Comments on: EA wants an open gaming platform http://www.bruceongames.com/2007/10/23/ea-want-open-gaming-platform/ A veteran's view on marketing games Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:07:25 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Bruce http://www.bruceongames.com/2007/10/23/ea-want-open-gaming-platform/comment-page-1/#comment-388 Bruce Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:03:45 +0000 http://www.bruceongames.com/2007/10/23/ea-want-open-gaming-platform/#comment-388 Thanks for this interesting input Jens, It is for sure that user interface is where the biggest jump in capabilty will be in the next generation. It has a far bigger impact on gameplay than, say, graphics. As you say the Wii is just a first strp, the possibilities of gesture interfaces are endless. Maybe voice will at last do what has been promised for so long. Thanks for this interesting input Jens,
It is for sure that user interface is where the biggest jump in capabilty will be in the next generation. It has a far bigger impact on gameplay than, say, graphics. As you say the Wii is just a first strp, the possibilities of gesture interfaces are endless. Maybe voice will at last do what has been promised for so long.

]]> By: Jens Schwoon http://www.bruceongames.com/2007/10/23/ea-want-open-gaming-platform/comment-page-1/#comment-383 Jens Schwoon Thu, 25 Oct 2007 10:12:45 +0000 http://www.bruceongames.com/2007/10/23/ea-want-open-gaming-platform/#comment-383 I must say: "you are right" - The problem is after all BIG FIRMS, small innovations and the hope to make even more money with less work. But things are changing. Currently Sony learned a lot what happens if you ignore your customers and only do marketing things and productions things without talking to your customers. The Interfaces for Console Channels have to change and they have to be opened for other players. The Nintendo WII Channels are a good first step. Sonys Development and the frontend is somehow not very sexy at all. Perhaps they should get in contact with such awesome guys like Japer ( http://www.jasperhauser.nl/icon/ ) in case they want to have a sexy Sony Touch... All the Software that could be compared to Itunes that Sony brought on the market in the past ( bundled with their devices ) suck ! I had a small firm in the past which made a techdemo of how a userinterface could be, but we failed. Big firms like more to copy than to do things on their own... Even Microsoft with their surface... This was our interface.. nice import of our ideas stolen from Microsoft and put into "their" surface product... http://newuserinterface.wordpress.com/ I must say: “you are right” – The problem is after all BIG FIRMS, small innovations
and the hope to make even more money with less work. But things are changing. Currently Sony learned a lot what happens
if you ignore your customers and only do marketing things and productions things without talking to your customers.

The Interfaces for Console Channels have to change and they have to be opened for other players. The Nintendo WII Channels are a good first step. Sonys Development and the frontend is somehow not very sexy at all.

Perhaps they should get in contact with such awesome guys like Japer ( http://www.jasperhauser.nl/icon/ ) in case they want to have a sexy Sony Touch…

All the Software that could be compared to Itunes that Sony brought on the market in the past ( bundled with their devices ) suck !

I had a small firm in the past which made a techdemo of how a userinterface could be, but we failed. Big firms like more to copy than to do things on their own… Even Microsoft with their surface…

This was our interface.. nice import of our ideas stolen from Microsoft and put into “their” surface product…
http://newuserinterface.wordpress.com/

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