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08-16-2005, 02:36 PM
The Escapist has a new <a href="http://www.escapistmagazine.com/issue/6/3">interview</a> with Warren Spector. Apparently Hollywood is really interested in games
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"The biggest names in Hollywood want to get into games," says Warren Spector. "Movies aren't showing double-digit annual growth any more, the way the game industry does. People in Hollywood say, 'Okay, four out of five games lose money, just like movies - but if I get a hit like Halo or Grand Theft Auto I can make, what, a hundred million, 200 million? And making a game costs way less than making a movie? Wow!' So I've been meeting with lots of people - they're flying me around first class - it's just nuts."
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I really don't see this as a good thing. This can only mean less creative games. Spector seems to think otherwise. While I do hold several of his past games in high regard (System Shock, deus ex), one bit of information really disturbed me. They ask him the last movie he went to, which turned out to be Stealth. The disturbing information is he saw the movie because the person who produced the movie optioned for the rights to a Deus Ex movie. You have got to be kidding me.
<blockquote>
"The biggest names in Hollywood want to get into games," says Warren Spector. "Movies aren't showing double-digit annual growth any more, the way the game industry does. People in Hollywood say, 'Okay, four out of five games lose money, just like movies - but if I get a hit like Halo or Grand Theft Auto I can make, what, a hundred million, 200 million? And making a game costs way less than making a movie? Wow!' So I've been meeting with lots of people - they're flying me around first class - it's just nuts."
</blockquote>
I really don't see this as a good thing. This can only mean less creative games. Spector seems to think otherwise. While I do hold several of his past games in high regard (System Shock, deus ex), one bit of information really disturbed me. They ask him the last movie he went to, which turned out to be Stealth. The disturbing information is he saw the movie because the person who produced the movie optioned for the rights to a Deus Ex movie. You have got to be kidding me.