WildTangent’s Alex St. John Thinks Game Consoles Will Be Dead By 2020
By Stephany on Thursday, July 24th, 2008 at 9:06 AM PST In Game Companies, Game Consoles, Game Platforms, Gamer Life, Games, Games Industry
Yesterday, Alex St. John, the CEO of the online gaming network WildTangent, gave a speech at the Casual Connect game conference in Seattle.
During his 45 minute speech, he stated that he believes that console gaming will be dead by 2020. While I was unaware that St. John was a psychic, I did find his comment to be quite funny if not downright bold, even if he thinks that PC gaming is taking over.
I am going to make some outrageous claims today. And then I will attempt to substantiate them. Feel free to disagree with me. Just remember, that I am right.
We are looking at the last generation of consoles right now. I am going to predict to you that the PS3, the Wii and the X-box are the last generation of consoles that you either see or that anybody regards as successful in the market.
St. John feels that the shift to PC games is occurring and the main reason is that PC games generally allow players to try out the games for free before purchasing them by the way of demos and betas.
He even took a stab at some game developers and publishers:
Everything they know how to do is wrong. They start in a well. They think that brand matters. They think that their marketing expertise matters. They think that a pile of art work and a box matters. They have got a bunch of people paid huge salaries with years of expertise who would never dream of firing themselves because they have got the wrong domain expertise. And so Disney, for example, would never have funded the $200 million project to build Club Penguin, but boy they paid $700 million like little b****** to buy it after it hit the market. … So the weird thing is that the expertise and the skill set to create these games — they are not really rocket science to make — it is just an entirely new mentality. The big budgets and the money and all the stuff these companies have that are entrenched are not an advantage, they are an encumbrance.
While I cannot disagree with him totally on everything he said, it seems that every week someone is saying that PC gaming is dead, console gaming is dying, and a big asteroid is headed on a collision course with Earth. Bottom line, we will all know it when or if it happens.
Via: Seattlepi
“St. John feels that the shift to PC games is occurring and the main reason is that PC games generally allow players to try out the games for free before purchasing them by the way of demos and betas.”
Wow this guy is as retarded as he is slovenly. If he would take his head out of his ass long enough he might realise that consoles allow demos and beta’s too. Way to pay attention there, “Tiny”…..
Go Marlins!!!!
Come on dude st john get real consoles will be around for many and many more years They will never and ill say it again NEVER be gone consoles are the best when u are in a lazy mood and just wanna kick back everyone loves consoles i know ps1/2/3 are the best…
The inanity of the commenters here as always, makes me wish a big asteroid WOULD hit the earth and annihilate everything.
He could be right, and I hope he is.
Hey guys…..Anyone ever seen a gigantic asshole before????? Just look above me^^^^^^^^
If you don’t like it Troll then leave, we don’t want you here anyway.
Go Marlins!!!!
Wild Tangent… The people who brought you games, and plugins chock-full of spyware and adware! The bastards!
screw that garbage company
Lol, this prat is the CEO of Wildtangent guys, ’nuff said?
When the garbage man comes around next, Ill ask him if we are seeing the last generation of game consoles… his answer will carry just as much weight as fatboys – ie none at all.
Lol, Wildtangent….