Today, at the NEoN Festival in Dundee Scotland, I was interviewed by the BBC. The interviewer asked me a question about how the games industry can grow.
I didn’t think I was prepared for such a question, but answering words seemed to tumble out of my mouth (for better or worse). I told him that the game industry needs to be ready for the emerging internet market, and that this market is increasingly going to mobile devices. I then said that mobile devices are rapidly going global. For example, many kids in Africa, who have no access to computers, nonetheless have cell phones.
I told him that when those third world cell phones become interestingly powerful — as they soon will, thanks to Moore’s Law — the market for games will grow from mere millions to billions, and whoever is ready to seize that market is going to win big.
It would be nice if that turns out to be right. Especially if you think games can be effective for education.