New consoles will bring new business model.
Phil Harrison, former head of Sony Worldwide Studios, has offered his thoughts on the next generation of consoles – and foresees a business model that breaks away from the one that’s served the industry for the past 30 years.
Speaking at this week’s Develop in Brighton, Harrison saw consoles moving towards a service-based model over the retail one that’s previously defined the industry.
“I think the era of the console where hardware companies spend $3-4 billion to build a chipset and then it’s supported on a tax on the software – that’s the business model of the last 25-30 years – that’s over,” said Harrison.