Do tbe software publishers give a stuff?
Most think not. Obviously the ‘aggregators’ rely on publishers for their content and are diplomatic. However one delegate said privately: “The publishers don’t understand online and they don’t want to. They’re solely interested in the retail market and only pay attention to online when it can give exposure to offline games. But maybe it’s not surprising. Online games publishing and conventional games publishing are about as similar as movie making and sheep farming.” However, the presence of delegates representing Psygnosis, Eidos and others indicated that there is some genuine interest in the emerging market from publishers.
