Raph has written a much more detailed explanation behind his statement.]Read | Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs |
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[...] Single player gaming doomed, say execs [UPDATE 1]Posted Feb 10th 2006 7:30PM by Jennie LeesFiled under: Culture, OnlineAt the Churchill Club in California yesterday, Peter Moore wasn’t the only one gazing into his crystal ball. Raph Koster of Sony Online Entertainment and Lars Butler, formerly of EA, were cheerfully predicting the downfall of single-player gaming, with Koster going so far as to say that the last 21 years of gaming history are an aberration.Drawing from the fundamental principle that "people play games together", Koster and Butler predict a huge shift in the games industry as the impact of online gaming starts to really hit home. Butler’s claim that "linear entertainment in single-player is to media what masturbation is to sex" is eerily similar to David Jaffe’s comparison between games and porn. Experiences are enriched by the presence of other people, and perhaps the depth of multiplayer gaming and the online social interaction embodied in these games can provide the emotional content that Jaffe finds so lacking.[Via Raph's Weblog][Update: Raph has written a much more detailed explanation behind his statement.]ReadPermalinkEmail thisLinking BlogsComments [33] [...]
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