Sony's Boyes to speak about free-to-play on the PS4 at GDC Next
'Future of games' conference GDC Next has added more exciting talks to its inaugural lineup for the Next Generation Game Platforms Track: Sony Computer Entertainment America's Adam Boyes on new business models and the PS4's "Easy-to-Play" model, and Mind Pirate on its next-gen mobile Callisto platform and wearable tech.
GDC Next is the spiritual successor to GDC Online, and will take place alongside the App Developers Conference on November 5th-7th, 2013 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
This new event aims to highlight the future of video game development, with session tracks organized around 'Next Generation Game Platforms', 'Free To Play & New Business Models', and 'Smartphone & Tablet Games', as well as cloud and indie game tracks.
How will games built around free-to-play, episodic distribution, or other new business models work on the PlayStation 4? SCEA VP of publisher and developer relations Adam Boyes will share how Sony envisions new business models fitting into the PS4's "Easy-to-Play" philosophy in a talk called 'The Easy-to-Play Model: Developer Friendly, Gamer Approved'.
Boyes will discuss the evolution of F2P on game consoles, the engagement and spending habits of F2P consumers, case studies on how developers have built successful F2P intellectual properties on the PlayStation, and ways F2P will evolve in the future on the PlayStation 4.