David Cage, the producer of Heavy Rain and Beyond Two Souls, has stated the industry needs to grow up. And he listed ways for it to do just that. 

During the DICE 2013 speech today, Cage said, “It’s time to reassess who we are, and what we are doing,”During his discussion he said the industry has “Peter Pan Syndrome: The Industry The Refused to Grow Up”, Cage also claims the industry makes “the same games over and over.”

“This is an issue for our industry,” he said. “Many times starting a new game I feel like I’ve already played it a thousand times. My gut feeling is that we need to find a way to reach a wider audience.”

Cage also provided a handy checklist the industry can grow up:

1: Make games for all audiences.
2: Change our paradigms.
3: The importance of meaning.
4: Become accessible.
5: Bring other talent on board.
6: Establish new relationships with Hollywood.
7: Changing our relationship with censorship.
8: The role of the press.
9: The importance of gamers.

Cage went to to compare buying games to voting with your money.

“I often think that buying or not buying a game is almost like a political vote,” Cage said during his talk. “You decide if you want the industry to go in this direction or not go in this direction.

“Buy crap, and you’ll get more crap. Buy exciting, risky games, and you will get more of them. When you buy games, you vote for where you want the industry to go.”

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