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http://www.ign.com/articles/2018/08...-pictures-the-future-of-games-a-gamescom-2018
Guillemot described a vision he’s laid out many times in the past: that the future of home gaming will arrive via streaming:
“Technology is actually going in that direction. The machines will be more powerful and the system to transfer data will be more efficient, so at one point, we will have a better experience streaming something than having to buy a machine and change the machine regularly,” Guillemot told IGN.
“I think it's difficult to say today, but what we see is there's a trend,” he explained. “Before, it was not necessary to be connected. Today, as games [evolve] over time, 95 percent or even 98 percent of the people that play our games are constantly taking the free maps or the new events, the updates we do on a regular basis.”
As for pricing, Guillemot thinks there will be various options for people to pick up new games. “We'll have different models. Everyone will be able to choose the model that fits for the type of amount he or she wants to invest,” he said. “What I'd like is the diversity of models. I don't like one specific way to participate. I’d like to keep different types of approaches so that anyone can play with each other.”
“[In the future], games are going to be really huge worlds. It will be really good to have more creators being able to create environments that will be completely different from what only a team [of developers], even if it's 500 people, can imagine.”
“It's not that far away. Things move faster [now],” he said. “We've seen so many changes in the last five years that we know we have to anticipate what it's going to become so that we can start building our engines. We can start anticipating what players will want to play. That's why we speak a lot about what we see. That is what is going to create the Ubisoft of 10 years from now.
“In adopting technology early, we will be able to be part of the guys that will be there at the end. If you start the race early, you have a chance to be there at the end. If you start too late, you have to run a lot faster and you get tired.”
Guillemot described a vision he’s laid out many times in the past: that the future of home gaming will arrive via streaming:
“Technology is actually going in that direction. The machines will be more powerful and the system to transfer data will be more efficient, so at one point, we will have a better experience streaming something than having to buy a machine and change the machine regularly,” Guillemot told IGN.
“I think it's difficult to say today, but what we see is there's a trend,” he explained. “Before, it was not necessary to be connected. Today, as games [evolve] over time, 95 percent or even 98 percent of the people that play our games are constantly taking the free maps or the new events, the updates we do on a regular basis.”
As for pricing, Guillemot thinks there will be various options for people to pick up new games. “We'll have different models. Everyone will be able to choose the model that fits for the type of amount he or she wants to invest,” he said. “What I'd like is the diversity of models. I don't like one specific way to participate. I’d like to keep different types of approaches so that anyone can play with each other.”
“[In the future], games are going to be really huge worlds. It will be really good to have more creators being able to create environments that will be completely different from what only a team [of developers], even if it's 500 people, can imagine.”
“It's not that far away. Things move faster [now],” he said. “We've seen so many changes in the last five years that we know we have to anticipate what it's going to become so that we can start building our engines. We can start anticipating what players will want to play. That's why we speak a lot about what we see. That is what is going to create the Ubisoft of 10 years from now.
“In adopting technology early, we will be able to be part of the guys that will be there at the end. If you start the race early, you have a chance to be there at the end. If you start too late, you have to run a lot faster and you get tired.”