Den tidigare Playstation-chefen Shawn Layden anser att gaming står inför flera stora hot, varav ett är stora företag som Netflix, Amazon och Google med flera som vill ha en bit av den lukrativa spelkakan utan att kunna något om den. Layden talade om hoten mot spelbranschen i samband med GamesIndustry.biz Investment Summit och skrädde inte orden:
"First, consolidation can be an enemy of creativity. I also think rising costs in gaming are an existential threat to all of us. And the entry of non-endemics into the sector - otherwise known as the 'barbarians at the gate.'
Right now we see all the big players going, 'Oh, gaming? It's bringing in billions of dollars a year? I want a piece of that' And so we have Google, Netflix, Apple and Amazon wanting to get piece and trying to disrupt out industry. I'm hoping gaming will be the first industry where we disrupt ourselves. Where it doesn't take a Google or an Amazon to completely flip the table. We should be smart enough to see these changes coming and prepare ourselves for that eventuality."
Vad tycker du om det? Är Netflix ett hot mot spelbranschen?
