The future is this way

The 3rd annual NY Games conference will, as always, be a great place for executives to connect with each other and network.  However, this year it will also be an opportunity for critical discussions on the direction of the industry, how to get ahead of the economy and implement strategies for the coming changes.

I have watched the industry closely for almost twenty years.  However, I’m a perpetual optimist so I asked for input from a few individuals that are also watching the trends and have different opinions and perspectives.  I asked about their current thoughts on the industry and what they hope and expect to achieve at the upcoming event.

Fernando Paiz, Executive Producer, Turbine: "The games industry is on the cusp of a huge paradigm shift in how users expect to try, buy, play and pay for games. Everything is going digital and players have more options than ever before. As developers we need to evolve our designs, find new ways to monetize the players and relentlessly push for quality or we risk being left behind."

Jonathan Epstein, CEO, Double Fusion: "NY is both an emerging center of gaming publisher and development, across all genres and gaming forms, and the leading center of consumer advertising, making the NY Games Conference a particularly relevant venue for discussing the changing business models for games and how advertising can expand both the industry’s audience and revenue streams. I look forward to the dialogue and debate with the great array of participants."