gaming - state of the industry and where are we headed
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Introductory keynote by Mr.Nalin Savara, delivered at the DevWorx / Nokia Gaming Workshop / Bootcamp- held at Delhi on Feb 23rd, 2013. Nalin's LinkedIn Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/nsnsnsTRANSCRIPT
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The State of the Industry and The State of the Industry and where are we headed…where are we headed…
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Where are we…Where are we…
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Where are we…Where are we…
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Where are we…Where are we…
• 10 years… 2002-2012… gaming has been bigger (in revenues) than hollywood.
• Rovio (Angry Birds developer) has over 1-billion downloads… is on it’s way to being worth over a billion dollars.
• A new release of Halo can get Microsoft $600 Million or more… within 7 days of release…
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When we think of a game… what When we think of a game… what do we expect ?do we expect ?
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When we think of a game… what When we think of a game… what do we expect ?do we expect ?
– Phone OR Console OR PC– 60 FPS– Multichannel Sound and Background Music– Network Support-
- on-cloud highscore board - multiplayer like Quake and counterstrike- Instantly responsive sound hardware(250 ms delays- like on early Android phones are
unacceptable)- Programmer friendly API and “Good” hardware…
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How did we get here ?How did we get here ?
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How did we get here ?How did we get here ?
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How did we get here ?How did we get here ?
• The early Days – Pong
• TV-game Consoles and the age of 8-bit gaming…
• PC games- the age of Doom, Quake and Counterstrike
the evolution of dedicated graphics hardware
• Xbox, PS/2 and the rise of the mobile…
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A Short History of Mobile GamingA Short History of Mobile GamingIt only gets better…It only gets better…
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A Short History of Mobile GamingA Short History of Mobile GamingIt only gets better…It only gets better…
• Snake, S60 and the rise of Nokia Smartphones• S60 2nd ed– DirectScreenAccess• s60 3rd ed-- nokia n95 and the n91-- the first
phones with truely powerful graphics accelerated hardware
• The Nokia Touch Platforms where did we start ? (S60 5th Nokia 5800 and brothers) ?and where are we ? (Nokia Full Touch- Nokia 311 and family)
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Comparing the Nokia full-touch Comparing the Nokia full-touch platform with others…platform with others…
How is Asha – the Nokia full-touch Java platform better ? - Gigahertz Processors- Graphics Hardware- 4 or more touch points (Asha 311)
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Where are we headed ?Where are we headed ?
Tech Progress• Virtual reality• Higher and higher display resolutions• 1 Ghz processors
Innovation• However… Angrybirds and Temple Run were
about ideas, not technology…• The Nintendo Wii (which saved Nintendo) also
was about innovation not tech…
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The space is still open and blank…
will your innovation be the next big thing ?
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