Video Games Industry Helps Revolutionise Film Industry With "Day One DVD" - March 28th 2012
After overtaking the film industry in sales in several countries across the globe, the computer games industry has come to the aid of Hollywood today promising to help bring the movie experience truly in to the 21st century.
“There is no doubt that this is a matter close to our hearts” legendary game developer Chuck Hankam revealed, “The truth of the matter is none of us really wanted to be computer games developers, we all wanted to be film makers – that's why the best parts of any modern computer game are the cutscenes – so we are going to help get Hollywood back on track.”
With a typical computer game usually costing many times more than a typical movie, the industry has been forced to innovate to find ways of making their products profitable, Hankman is sure these techniques can be applied to the movie industry.
“Take the Mass Effect series,” He explained, “One of the greatest computer game series ever made. Well written, well acted, amazing graphics and gameplay. Critically acclaimed, loved by its fans. There is very little you can fault about it. If you released something with the words Mass Effect on it you could be certain people would buy it.
“So when it came to the final part of the series there was a problem... if it's the final part of the series how do you keep making money on it? Well, as innovators we had the answer: Day One DLC – downloadable content with extra levels that you'll want to download and play before completing the game. All for an extra $10 or free if you buy the special edition version of the game. [MORE] |
