Execs Fear User Generated Content Options

[Xbox-Scene]

Execs Fear User Generated Content Posted by XanTium | April 17 11:41 EST | News Category: GamingGeneral

From next-gen.biz: [QUOTE] The results of the survey, which focused on growth strategies in the video games, TV and film industries amongst others, revealed that 57% of executives view user generated content as one of the three greatest threats to existing business models. While 24% of respondents said they were unsure of how they would benefit financially from user generated content, 68% suggested that businesses would see profit from user generated content within three years. In excess of 70% of respondents expressed their belief that social media would continue to gather momentum. [/QUOTE] Full Story: next-gen.biz and webpronews.com

[eatshitanddie]

well, they shouldn't make crappy content, we all know user created is better

[Master Reefed]

XBMC nuff said

[epsilon72]

That's because the execs fear anything that doesn't come from the "security" of millions of dollars poured into "focus groups" and "target market research" and various BS such as that. Execs are out of touch with reality.

Just look at how successful the homebrew scene is....that's user created content at it's finest....

[quall]

User content won't make any money, but it will sure as hell gain them game sales and popularity. Business is about making money, but it is also about getting more clients and customers. I agree with the first post, many people can create better crap than them, and they would spend less time and less planning doing it.

I can't imagine the Quake series if it did not have user content. The game would have bombed in my book.

This post has been edited by quall: Apr 17 2007, 04:36 PM

[pirichios]

wth! they say that they are going to profit from user generated content 3 years from now?
how the heck are they going to do that

[mva5580]

Gee what a shock! Big Wig Corporations don't want the community to do stuff for FREE that they can't competently complete on their own! Makes me sick.

[epsilon72]

Gee what a shock! Big Wig Corporations don't want the community to do stuff for FREE that they can't competently complete on their own! Makes me sick.

Oh, I forgot! Those big wigs are SOOO much more competent then we are! We're just dumb consumers! They know exactly what we want and how we want it; I was a fool to question their wisdom!

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(sarcasm directed at execs, not mva5580)

[mva5580]

And I just want to add how this really shows how superior PC gaming is to console gaming. The PC community more or less ENCOURAGES the modders to add their own flavor to the game and do as much as possible, where as the console people crap themselves with fear that Joe Blow in his basement will create content better than their millions of dollars of "research" and "exclusive content for "only" 500 points!" can. What a joke.

[gli7ch]

Execs fear user generated content because of their lack of understanding it. All they know is money money money. Now progammers/beta testers/ all the people who actually do things with the games/consoles, they are probably welcoming user generated content.

[jdsony]

Well there is user created content that could make them money. If Counter Strike was originally created as a free user mod for the 360 people would not only be flocking to the system but they would be paying for live subscriptions as well. The main problem with user created content for them is likely money and the other is probably legal issues. They feel they need to monitor everything that goes on the system. A user could create software that has unlicenced content such as "Mario" or "Pepsi". They could also insert porn or something hidden somewhere. Another issue is they could expoit the system or possibly even brick the system. Finally Microsoft is taking a loss on their systems so unless they are making money off games it's not worth it to them. Maybe when the system becomes more profitable they will consider it more.

[d-range]

In other words, expect paid tools to make 'user created content' that is nicely confined within the borders of what these companies want you to use it for. And lawsuits for anyone who tries to create 'rogue' user content that does not generate revenue. There's probably some stupid DMCA reverse engineering law that makes it possible to sue you for building your own stuff on top of a commercial product without paying for it.

What these folks probably don't understand, is that user created content is popular *because it is free*. Because you can try it, enjoy it, and get this nice 'community feeling' that makes you want to contribute to it. The moment you have to pay for it, 90% of the contributing users will lose interest and the quality and usefulness of it will disappear. Same reason that I don't expect XNA to be popular anytime before they open it up completely.

By the way, the fact that the 'execs' want to make money off of user content does not surprise me at all... Our current 1st-world societies show that the people who are the greediest usually get up to the highest positions in business. After a while people like that see dollar signs in everything.

[SueMiBlitch]

user created content is necessary to expand anything developed by companies

for the xbox XBMC is the best thing to come out homebrew or otherwise... and super mario war is one of the best drunken games ever

look at UT, TA, half life... sure they are all great games in their own right, but they withstood the test of time because of large online communities making stuff

can't wait for homebrew, ie. XBMC on the 360

[Master Reefed]

user creater content... hmm


I wonder where they got all the cool ideas, for what is now 360?

hmmm?

my 360 boots to the dash, not the game.
my xbox did that long ago.
my 360 streams stuff.
my xbox did that long ago.
my 360 plays games/movies directly from the HDD.
yup, you guessed it.
my 360 can be rebooted from my chair
xbox too


many, if not all of the ideas for this, and future consoles, will come from users


*edit* funny how my 360 cant play system link over the internet though?
xbox never had a problem there.

R.I.P. KAI and XBC

This post has been edited by Master Reefed: Apr 17 2007, 06:46 PM

[edwinmcdunlap]

Isn't everything essentially "user generated content," but only a select few users?