https://theringer.com/video-games-future-ea-andrew-wilson-c0204a661507#.ffkfutq1g
Quote from: Andrew Wilson, the CEO of Electronic ArtsFrom the minute I get up in the morning, everything I do has an impact on my gaming life, both discrete and indiscrete. The amount of eggs I have in my internet-enabled fridge might mean my Sims are better off in my game. That length of distance I drive in my Tesla on the way to work might mean that I get more juice in Need for Speed. If I go to soccer practice in the afternoon, by virtue of internet-enabled soccer boots, that might give me juice or new cards in my FIFA product. This world where games and life start to blend I think really comes into play in the not-too-distant future, and almost certainly by 2021.
^ Sigh, where's my Luddite hat...
They can have my partially connected internet when they pry it from my cold, dead hands AND I DO NOT EVEN CARE WHETHER THAT ANALOGY MAKES SENSE!!
That shit's crazy, man. No way in hell do I want anything life related tied to something gaming related; I play to relax and the last thing I want is the two to mix even the slightest little bit.
Yeah, that does not sound appealing at all.
Obviously rubbish - who talks about "soccer"?
Quote from: Father Ted on November 28, 2016, 05:49:21 PM
Obviously rubbish - who talks about "soccer"?
sophisticated, worldly sports fans
par excellence whose intellectual peers are found among the most brilliant in society... so not many folks here ;) O0
Quote from: bayonetbrant on November 28, 2016, 06:06:27 PM
Quote from: Father Ted on November 28, 2016, 05:49:21 PM
Obviously rubbish - who talks about "soccer"?
sophisticated, worldly sports fans par excellence whose intellectual peers are found among the most brilliant in society... so not many folks here ;) O0
ahem
But you englishy types call it futbol or some such thing, don't you?
Thought it was "Foosball," myself. Momma never did like me playing no foosball.
Yeah we must be crazy calling a game where we use our feet to kick a ball football......we English are just mad.
Quote from: Andrew Wilson, the CEO of Electronic ArtsFrom the minute I get up in the morning, everything I do has an impact on my gaming life, both discrete and indiscrete.
nice try Andrew :idiot2:
ah, i see and the longer the criminals record in reallife the better get his stats in GTA 6, right?
...and will a black person get better stats on cop killing ingame? Do i as a German will get a better stat when playing an SS soldier in a WW2 game instead of the Russians? where does it end?
its just a scam scheme to data-mine customer to smithereens.
give me all your privat live data (i sell for big bucks) and as a reward you get a tiny tiny better stat on some virtual item in a EA game. No way! :knuppel2:
Tesla ? Hahaha, i still drove a 27y old 4wheeler Landcruiser running on fuel-oil! and with manual shift!, who put more political incorrect nitrogen oxides in the air on a wintersday startup then a whole fleet of hipster Teslas in there life time (until the driving assist totaled it and killed the Tesla owner in a fatal accident while the blackbox CPU was to busy uploading data to EA instead of whighting image analysis versus sensor datas) ....and i love it >:D
Tesla ? Hahaha, i still drove a 27y old 4wheeler Landcruiser running on fuel-oil! and with manual shift!, who put more political incorrect nitrogen oxides in the air on a wintersday startup then a whole fleet of hipster Teslas in there life time
... or maybe not, when you take into account the amount of crap generated making a huge inefficient battery, which will need replacing again in 3 - 5 years anyway, not to mention the crap turned out by the power station doing your re-charge every hour for the 40 miles you can drive..... electric cars are just another crap idea promulgated by the same limited view "futurist" that wrote this article.
...aah, glad I got that off my chest.
Quote from: Phantom on November 29, 2016, 02:40:37 PM
electric cars are just another crap idea promulgated by the same limited view "futurist" that wrote this article.
So what is "limited view"? I genuinely would like to know, because the quote in the OP seems to be embracing quite a large idea.
There's a lot more to the article than just that quote above. Go read it and see what you think.
I'm about as much of a technophile as they come, and even I thought the idea was dumb.
Now, get off my lawn.
Quote from: Father Ted on November 29, 2016, 05:09:04 PM
Quote from: Phantom on November 29, 2016, 02:40:37 PM
electric cars are just another crap idea promulgated by the same limited view "futurist" that wrote this article.
So what is "limited view"? I genuinely would like to know, because the quote in the OP seems to be embracing quite a large idea.
I refer to Andrew Wilson's view rather than that of the OP - looking at my post it is worded badly.
Unsurprising I guess that an EA exec's worldview would be that everyone's life would revolve around gaming & IMO faintly ridiculous - some post "mental-apocalypse" where we're all mindless automatons focussed on low level gaming & trivia. I'd see no good reason why gaming shouldn't remain gaming & real life remain real life, interconnectivity doesn't (IMO) imply some overarching corresponding connectivity between our lives different aspects. My problem with it isn't that it won't be possible, but why would it be desirable?
As with his music analogy he notes similarities in technical delivery & transposes these, erroneously IMO, into some deeper lifestyle choice.
My "limited view" comment refers to the restricted prism through which a person, immersed in the video gaming industry, perceives the world. IMO they become fairly blinkered & believe everyone subscribes to their view, and that what they work on is also everyone else's focus. I suspect most people play a game, then finish playing & move on to something else - wife, kids, partner, TV, debt, work, friends, car etc etc etc... & really don't give a hoot about the game until they happen to have a spare hour at the PC/console again. that's what I was suggesting by his limited view.
Regards
Keith