EA boss wants to bring gamers together
Gerhard Florin, an EA senior suit, wants to see the console wars of recent years become a thing of the past - making way for an ‘open platform’ for which games can be developed and delivered.
It’s an interesting concept, with EA in particular re-packaging a lot of its games to as many of its 14 supported platforms as possible in an effort to rake in the cash make titles available to everyone.
I’m not sure the rest of the world will necessarily share his somewhat pie-in-the-sky dream though, people are too ambitious and the desire to be the best will always come first, perhaps this is more a scheme for Mr Florin to be able to lay off another couple of departments.
What I can see happening (and will be welcome with open arms), is the standardisation of net code within the games themselves, allowing people playing the same title, but on different platforms, the ability to shoot each other in the head.
Source: BBC News.
