Q-Games: Next-Gen Could Harbour Innovative Core Games
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Q-Games president Dylan Cuthbert has high hopes for the next console generation. He imagines a future where innovative 'gamer's games' can thrive as they currently do on mobile and tablet platforms, albeit with a higher return on investment for developers.
"I'm hoping there will be a resurgence in core gaming. People getting into games for the sake of them being games," Cuthbert told Siliconera. "Not just like Call of Duty or that kind of core gaming. Like, interesting concepts that are made into games that can sell at a higher price than a dollar.
"You have a lot of innovation on the iPhone, for example, but they have to sell all of their games at a dollar. Unless you’ve got a market of hundreds and hundreds of millions of players it’s very difficult to sell for that price and get your money back.
"I don’t mind not making a profit on our games, but I do kind of want to break even so we can still work. [Laughs] So, we can feed the children."
Cuthbert also opined on Microsoft's current situation in Japan, and what the company would need to do in order to make its next-generation console a success in the country. "I think they need to reinvent themselves a bit. Their image is too corporate and big. They aren’t geared towards aesthetics and art and I think that’s a big problem. I think Sony is more in that direction. Nintendo is cute and has their own style, which is fine as well."
"I'm hoping there will be a resurgence in core gaming. People getting into games for the sake of them being games," Cuthbert told Siliconera. "Not just like Call of Duty or that kind of core gaming. Like, interesting concepts that are made into games that can sell at a higher price than a dollar.
"You have a lot of innovation on the iPhone, for example, but they have to sell all of their games at a dollar. Unless you’ve got a market of hundreds and hundreds of millions of players it’s very difficult to sell for that price and get your money back.
"I don’t mind not making a profit on our games, but I do kind of want to break even so we can still work. [Laughs] So, we can feed the children."
Cuthbert also opined on Microsoft's current situation in Japan, and what the company would need to do in order to make its next-generation console a success in the country. "I think they need to reinvent themselves a bit. Their image is too corporate and big. They aren’t geared towards aesthetics and art and I think that’s a big problem. I think Sony is more in that direction. Nintendo is cute and has their own style, which is fine as well."
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