Scopely isn’t interested in a one console future
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The debate around the idea of a unified console is almost as old as the industry itself. Every new console generation has companies producing their own updated console release. With those releases come exclusive game releases.
Those exclusives are a thorn in the side of the average gamer. The kind of person who can’t afford to buy every console available needs to pick the one where more of their favorites are. This current generation is making things a bit easier; Microsoft’s Game Pass is pushing hard towards everything being available on console or PC. Sony is likewise testing the waters in a similar direction, with formerly exclusive releases making their way to the PC – eventually.
We don’t need to talk about Nintendo’s efforts.
Companies like Microsoft and Sony releasing their catalogs on PC is a trend that could mostly solve the one console problem. It’s a simple enough solution; if everything is available everywhere it doesn’t matter how many consoles exist.
Just pick your favorite console or get a PC. Or a mobile device.
“I think we all now recognize that gamers play on everything. Everybody with a device at this point is a gamer,” said Scopely’s Aaron Loeb. “Years ago we sort of thought of games as being defined by their platform; being defined by their controller. But increasingly our players are connecting to games irrespective of platform, irrespective of controller. Really what they’re connecting to is the other players. And they want to be able to connect wherever and whenever they want to.”
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