ArcheAge guru Jake Song weighed in on the future of console games at Seoul's SoGang University yesterday. The XLGAMES founder and Lineage creator was part of a public discussion called "Get All the Game Maniacs Together," and he responded with an emphatic "no" when asked if he plans to develop for consoles.
"[The Korean gaming industry] was able to set up such [a] wonderful environment for online games 15 years ago. So why should we go into the outdated market while so many overseas developers are suffering from learning our online games development experience," he said.
Song explained that the console business model relies on selling third-party software, and he also hinted at the fact that mobile software is both cheaper and comparable to its console counterpart in terms of quality.
Reader Comments (27)
Posted: Mar 14th 2012 10:41AM Grumms said
This is yet another reason why Jake Song is awesome.
On a side note, I'm mad at him for not finding a publisher yet for NA/EU for ArcheAge ;)
/sarcasm
On a side note, I'm mad at him for not finding a publisher yet for NA/EU for ArcheAge ;)
/sarcasm
Posted: Mar 14th 2012 10:48AM Marekh said
The one in the center: "Pretty moustaches, I see pretty moustaches everywhere"
The one on the left "WTF lol..."
the one on the right: *facepalm*
The one on the left "WTF lol..."
the one on the right: *facepalm*
Posted: Mar 14th 2012 11:05AM Unshra said
@Marekh Was about to type something similar though more along the lines of the title:
Center (Jack): I see a future where all PC games are not dumbed down for consoles!
Man on the Left: Yeah that's what I'm talking about.
Man on the Right : *Praying* Thank you Lord!
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Center (Jack): I see a future where all PC games are not dumbed down for consoles!
Man on the Left: Yeah that's what I'm talking about.
Man on the Right : *Praying* Thank you Lord!
Posted: Mar 15th 2012 12:57PM JediSeer said
@Marekh
Lol, you stole my thunder as well.
Jake Song is either envisioning/promising something and the dev on his left is like WTF *facepalm*...
...or better yet, Jake is trying to cast a spell in RL and the guy on his left is like 'when is this RP crap going to end? This shit's embarassing? I'm never getting laid again!'
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Lol, you stole my thunder as well.
Jake Song is either envisioning/promising something and the dev on his left is like WTF *facepalm*...
...or better yet, Jake is trying to cast a spell in RL and the guy on his left is like 'when is this RP crap going to end? This shit's embarassing? I'm never getting laid again!'
Posted: Mar 14th 2012 10:50AM odericko said
Dude on the right is facepalming from the announcement.
Posted: Mar 14th 2012 11:03AM xBludx said
Looks like Jake is about to force choke someone.
Posted: Mar 14th 2012 11:05AM Lateris said
You are my new folk hero. The one on the right is laughing. The one on the is grinning.
Posted: Mar 14th 2012 2:50PM (Unverified) said
@Marekh
I noticed that too, that's not reassuring. The boss makes a declaration, and the other guys goes... NOoooooo!.
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I noticed that too, that's not reassuring. The boss makes a declaration, and the other guys goes... NOoooooo!.
Posted: Mar 14th 2012 11:14AM (Unverified) said
This is why PC gaming is being hurt in the West. The developers make it for console then use a crappy port system for PC. I know in the US (not sure about Europe) that console is king in terms of number of popular gaming titles, but like he said, consoles get outdated were every year, the tech market pumps out great things for PC.
Posted: Mar 14th 2012 11:33AM real65rcncom said
The title of this article and that pic is priceless...
Posted: Mar 14th 2012 11:37AM Boojum said
I think the guy on the right was hoping to play ArcheAge on his Xbox.
Posted: Mar 14th 2012 11:58AM wufiavelli said
PC gaming in Korea is fun as hell. For about 1-2 dollars an hour you can play on a high end machine with friends. You can drink bear, they serve food, have tons of gaming options, you can even pass out there for the night and just pay for the time. Some even have showers.
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