Winds Of Change In The Gaming Industry

Last year, the gaming industry's console and game income thoroughly stomped the Film Industry's box office grosses. Game Spot, a top video game reseller, reported 1.7 billion dollars in grosses for last year's Christmas Season.

December proved to be a landmark in video gaming's conquest of Pop awareness, with MLG granting nearly $2 mil worth of player contracts with the best professional players on 18 December. Major League Gaming currently runs a weekly television show on USA, and the income potential of online video gaming is starting to flex its muscle.

3 days later ,on December 21st, Commissioner Damon, star centerfielder for the NY Yankees, made public his partnership with the GGL, to create the PBGL. The PBGL will enable Joe Fan to online game with some of his most-beloved pro ball players in the PBGL's chosen field of online battle, Project Gotham Racing 3 and Xbox Live.

Then there's the steady convergence of Hollywood and gaming toward a common destination. Japanese video game distributor, Capcom, has already experienced a constructive affiliation with Hollywood when it sold its Resident Evil property to Impact Pictures and Sony Pictures for 3 different films (a third is being produced). Now they are beginning a alliance with Hyde Park Pictures to produce a Street Fighter movie.

Video gaming is showing itself to be very able to stand on its own, however. Up to June of last year, Microsoft revealed that more than half a billion full games of Halo had been played online. This is not to be confused with half a billion players, but 500 mil full battles, that could have as many as 16 shooters at once. This would appear to be more like a trend, than a passing fad.

We profess to be the brightest crayon, but even we can see the possibilities. How soon before other athletic leagues see the advantage to be gained in following Johnny Damon's example? What if game developers started manufacturing video games notably for this kind of application? EA Sports, can you feel us? Picture the enthusiasm of football fans if they could play Madden 2007 with and against NFL football players online, in the the off-season? Off-season would cease to be an endgame for the sporting leagues. Talent promotion and participation would continue all year long. What about professional wrestlers? Hockey? How much would a NASCAR fan pay to race against a preferred driver online? The possibilities are endless.

Gaming, andnotably, on-line videogaming, will certainly alter Entertainment as we know it.

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Gregory Wolfe is a ex- Dept of State Bodyguard, as well as an Executive and VIP Bodyguard.

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