The Xbox 720 will hopefully bring out a new stream of original content that is not shades of other games, as some people believe there has been some copying going on within the gaming industry.
According to a report from VG24/7 yesterday, Zynga New York head Dan Porter explained a previous report that was misconstrued as Zynga supposedly copies other games.
"Some of you have seen in the press that I supposedly said Zynga copies games.
"I was very surprised when the article came out because it was a misrepresentation of what I said at a small talk about the future of gaming and where I talked mostly about wearable gaming and ramification of everyday events.
"What I actually said was that all games are derived from other games, that this has been happening long before Zynga, and that the debate about originality in games is vastly overblown and misses the mark.
“Before making Draw Something we ran OMGPOP for four years and made lots of games that were inspired by games we loved and we emulated the mechanics from games with great UI. This is no great revelation," Porter said.
Porter then talked about the future for Zynga.
"There is great stuff in the pipeline. I really do believe that Zynga is the best in the world at creating and socializing games, and running the as a service that people love. Ultimately that is the huge factor in what makes Zynga a sustaining company.
"So when I spoke to this group, I told them what I truly believe: the debate over copying games is a distraction if you are trying to figure out the future of social games; what matters is the ability to run those games as a service.
"But I also know that is a nuanced point and isn’t quite as sexy a headline. I should know better. Lesson learned. Sometimes it is truly better to say nothing at all," Porter said.
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