I thought it was interesting their president specified "multi-platform" specifically instead of saying just "making more PC games".
The other problem with the industry in general is if you've spent like 6, 7, 8+ years and hundreds of millions of dollars making a game ... we're getting to a point where it just doesn't make sense to keep these games locked behind traditional walled gardens.
What worked in 2005 wasn't going to work forever, it's kind of like Hollywood in the 80s, initially believe it or not there was resistance to putting movies on home video, E.T. didn't arrive on home video until like 6-7 years later, Spielberg initially said he would never allow it to release on home video, but by the late 80s, the VHS market was so huge that he had to relent and allow it to be released.
Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi took 3+ years to come on home video, then in the late 1980s Warner Bros. shocked Hollywood by releasing Batman (the no.1 movie of the year) the same year, in time for the Christmas holiday rush of 89 and it was a huge hit as a holiday gift. Ever since then, blockbuster movies started to release on home video the same year as their theatrical release, but believe it or not, this was not the case largely before that. Before that you'd be waiting years to watch some blockbusters at home.
Last edited by Soundwave - on 19 February 2024
