Speaking with Gamasutra, Sony Computer Entertainment of America CEO Jack Tretton shared his thoughts on the App Store, and more generally, mobile gaming.
“If I open a movie theater next door [to a theater] and start charging 50 cents per ticket, but I’m showing you things I filmed with my camcorder, I don’t think it’s a threat to the theater charging $13 per ticket,” says Tretton. “It’s about people having reasonable expectations. I don’t think we’re training people to pay $5 for games … The cream always rises to the top.”
“For every consumer you lose to a tablet or smart phone, there are three consumers that became interested in gaming in a simple form,” he believes. “And those people might be able to be migrated into a sophisticated gamer … We look at that as being the opposite of a threat, but an opportunity.”
It’s interesting to hear him take this stance, especially compared to Nintendo’sopinion of the App Store.
