Will the games industry be taken seriously in 2010?
It’s almost 2010 and it would be great if this could be the year that the games industry finally becomes widely accepted as mainstream entertainment.
The advent of the Wii and the “casual” gaming scene is helping to shed the “games are for teenage boys” image but it would be even better if they were considered a medium of entertainment and not just “toys”.
Another promising sign is yet another report that games are outselling movies by the Daily Telegraph (via. the Computer and Video Games site). (Hopefully generating a shedload of tax revenue deems them worthy of being taken seriously!)
Perhaps the best indication yet that games are being accepted is the inclusion of games creators in the new years honours list as reported by the BBC. The two brothers behind the Championship Manager series were given MBE’s “in recognition for their services to the UK’s computer games industry”. I kid you not!
LiQuiDGFX
January 4, 2010 | 9:37 PMI bet the people at Rockstar Leeds dont get an MBE for services to gun crime lol
zyclonium
January 14, 2010 | 12:51 AMYeah that might be a long shot :p
If they are handing out MBE’s to game creators I’m surprised that David Braben and Peter Molyneux didn’t get a look in too.