Phil Harrison, outgoing exec at Sony's worldwide studios, and Peter Molyneux, boss of Microsoft's Lionhead studio, have both agreed that home console controllers are too complex and put new users off playing videogames.
Executives from some of the industry's leading games creators have all agreed that next-generation gaming isn't about new technology or the blockbuster release.
Peter Molyneux has said that while he would prefer to have a hard disk to work with as standard, he believes that backing low-price console hardware is "really important".
Lionhead boss Peter Molyneux has said that the PC gaming market is in a tragic state, with two blockbusters hogging sales and stagnation in the casual market.
Microsoft Research Cambridge, in collaboration with Microsoft XNA, Rare Ltd., and Lionhead Studios are organising an international contest named "Silicon Minds"
In a live interview on <i>Eurogamer.net</i>, famed Lionhead developer Peter Molyneux noted that his company and the whole of the industry need fresh blood
Peter Molyneux, head of development studio Lionhead, has told <i>GamesIndustry.biz</i> that he thinks that mobile games at the moment are, on the whole, "clunky."
GCDC announced that Julian Eggebrecht of Factor 5 will give the opening keynote speech at this year's conference in Leipzig, with Peter Molyneux planning to give a retrospective on classic games from Lionhead Studios.