Movies have long flourished by having singular standards for people to use for their home media, like VHS, DVD and Blu-ray. Bethesda Softworks game director Todd Howard would like to see gaming move in a similar direction.
“I’d like there to be only one platform. It’s a lot of work to make the games look good on every platform you’re on,” said Howard. “I often equate it to DVD or Blu-Rays. Once I’ve bought a DVD I can use it in my TV, in my computer, in my car, here, whatever. And I think it would be good for gaming if it was like that.
However acknowledges that there are some hurdles for the industry to ever have a single format. “They spend billions of dollars selling consoles at a loss for years, but then make the money back with games,” he commented. “It’s not like the industry is hurting, we’re doing really well. But if I had one wish, you know, we would have better games for a single platform.”
Source: CVG
